Porsche 986 Boxster S - Tamiya

It has been quite a while since I last posted a project of my own, time to get back into it. Now just don't expect me to finish a model in 2 weeks. I'm not that fast. :tongue:

I've build the Tamiya Boxster once before. That was a commission build. This will be for myself.
I will built it with the double bubble, a new set of rims and opening doors and luggage compartments. I will not be doing the engine. That will be too complex for me.

Here we go
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All moveable parts cut out.
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And some of the inspirational and reference photos
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Until next update
Arno

Great start to the build!.

Thank you.
Since I'm working on my new home office/hobby space, I need to wait for the weekend in order to get to my building materials. I need some more styreen :wink:

But I want to try to print the hood inserts. So I fired up Blender, looked from some correctly angled reference images and started drawing out the shape. It will probably be around 2mm thick. Let's see if my Photon can manage that.

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Arno

Progress seems slow, but I've really put in some decent hours to get this far

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A few more hours and then let's try printing and fitting it. Probably going to need some adjustments.

I finished the 3d object, at least good enough for a test print on Saturday.
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impressive! can't wait to see more.

impressive! can't wait to see more.

Since you're asking ;)

Over the weekend I started printing. First finding the correct angle so I don't have any layer lines. And also making small adjustments to make it fit.
I ended up in printing vertically. It takes five and a half hour... but the result is at it's best. :)
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Then another test fit
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I made the final changes to the model so it falls nicely withing the hood boundries. I also included a small indent in the nose section where you can stick your fingers in to reach the release lever.
This is the final render (hopefully) and I can print it one final time.
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Arno

Next part up is going to be the rear trunk reinforcement. The basic shape is there. Now I need to make an adjustment to reflect the indent for the oil reservoir space.

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Arno

With the painter having claimed my hobby room for a week, progress grinded to a halt.
I just managed to squeeze a small update in.

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I've printed my designs (after many small alterations) and attached them to the insides of both hoods. I'm quite pleased with the result.
Now I've started initial work on the top part of the luggage compartments. That will give the the correct side of the compartments, but will also bring back some highly needed rigidity

Looks real nice,looking forward to seeing more.

Created the first rough shapes for the luggage compartments and made sure the bottom half and interior would still fit
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I think nextup will be the door sills

A few more styrene parts scratched and put in place. Slowly building up de contours. Later I will use Milliput to get the final shape

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Looks great! Can't wait to see more!!

Gradually the model comes back to life. The constructive bits are now all in place in the front compartment, giving the model back its rigidness.

A few pictures of the steps along the way.
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I wanted to be a bit further in sculpting the right curves. Unfortunately, since I was out of the hobby for quite a long time, my Milliput dried out and I seems to have misplaced my sculpting tools.
I ordered some new supplies, so hopefully I can get some more progress on that this week.

And finally I want the Boxster to shine a bit more, so I bought a new set of rims and metal transfers for the detailing at the end.
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Until the next update...

Arno

Next phase, getting a full door. I first alligned the door and made sure it could swing open (no hinges yet). And then filled it with Milliput so I can start shaping the sills after it has hardened.

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The rear trunk also has it's basic shape and with a bit of left over Milliput I filled the first bit of the seam of the body and the insert.
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Arno

Wow. That is progressing very nicely!

I had to figure out how to properly make the doors open. Since the Porsche doors didn't have a straight angle, the placement of the hinge was very critical.
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Now I can reinfoce the parts and the remove the door to continue detailing the door sils

Small steps. But in the end I'm confident I will have working doors that look realistic.

First some more work on the doorsteps by putting an extra layer of styreen to get that stepped shape.
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Then I used a bit of Milliput to finish the sides of the doors. I now need to wait for it to cure and than carfully sand and detail it
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The next step is then going to be working on the door sills. I need to be aware that the paint will add some thickness that I need to calculate in. let's cross the fingers I can make these doors close nicely.

Arno

I wanted to see where the gaps and imperfections were, so sprayed a bit of primer.
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I already knew I needed to put some attention to the rear trunk, but on a macro picture like this, it looks like a catastrofe :o
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Next step was lightly sanding the primer so it shows the imperfections that need a bit more filler.
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Of screen I've been doing this a second time so all should be smooth after that. And then it is on to the front trunk and repeat the process.

Arno

Macro photo's always bring out the worst in a model :S
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But the I like the curse in the door sill. A bit more focus on the small ridges and I can call that part done.

