1/24 Fujimi Porsche 911 S 1972

My next build on this forum will be the roadgoing Porsche 911 S from 1972. I very much like these old Porsche 911s. This one is very special, because it was build only one year. It's the oilcap on the right backside of the car. It was often mistaken to put fuel in. So....they dropped it the next year. I'm going to use the great Fujimi enthousiast series to model the car. Here's a picture of the box.
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P4092826.jpg
It's content.
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P4092827.jpg
This is the color I'm going to use. Viper green it's nice and retro.
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P4092828.jpg
In the end my goal is this.
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/25a6640c.jpg
So, lets get started.
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P5032917.jpg
First I always dryfit and get a feel for the model in hand.
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http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P5032919.jpg
I want the rear backside windows to be open. I gently carved it out.
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P5042920.jpg
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P5042921.jpg
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At first I wanted to use the carved out windowframes. But they are very fragile. I decided to use aluminium. Before I carved out the second windowframe I made a template of it.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P5042924.jpg

This was placed on a aluminiumsheet and cut it out. I used a thin saw.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P5042928.jpg

It all fits nice.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P5042929.jpg

For the famous oilcap/door I used this template to get the right shape and carved it in the model.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P5042927.jpg

That's it for now.
Eric

woow!
interesting project
i will follow your work in progress

cheers

Nice craftsmanship! Never saw aluminium applied this way.

Great WIP! Actually perfect for my taste.:smile: Keep on with good work, I'll be following progress for sure!


I am also working on the same Fujimi's model. It's far from finished, but you can check it out here:
CLICK (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=1059729)

CLICK (http://www.makete.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=18838&hilit=porsche+911)

By the way, if you need any specific reference pictures, just contact me. I've got plenty of them and will be glad to share them.:wink:

Best regards
Matic

Looking forward to seeing how the trim is going to turn out. Good luck!

Great subject Eric! I have the Fujimi Enthusiast 911R in my stash and am considering moving on to that after the 917 is finished, so I'll be watching this one closely as you progress. Great work so far!

ianc

That green is a nice color on this car. The window surrounds are a neat idea. I wonder if they will turn out symmetrical between left and right. Keep posting.

After a while of not building I recently started again with the Porsche 911.
After a closer look I decided against the alu windowsurrounds. The frontwindowsurround was (for me) impossible to replicate. Maybe if I take more time, but then again I realise I don't have the right tools (plyers) and so on and I don't want to be building as long as the 917 on this one. So.....I donated the technique to the scrapbox. There are a few future projects where I'm going to use these parts. No harm done. A fresh one and now don't mess it up again:nono:.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P5283032.jpg

Didn't like the gutter-line on the roof. It's out of scale.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P5283033.jpg

So, I shaved it of...

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P5283035.jpg

...and is replaced with plasticstrip from Evergreen.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P5283034.jpg

Fitted the new gutter and closed the hole for the right side mirror. I heated some white plastic from the sprue and pushed it into the hole. After hardening I glued it back into the hole and left drying for 24 hours. Then sanded smooth.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P7143098.jpg

Some fitproblems for the headlights.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P7143100.jpg

Glued plasticstrip behind it and filled the frontend with 2k Tamiya Putty.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P7143101.jpg

Also the enginelid wasn't to my liking. Again I used 2k Tamiya Putty.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P7203106.jpg

After drying sanded smooth.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P7203107.jpg

The fitment of the headlights is spot-on now.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P7213110.jpg

Enginelid sanded smooth and with better fitment to the body.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P7213109.jpg

Rearbumper needed some attention to. I had to glue two little strips on each side.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P7213111.jpg

Now it's okay!

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P7143102.jpg

I wanted the coolingfan to be open. I started sanding until I was almost through. Hold the part during sanding frequently against the light. Then it possible to see hom much further you have to sand. When you're almost through stop sanding and use a new Exactoblade to cut through.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P7143104.jpg

This is more to my liking.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh113/ewestra/P7213112.jpg

The body is almost ready to spraypaint the first layer of primer to check my work on the body.

Eric

Hi, I'm really impressed by your well detailed works!

I hope these pictures help your jobs. These are of 1984-5(?) 911SC, but could be just references for 1972's 911S. I took these photos because I am also the one who has 911S kit like you and hoping to make it someday!!:wink: And 1985 911 as well... in this creme yellow.

When I make it, I'll do the same jobs on body (but the aluminum frame... maybe not, 'cause it is difficult for me), I'll sand out the lower part of front bumper 'cause I feel the section of Fujimi's is a bit too big and fat...
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nMlyClNhJIA/UAvp1fdnUYI/AAAAAAAAAn0/5Ak0-COEQjQ/s1600/2011-12-15+16.54.22.jpg
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Last one is from another site.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WCBDHsr_pRw/UAvZMfwbhiI/AAAAAAAAAmk/y7ZyyiucFwQ/s1600/198e5688+-+Copy.jpg

Regards,

Great to see some more work going on this one Eric; I wondered if you fell in a hole!

