For a dutch groupbuild I organized a cabrio build off.

My entry is this great Tamiya kit:

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/inhoud_001_%28Medium%29~14.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/inhoud_002_%28Medium%29~14.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/inhoud_003_%28Medium%29~14.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/inhoud_004_%28Medium%29~14.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/inhoud_005_%28Medium%29~12.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/inhoud_006_%28Medium%29~12.jpg

The wheels are nice but not on this car :D So i had to replace them for an better set of wheels.
I think the 19'' TechArt wheels from ScaleProduction will look great on it.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/inhoud_007_%28Medium%29~11.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/inhoud_008_%28Medium%29~10.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/inhoud_009_%28Medium%29~9.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/inhoud_010_%28Medium%29~8.jpg

The body will be painted Bright Orange and the wheels will be painted gun metal or flat black.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/inhoud_011_%28Medium%29~4.jpg

I also want to add things like seatbelts etc.

Kris.

great choice of wheels! cant wait to see bright orange!!!

i have the same kit waiting to be painted orange
i like the wheels :naughty:

Cool, nice to see a porsche once and a while.

good luck with this one...painting that one piece motor/chassis is a pain in the a$$! It was by far the biggest hurdle with my 911 GT3. If I had to do it over again, I think I would try to remove as many of the built in components as I could without making the reassembly to difficult. By the way, I can't wait to see that baby in bright orange:naughty:

Stuart

Cool, nice to see a porsche once and a while.

Most of the models around here are Porsches.

Yesterday I finished school so I don't have to study anymore, and now I've more time than ever for modelling.

Yesterday I immidiatly started with the Boxster.

First I removed the moldinglines and sanded the body, and also sprayed a layer of primer on it.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/body_001_%28Medium%29~2.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/body_002_%28Medium%29~2.jpg

With 28 Celsiuc degrees it's very fast dry, so I could paint the body in orange. After 4 coats it was enough.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/body_003_%28Medium%29~2.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/body_004_%28Medium%29~2.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/body_005_%28Medium%29~2.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/body_006_%28Medium%29~2.jpg

I checked the chassis for modification for the new rims, but I was lucky the wheels fit the same like the original wheels. So no modifications this time :)
I also paint the chassis flat black.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/body_007_%28Medium%29~2.jpg

Meanwhile I added a 3D Porsche badge on the front and added the boxster decals. I just finished the clearcoating an hour ago, so it's drying at the moment.

Kris.

Today I clearcoated the body with TS-13 Clear.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/clear_001_%28Medium%29~3.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/clear_002_%28Medium%29~3.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/clear_003_%28Medium%29~2.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/clear_004_%28Medium%29~2.jpg

I also found out that the rearwheels are different from the frontwheels... :D After months..... The rearwheels has deeper spokes than the frontwheels which seems to be straigt.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/clear_005_%28Medium%29~2.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/clear_006_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/clear_007_%28Medium%29~0.jpg

The front needs some lowering but the rear is quite good. Maybe 1 or 2 mm is enough.

Kris.

Nice paintjob!

Wow you're good. The paint job is awesome.

Today I painted the interiorparts in the main color: light sand from tamiya.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_001_%28Medium%29~5.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_002_%28Medium%29~5.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_003_%28Medium%29~5.jpg

I was inspired by seeeing this picture on google.

http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-2007/2007-Porsche-Boxster-Interior-1600x1200.jpg

Kris.

That's a great interior colour. I keep a can of it around for my interiors.

do you have a plan for wheel color, I think it would look cool if you matched the body color, hehe

Hi, could you post the link for this great interior picture?

Thank you!

whats the link to the scale production website

whats the link to the scale production website
http://scaleproduction.de/
Nice Boxster :)

Today I made my decission about the wheelcolor. Flat black would look nice.

I painted them and added some 3D Porsche logo's in the centers.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/polish_001_%28Medium%29~6.jpg

I also polished the body and bodyparts. I started sanding with grit 4000 because the paintjob was smoot enough.

After polishing I painted all black details like: grille faces, windowtrims and other small things.

I also painted the airintakes and sidemirrors in flat black. I think they suit the orange color very well.

The frontwindow was glued and I also added the headlights and painted the rearlight background.

