Porsche 917 LH 1/24 Martini Racing - Le mans 1971

[lovegt40]

Ok, for this model i didnt make any work in progress (sometimes I think I open too many work in progress..lol ).
Basically the model is a copy, really welldone honestly, of the upper part of the Fisher model pattern 917 lh Martini. Found it at a bargain price on Ebay so i´ll give it a try.
Of course no wheels and no decals, just the bare upper body part PLUS a lot of vacuformed parts of the windshield and front lights.
It seem as an aborted slotcar project somebody did somewhere in Uk, and then...scrapped and posted for sale in a desert summer auction online...

The biggest challenge for me was to find the decals. Was so happy discovering le mans miniatures did exactly this sheet, and was soooo unhappy when I used the decals, payd as brand new and they were...completely old and crap in quality .
Half livery is then painted... The rear wing is coming from the central part of the sprue of a tamiya mercedes gt3 amg , the wheels and tires are from fujimi 917k (with my custom made tire decals). The interior and lower part of the chassis is scratchbuild.

I deeply wanted this iconic model in my collection. No willing and no voglia to make it as full open model from MFH, despite I have the kit.

Here she is. The build up took over one year and nearly all the time was spent in cleaning the body and fixing the decals.

Note I will place pictures from the beginning of this adventure, not only about the finished model. I hope it will be ok for all...













































and here finally under the warm sun of Calif....SCANDINAVIA !!
with my historical filter on some pics..

[gtziaf]

Beautiful Paolo. Sweet execution as always.

[360spider]

Gotta love these old warriors! Turned out real well, and even though I'm not a big fan of these body-style Porsches, the livery is just fantastic. Awesome job.

[fafnir]

Real great looking build!!,applying those decals must've been a nightmare!!

[lovegt40]

Thank you all guys. Yes decals were a real nightmare

[Kjenjak]

Cool result. Your filter really produces this specific "feeling" about old times...