Looking good; this one should keep you busy for a while. These Enthusiast kits have a LOT of parts; don't be tempted to paint the crankshaft and pistons... ;)

Looking forward to the next one!

ianc

the attention to the details is amazing. i'm sure even jeremy clarkson who "loves" the 911 would appreciate the effort :)

No I didn't fall into hole, but had to find some time to upload the pictures. So here's a little update on the 911.

I finished the body in primer and did some last minute polishing out some scratches. After that I sprayed layer of primer just a little wetter and let it cure for a couple of days.

http://imageshack.us/a/img6/9467/p9263368.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img685/5048/p9263369.jpg

Then I sprayed the Viper Green. I mixed the paint with some harder so I can polish the paint rather then the clearcoat.

http://imageshack.us/a/img685/3380/pa103375.jpg

I worked on the engineparts to. Here they're all ready to recieve different shades of Alclad II. Will post pictures of the engine this weekend.

http://imageshack.us/a/img854/4267/pa173376.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img35/7456/pa173377.jpg

I altered the seats with putty and plastic strip. During the IPMS/ESM meeting last weekend I found what I was looking for. The correct decal with the "houndstooth" pattern. I made a prototype seat with the decal on it. I used plasticstrip on the seat that was a little bit to thick. Right now I'm bussy with the two new seats.

http://imageshack.us/a/img823/2407/pa283379.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img259/1659/pa303391.jpg

Eric

Love that seat and the body looks great too! Good to see another udpate,

ianc

Awesome build so far!!!

I'm really following it!

Keep on.

As promissed the pictures of the engine. I still have to enhance the engine with various cables, like electrical, fuel and oil. More of that later.

http://imageshack.us/a/img802/5894/pb053407.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img826/8840/pb053404.jpg

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Eric

simply wonderful. I love those old ones.

I worked on the interior. In the scrapbox I found period correct seats. I painted the outside semi closs black. The seat I painted light beige. After they dryed I put Scale Motorsport upholsterydecals (houndstooth) on them. After that I painted matt clear on the seat. The carpetting was done by using selfadhesive cloth from Model Factory Hiro. The decals for the dials on the dashboard where placed and after drying I covered the dials with 2C glue to replicate the glas. The steeringwheel was mounted with Porschelogo in the middle. I scratchbuild the gearlever.

http://imageshack.us/a/img59/8003/pc013413.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img694/740/pc013414.jpg

I remade the strip on the frontbumper with chrometape and black plastic.

http://imageshack.us/a/img4/8775/pc013416.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img850/4572/pc013417.jpg

The engine got wired with petrollines and sparkplugcables.

http://imageshack.us/a/img842/5453/pc013411.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img651/3325/pc013415.jpg

I scratchbuild the clips for the airfilter. I made them out of very thin solderwire. Solderwire is easy to work with.

http://imageshack.us/a/img248/7766/pc013412.jpg

The Porschescript on the enginehood was put on. I used metaltransfers from Crazy Modeller. The only difficult thing was that I had to put them on one by one since the "decal"was to small. I used thin maskingtape to outline the letters.

http://imageshack.us/a/img255/7192/pc023418.jpg

The original wheelmountings weren't possible to use. The car sat very unrealistic on it's wheels. To high:runaround: I decided to simply glue the wheels on after sanding the moutingpoints off. I placed the Porsche on a base and set the ridehide on 4mm. I like lowered old Porsche's.

http://imageshack.us/a/img825/4751/pc023420.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img72/4613/pc023419.jpg

The finished model.

http://imageshack.us/a/img72/2777/pc023421.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img836/6638/pc023422.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img24/1570/pc033423.jpg

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http://imageshack.us/a/img194/3236/pc033430.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img839/5935/pc033431.jpg

Thank you for watching.
Eric

Nice work!

Simply gorgeous!

Looks fantastic but I think your door handles are on backwards...

Looks great, I love it!

Gorgeous mate!

Simply awesome!!!

Nice work! Love the viper green!

Simply superb! The houndstooth is spot on and the Hiro carpet looks exactly like the original silver knit carpet. Great interior! The rest looks smashing too; my favorites are the scratchbuilt air cleaner clips. The NL sticker and Dutch plate just finish it off. Any shots of the underside?

Unfortunately, jla is correct and the door handles are on backwards, but hopefully that should be pretty easy to fix?

Great work!

ianc

Thanks for the nice comments guys and I know..... the doorhandles are the wrong way:loser:. I've corrected it. For pictures from the chassisbottum...will do.

Eric

Very nice model, impressive improvement and detailing work, I love it !
can you say us more about the crazy modeler stuff used to make Porsche lettering ? why to apply them letter by letter ? Is it a generic item or a specific Porsche one ?
any ref or link to it ? it seems really good.

Wow, excellent classic model...

thats very impressive!

This is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! Magnus Walker would be proud!!! :sunglasse