For the panellines I used a panelline marker. After using it I waxed the body one more time to remove most of the marker and what's left over is a smooth panelline.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/polish_002_%28Medium%29~7.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/polish_003_%28Medium%29~7.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/polish_004_%28Medium%29~7.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/polish_005_%28Medium%29~6.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/polish_006_%28Medium%29~6.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/polish_007_%28Medium%29~5.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/polish_008_%28Medium%29~2.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/polish_009_%28Medium%29~2.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/polish_010_%28Medium%29~2.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/polish_011_%28Medium%29~2.jpg

And I felt in love with this car after dryfit the wheels on the car :)

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/polish_012_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/polish_013_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

Kris.

Nice advances with this project.
Paint job looks great.
Wheels are a bit small IMO.

Very neat!paint work looks flawless. Never been a big fan of the boxter so its hard to get excited over it but seing it in orange with those wheels got my attention, well done.

Very nice job, you're right about the flat black parts, they suit the body color well, so are the black rims, good choice!

Looks very nice, but please, don't make these lights awful by painting turn signals orange. :D

Looks very nice, but please, don't make these lights awful by painting turn signals orange. :D

what color should i paint it than? Smoke?

Kris.

what color should i paint it than? Smoke?

Kris.
Red/smoke or just simply red/clear. Dark optic ligths on front would fit well. :cool:

Red/smoke or just simply red/clear. Dark optic ligths on front would fit well. :cool:

I mean the frontligths. The rearlights are red/clear painted, but the frontlights also needs to be painted.

I don't want to keep them clear because that looks weird because there is a area for the turnlights.

Kris.

Because I want to finish this model before the 29th of august I had to work hard on this model.

First I did some work on the interior.

I flocked the interior with light buff interiorflocking from Hiroboy.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_004_%28Medium%29~6.jpg

Painted some details on the seats.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_005_%28Medium%29~6.jpg

I also flocked the undersection of the doorpanels. I also painted the speakers and the doorlights.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_006_%28Medium%29~6.jpg

I painted some aluminium accents on the dashboard. I also added some accesoires like sunglass and cd's. If you look good you also can see a carkey. On the photo's the dash looks a bit ugly painted but I swear if i say it's not vissible in real life.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_007_%28Medium%29~5.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_008_%28Medium%29~5.jpg

The steeringwheel painted, and added a 3D Porsche logo on it.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_009_%28Medium%29~5.jpg

the roll bar was painted flat black. After that I started with the seatbelts. I love that detail but it's very hard to get those tiny PE parts on the belt. After 2 hours it was finally done :)

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_010_%28Medium%29~5.jpg

And of course some dryfits

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_011_%28Medium%29~5.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_012_%28Medium%29~4.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_013_%28Medium%29~2.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_014_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

En toen was het interieur ineens klaar.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_015_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_016_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_017_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_018_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_019_%28Medium%29~0.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_020_%28Medium%29~0.jpg

I also did some work on the body which is almost completed now.

First I added new licenceplates on the rear and frontbumper.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_021_%28Medium%29~0.jpg

I also added the lights around the car. On the rear I used clear/red lights. On the fron I didn't paint anything except for the black trim around it.
The sidemarkers are also kept clear.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_021_%28Medium%29~0.jpg

And how should that interior look like under the body?
Let's see:

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_027_%28Medium%29~0.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_028_%28Medium%29~0.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_029_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_030_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_031_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_032_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_033_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_034_%28Medium%29.jpg

Now I'm gonna work on the chassis and finish the bodywork.

But first I'm going on vacation tomorrow the sunne turkey :)

Kris.

I'm glad to see this one coming together now. Nice work.

Last update for this car.

First I finished the brakes and wheels. I added Scale Production PE brakes in front and original brakes in rear. I don't like big brakes in the rear so this was my solution.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/chassis_001_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/chassis_002_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

The chassis was painted and assembled. I modified it a bit for the wheels and lowering it want to achieve. After all i wheatered the whole chassis

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/chassis_004_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/chassis_005_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/chassis_006_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/chassis_007_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

The body is also finally done. I painted the sunvisors and added the wipers and polished the body again.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/chassis_008_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/chassis_009_%28Medium%29~0.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/chassis_010_%28Medium%29~0.jpg

Meanwhile it is completed. I'll make some photos tomorrow I hope, so watch the completed section guys!

Kris.