Porsche 934 turbo RSR tamiya/revell mashup

[lovegt40]

Whatever you read here is absolutely IMO. To be clear..

I cant really resist to start do something to this subject (yesss another one).
I was really happy to read about new upcoming revell 934 model, so I took one in jagermeister livery, with the idea to place it beside my 3.0 rsr made some years ago. revell gives the option to make a nearly full open model (doors are closed) and details seems quite good, and anyway better than the big scratch I had to do on the 3.0 rsr.

A leftover from my resin kit was however a complete 934 bodyshell and many many details, basically all the externals including the nice PE grills included into japanese model.
Idea then is to place something near this lady sleeping in my showcase.


so I was really curiouys to see if finally revell did it better than my beloved tamiya,even more reading and looking around the many nice models made by several skilled famous modellers (with a huge discussion about wheels on fb ).
Opening the box I was impressed by the look and had to place it near that lonely sad tamiya body, sure this time revell spotted it ...and here comes some first disappointments..
Some pics will help better than my long bla bla



closed bonnet versus open bonnet ! yes but....where is that famous air intake under the windshield sooo typical in all 911´s ??
as well as....why there is SO big windows frames bigger than monogram porsches kits from the 70s..??



despite dimensions are nearly identical on both the models (both company know how to scale down to 24th I suppose) the revell moulds seems much less defined in lines and details. many parts looks more like a blobby plastic, probably coming covered by other plastics. Quite thick allover

so my surgeon begins (ok I mostly like to saw kit..I know..)






rear wing: also here i deeply appriciate more tamiya kit. They left all grilles and rubber parts separated from the main body (despite the engine bay is originally closed and no upper engine part is provided), while revell makes all in one piece. surely little tricky to paint properly, and of course without any panel line



windows frames are also much more precise in tamiya. very very fine plastic. japanese are really impossible to beat also in the quality of plastic..

theeeeen surgeons again

[gtziaf]

You are crazy, in a good way!!!!
Nice comparison Paolo. Good luck...

[lovegt40]

Revell provides 2 front spoilers. One with closed vents and another with open ones. They will become very useful to update the older esci/heller 934s I collected to make special lyveries. The revell kit can be used like a spectacular update/upgrade detail set (at a very competitive price considering what they give and without scrapping a fujimi enthusiast kit, quite rare nowadays)



however I still think also here tamiya part is nicer and better moulded, specially in the deepness of the round brakes intakes.



here tamiya:


and is nice to see also how precise those round holes match to the plastic tibes going to the front brakes.

[lovegt40]

and now about wheels. aaaah those wheels...
revell biggest issue is, as usual the wheels. THis time anyway I think they didnt made them so completely wrong. They simply looks ugly and this is beacuse of the thikness of chrome paint used by this company.

upper row is tamiya wheels, under line is revell


and at the beginning I aslo thought the rear wheel could be little too big. Then I check at real car pics...







and my conclusion is that probably at revell they studied more the refurbished modern racers.
I didnt find too many pictures of the period, but a lot about modern amazing refurbished racers, so the revell wheels are not so mistaken. Just as said, that ugly paint that I will absolutely strip down.
Swedish YES powerspray makes the miracle (tack min Kompis LMracer )



and in 10 minutes the chrome paint is off from both the tamiya and revell wheels. Just then I discover revell has probably a special primer for those parts that is a very very thick gloss base, quite hard to strip it down..



here the upper wheel is completely clean and the lower one still not. u can see how glossy it looks..



I still didnt decide what rims to use.
Of course there are several aftermarket wheels,some of theme also with PE spockets. Just I think they are a little bit pricey compared to the price of the entire box....both of them.I am Curious to see how they turn out when painted properly.

[lovegt40]

and then some fittings of the interiors. The engine metal plate on the edge comes still from my rsr tk body

[lovegt40]

time to wire a little revell engine. it dont looks so bad at all



turbo and exhausts are from tamiya btw









sad to note revell forget to add in their decal sheet (printed by cartograf) the typical porsche blach writing between rear lights. I saved one from another 911 kit (think esci)



rims (both revell and tamiya) looks much nicer painted with alclads

[rallymaster]

Superb work !!
I especially love the engine !

[Capri-Schorsch]

Great work Paolo!
Nice batch from both kits.

[lovegt40]

thank you guys.

Time to proceed then with the fitting of all the parts. The orange I used (and I will use for all my jägermeister serie) is Gunze h14 gloss.
Next on the list will be probably the 935 k3.







revell decals are really super quality ones.







wheels are also in their way. I think I will anyway use tamiya ones cause better defined (and have sooo many 934 to build..so.. )









the little red valve I will add only at the end cause I usually kill theme all with my big fingers. The valve is a detail nearly impossible to add to metal alu rims.

[lovegt40]

then is time to make her glossy and shiny. Tamiya trasparents parts fits great as well as their nice grilles photoetched.







this cockpit is mostly black. To avoid a complete flat effect I made it filtering dark grey colors over a black base. all the volumes comes easy to life and the airbrush effort is minimal. Of course you need a quality airbrush to do it. I always use Hansa stainbeck 0.15 aero pro. (that one you see in many picutires background. had it for 10 years, is like an old mercedes. always always working, and when you think she die...few expensive spare parts and she is still like the day I bought it. amazing quality really)

[das_auto]

Great Job! Shiiiny!

[joka-1]

Hello Paolo,

what a beauty is this one going to be.
The RSR and 934 will look good next to each other.
Very nice.

Grtz,
Johan M.

[sprite46cfk]

Beautiful Paolo! Can't wait for your K3 build!

How did you paint the black body trim - brush or airbrush? And what clear did you use (if any)?

Thanks, Chuck

[Capri-Schorsch]

Looking very good.Great job!
Love the contrast between the shiny body work and the little oily,dusty look of the engine and the trunk.

Which wash or stuff did you use for the "raced" look?

[lovegt40]

ciao Chris,
glad you like my mashup and also I like a lot the contrast between the glossy body and the used mechanical parts.

The raced look is coming fro my military experiece in modelling. So the last "trend" is now to paint more or less the basical correct colors of the mechanics (here we have just metal black, flat black, dark grey, silber, gold..titanium. It is not important to use 100% correct tone color for the part to be weathered) then light theme up on the edges with a lighter bright tone and keep all the corners and lines evidenced with thin paint. You can choose oil, enalmens and acrylic. I find very easy work with old enamels, the stinky ones from the 70s and 80s. Their chemical formula has been changed during the years but if well saved they are still masterpieces, and is possible to mix theme with oil paints.
I do this process now with airbruch (Hansa 0.2) but is easy to do also with old school drybrush technique from Verlinden.

Sometimes is possible also to airbrush oil paint, just you need a larger nozzle and a very thinnered QUALITY color.The windsor and newton pigment is in my opinion the real best around, despite they can be pricey.
For dust effects you nearly always will use a burn sienna or a raw umber. never use pure ones as black or whites cause there is no possibility to fade theme. You can use those 2 non colors to change the tone of the browns.

Just in the end of all this process I retake silvers and gold with a final "pure" spot of light on the edges, and is this usually giving the 3d appeal of all the parts.

In military vehicles (or my beloved trucks) after this process you can use also pigments/chalks, specially for wheels, and the #´"chipping" effect.
In civil modelling think this can be only for the lower part of raced rally cars.
Probably I will use this on the wheels of the porsche 911 martini safari...

Hope my description is clear, despite my terrible english