Tamiya Porsche 959

[phil-east]

I built this using the Tamiya kit, It basically fell together and is one of the best fitting kits i have built to date. I painted the body with Tamiya Light Metallic blue (TS-54). I built it pretty much box stock with the paint job and chrome being the only differences.

I love the chrome look with the metallic blue so I muscle car'd it up a bit and am very happy with the result.

Many thanks for looking, Any and all feedback is welcome positive or negative.

Phil.

[phil-east]

I will hopefully get some decent outdoor pics up here but it's very weather dependent over here at the minute.

Finally got a bit of sunshine so i got some outdoors pics.

Edited September 27, 2014 by phil-east

[jrherald420]

Nice looking car! I built the Gunze Sangyo version of this and it was really fun to build. I wish it came with those rims!!

[phil-east]

thanks man, i love the rims,but they were a bit awkward as the kit has no chromed parts so i ended up using BMF on them due to a lack of adequate chrome like paint.

[jrherald420]

For those to be all BMF they look outstanding! I never would have guessed.

[Monty]

I will hopefully get some decent outdoor pics up here but it's very weather dependent over here at the minute.

Beautiful work on one of my favorite old Porsches, Phil. I hope you get a chance to shoot some outdoor pics - I'd love to see that paint in the sunlight.

[phil-east]

me too monty, the pics don't really do the paint justice. Thanks for the compliments guys.

[donb]

A fine looking Porsche Phil. Sweet!

[slusher]

Great looking model Phil..

[Dave]

Well done, love the color, foiled the wheels? WOW.Excellent job!

[karbuildr]

Very nice build. One of my favorite Tamiya colors.

[Maxicoop]

Awesome lookin' porsche !!!! great color and detail !!!

[ChrisR]

Great colour and build!

[phil-east]

thanks for all the compliments, the weather is still dull here today so hopefully i will get some sunshine for some outdoor pics tomorrow.

[ZTony8]

You saved yourself much work by not puttying the joint on the rear spoiler.I puttied mine and sanding and painting the inside of the spoiler was a character builder!

[phil-east]

when i started planning the kit out i had a good debate with myself about the spoiler, I didn't use the putty for exactly that reason. This was a bit of a slump buster for me so i didn't want to complicate things.

[tmathew1us]

I built this using the Tamiya kit, It basically fell together and is one of the best fitting kits i have built to date. I painted the body with Tamiya Light Metallic blue (TS-54). I built it pretty much box stock with the paint job and chrome being the only differences.

I have built this kit, and I agree - one of the finest-engineered and best-fitting kits I have ever done. I am surprised how reasonably priced this kit is at many online retailers. This is a great slump-buster kits.

Can't wait to see the kit sparkle in the outdoors.

[phil-east]

i put some outdoors pics in the second post, they are far from perfect but they do show the paint and wheels a bit better.

[Bill Eh?]

Excellent build-up of the 959. Outdoor shots really show the quality of build and paint. Congratulations.

[phil-east]

thanks Bill, i'm quite proud of this one, the pics still don't really do it justice for some reason, it seems to sparkle on the display shelf.