1954 Carrera Panamericana winner_Porsche 550

[curt raitz]

Started with a Jimmy Flintstone resin Porche 550, Matchbox Porsche Speedster plastic kit and Pattos decals.

After modifying the body and tweeking the decals, I came up with this:

thanx for lookin'...

[Erik Smith]

Cute! No offense! I like it.

Nice execution on an uncommon build.

[rmvw guy]

That's some nice work there Curt. I like it a lot.

[Dr. Cranky]

Curt, you keep hitting homeruns. Another wonderful (and rare) subject added to your collection.

[trey allen]

I like. my dad has a 550, I bought a resin body to build like his, but havent gotten to it yet.

[peter31a]

Cool beans Curt. That's a fantastic little build! Love the older Porsches like that especially the racing versions. Thanks for sharing.

[simonr]

Excellent, Curt!

Simón P. Rivera Torres

[bondo bill]

that is really neat

[Brizio]

Nice!!! I had a few of those in 1/43.

[Mike Kucaba]

Thats very nice!

[Harry P.]

I don't know about that "55" being all one piece right over the door opening...

[curt raitz]

I don't know about that "55" being all one piece right over the door opening...

I know Harry...

dang, the more I tried to get the decal to "suck into the door gaps" the more the ink dissappeared from the decal.

will go back in and try to clean up after it's had a chance to sit awhile and I get inspired again

thanx

[Harry P.]

Slice the decal along the door line and use setting solution to get it to snuggle down into place.

[curt raitz]

Went back in and cleaned up the panel lines and flowed a little "black-wash" to accentuate the doors and front bonnet area.

lookin' much better...

thanx for lookin'...

[Erik Smith]

The decals on the side look much better. Nice revision.