Porsche 959 Gemballa

Hello,

First off your probably think "what that didn't exist", well I'm kinda building a fantasy car.

My dream is to build all of the Porsche super cars, the 959, the 911 GT1 Straßenversion, and the Carrera GT. I also like the Gemballa cars, except only the Carrerea is a actual Gemballa car, so I'm making up this one.

Its going to be part of a personal group build, I have the transkit for the Tamiya Carrera kit, but the other two I'm just going out on a whim, in theory this is possible Gemballa exited before the 959.

Starting with the 959,to be a Gemballa it needs a huge scoop on the roof, and other tacky looking bolt on's

http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN2869.jpg

for more detail I cut off the hood, and scratch built some stuff, the story is that to make the car even better Gemballa removed all the factory Porsche items and rebuilt it more like a race car, its still not finished a few more things need to be buttoned up.

http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN2867.jpg

The engine has been left mostly stock, the fuel rails are new and a few photo etched bolts, doesn't matter much Porsche does a good job of hiding the engine. The exhaust system has yet to be added.

http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN2866.jpg

so far on the Carrera progress has been slow,I couldn't get the usual transkit from Geronimo so I ended up with this:

http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN2345.jpg

Just a word of advise it kinda sucks, nothing fits very well, for now the progress isn't worth showing, just a lot of filler

Well thanks for looking, this is my first W.I.P. on this board so hopefully I didn't mess anything up, sorry if I did, anyways thanks again, and you comments would be appreciated.

Exciting build. good start so far. too bad the transkit sucks

i'm not much of a Porsche fan, but your project looks interesting!

keep it up

so far on the Carrera progress has been slow,I couldn't get the usual transkit from Geronimo so I ended up with this:

http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN2345.jpg

Just a word of advise it kinda sucks, nothing fits very well, for now the progress isn't worth showing, just a lot of filler



is that the A-Modeler transkit ?

I think the original Geronimo kit would have been the better choice



Mike

Totally agreed with Mike.. shame on you A-Modeler, GW parts rulez!!.. the only problem is .. where to find, i have one at home in a safe box cause.. i think that Geronimo will not produce parts anymore :(

Nice work so far. Welcome to the forum!!! Good luck and thanks for sharing. Looks promising.

btw... i'm so sorry not to comment your project!.. it's just because i got piss with the A-Modeler to copy entirely the GW Gemballa Transkit

It's a very unique project.. never saw this before.. i think that finishing this one you will have a nice model on the shelf!.. thank you for sharing.. i'll follow for sure!! :)

Regards

shaping up to be a great build :)

Hello thank you for all the comments.

First off progress on the 959, the front hood area has been finished:


http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN2962.jpg


In the interior everything is basic black, all the carpet has been done with flocking, seatbelts have been added and a few extra switches on the dash/centercouncil. The front seats have not yet been added, but there in the works, planning a few modifications to them.


http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN2964.jpg


http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN2965.jpg


To make the car more “racy” I have added a roll bar, it fallows the B post to kinda hide its self later I’ll paint it black.


http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN2961.jpg


Also the hood has been carbon fibered but no pictures yet.


Work has also commenced on the Carrera, first I’m working on the ground effects:
First off the original:


http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN2873.jpg



Then replaced:


http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN2874.jpg


Only problem is that they don’t fit…. So using a heat gun I bent them back in to shape, then I cut the two sections apart and refit them on to the body
A few of the part where damaged, namely the rear clip and part of the side skirts, I shaped a piece of plastic to replace the damaged area and used filler to smooth it all out, here’s a pic before there all sanded:


http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN2968.jpg


Thank you for looking and thanks again for your comments.

Hello everyone

The 959 is almost finished, the whole car was painted in white primmer then gloss white, then I use a semi-gloss clear to kinda dull the paint, my goal is to make kinda a street legal rally car. Also the interior is finished sadly I have forgotten to take any pictures before being attached to the body. And way here’s some general pictures.

http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN2978.jpg

http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN2981.jpg

http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN2983.jpg
(the mirrors are only a test fit)
http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN2985.jpg

I realize that the finish isn’t exactly the best but there was a contest this weekend that I wanted to take it to so I ended up kinda in a rush.


Thanks for looking guys, and any comments or help is appreciated

The detail work you did in the front trunk and engine are nice but i am kind of dissapointed as i was hoping you would do something wild with the body like the thread name suggests.. You know, gemballa style body kit :p Also the side mirrors... or should i say fender mirrors he-he look weird as they are.. i would leave them on the original place

Unfortunately i have to agree with you on the body it needs much more work to be a true gemballa, the mirrors are going to have to stay, there ugly as hell but it kinda works with the gemballa tacky look. I don't think I ever showed this pic:

http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN2872.jpg

But I do have a big scoop it just wasn't on in the pictures above. but if you have any idea of body mods they would be helpful it needs ground effects in the front and back of some sort but i'm not sure how they would really fit in to the current body.

IMHO the roof scoop is way too much exagerated !! you should give it a better shape, following roof line, because it's totally not aerodynamical like it is.
it's a bit a pain regarding all the excellent work you're doint on details.
I also don't like the side view mirrors on the fenders...

yea, the roof scoop looks out of place also in my eyes.. it also wouldn´t cool the engine if that is it´s original purpose :iceslolan Well the body is painted so any big body modifications in gemballa style are out of the question (unless you want to strip and repaint it) but you still could fabricate some kind of front spoiler and diffuser, perhapse a wing and add them after.. I also searched on the internet for inspirations and it seems gemballa already customized an 959 porsche although it´s even more ugly than the original :evillol:
http://i1.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/250/draft_lens11096991module107303681photo_1277306066p orsche959gamballa.jpg

I'm probaly going to srip the paint anyway it's a pretty bad finish so im open to any work but im probly going to keap some sort of scop. that seams to be kinda there trade mark but i might cut it down some. any ideas are still helpful

Hello,

Well if you remember the hole goal of this build was to have something new to bring to a contest. well It didn't turn out to good but it basically was put on the shelf, that coupled with your guys input I've decided to try again. So now I think I'm going for my first real body kit. My main problem is the style for the 80's I kinda want it to be period correct but i kinda wasn't born yet. So here's my uniformed try on a crazy custom car in the 80's

http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN3037.jpg

Basically I redid all the vents on the front and back, Here's some close ups (nothings finished yet)

http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN3039.jpg

(The little white square's left from the light and will get filled later.)

http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN3041.jpg

Also I added some sort of thing extending the fender, a reverse scoop I think you would call it...

http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN3040.jpg

And my main problem the front hood trying to not be to "ricerish" think I failed..... try again latter I suppose.

http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/dragsterlover/959/DSCN3042.jpg

planed things would be a front spoiler, a rear diffuse, and the scoops modified on the side but they haven't been built yet.

Thanks for looking everybody and I'd like to hear what you think about the body kit before I try the other side.

a widebody that closely follows the original lines of the 959 would definitely be period-correct :)