The rear truck is also coming along nicely. A few scratches still, that only popped out when looking at these pictures. With the naked eye they are hard to spot.
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And finaly a view of the front trunk. I haven't spend much time on this area yet, so I'm not surprised I need to work on this :)
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Arno

I wasn't very pleased with the passenger side door sill. The driver side looks fine
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But here on the passenger side there is a large gap.
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The only way to resolve is to strip it back partially and add a bit of styrene to the back to support the filler.
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Then a new strip of styrene to make the correct shape and apply the filler
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That looks a lot better now
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Unfortunately, I wasn't happy with the front trunk as well. The opening was too big and therefor I couldn't get the right details in. I had to cut into the model again and scratch a new and better trunk outline.
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Arno

So... I've printed the new hood insert. The picture (although a bit blurry) shows the difference in thickness.
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I have now glued it in place and it looks really nice. Also the hood seems to close a bit better.

The little bit of extra clearance granted me the opportunity to add the rubber where the hood rests on.
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It was made from 0.5mm Evergreen rod. I like how it breaks up the flat area.

And a bit of a side project are there air intakes for a Porsche 996 Turbo I want to make. I still need to fit them, but at first glance they seem pretty accurate.
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Arno

Sometimes you just want to put all parts together and enjoy how the project is coming along. :D
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And then on to the next bit...
I've added the brake booster (cover) and are working on the 2nd part of the rubber seal for the lid.
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Arno

With all rubber seals in place, I started work on the housing for the engine fluids.
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It still looks a bit rough, but I need to add some more putty and sand it down again. I'll get it right. Also shaped the filler caps. All in all I'm quite happy for my first time in scratch all there details.

Next up will be the creation of the lid hinges. No clue yet what the best way is to make it work and look good at the same time. To be continued...

Arno

An evening fiddling around with the result of a hinge and has spring. Next time I need to do this more earlier on. With the trunk space partially filled it was difficult to reach into the corners.

But... here is my first proof of concept
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Next up I shortened the spring to 5cm and then I had to look for the exact locations to mount the spring.
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The hinge is still not permanently fixed so the model is more easy to paint.

Construction of scratch built work its coming to an end.

Arno

For the trunk lid I also was working on a hinge. However this is more complex, because the lid needs to lift slightly.
Scratch building wasn't working out for me. So I turned to Blender again an designed scale model hinges based on the original. Hopefully I can it to work.

First a glans at the originals.https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/cd/51/cd519c638c52b4144710ee8039e17ec3.png
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These are the different parts of the hinge. The longest part is mere 7.75mm long ;) All the parts can be assembled using 0.5mm pins.
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Arno

I don't sure you can realise these hinges. Anyway, I wish you good luck!

Yeah, I understand. But now is the time to try. I have the printer, so there isn't much effort on this. Fingers crossed :D

If it doesn't work, I can still create some very basic hinges in stead. I hope to be printing over this weekend as I promised to help out another modeler as well.

As some had their doubts already, the printing failed. Perhaps if I made the parts a bit thicker, but that does require quite some adjustments.

I went back over using aluminum plate (0.3mm) and viewed some other modelers on how to best work it. It took me a lot of time and failed parts, but I managed to finally get a working hinge

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Now, the pins will come loose if you operate the hinge, so I need to figure out how to best fixate them. But it will help, attaching the hinge to the car to make it more rugged. And I'm confident it can hold the lid open well.

All in all... quite pleased with the result.
Now it is up to number 2...
jep, it takes two, baby!
:wink:

Arno

I've been away for a while. Reason? This hinge for the rear trunk lid really kicked me in de head a couple of times. I had to do several iterations and finally had to revert back to a more simpler design.

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Some of my experimental parts
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Now I've primed the body for paint. Hopefully some color this weekend
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Arno

Time to spray some color
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Next up, I'm applying some gloss coat. First time I used Zero Paints 2K gloss. It works pretty fine, but remains a bit tacky longer that my previous 2k lacquer. Some parts need to get a gloss coat on 2 sides, so I will need to spray some more later this week.
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Arno

Some more paint works done. Interieur in its base color and the black parts of the trunk spaces. Now I need to do a little bit of sanding on the body and give it a second gloss coat.
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Since I have little time at the moment for doing the gloss, I'm focusing a bit on the suspension.
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The kits suspension is not bad, but still is relatively simple. So I'm looking into replacing some parts by scratching more real life versions of it. First look at some reference pictures
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So I started out with duplication the suspension subframes (from holding the brakes and wheels) as well and the bridging part between the left and right hand side.
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And currently it is looking like this.
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Now moving on the the remaining parts of the subframes.

I had quite a bump in the road over the weekend. I wanted to finish off the gloss coat, but spotted a few specs. Carefully using a 3200 sanding sponge I attended the specs. Unfortunately on the driver side door, the first swipe cut through all the paint. Not sure what is was, but not your regular everyday dust spec.

I decided that the best way was to lightly sand the door panel and give it a respray. But it became even worse. :cry:
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It appears the gloss coat was being dissolved by the color paint. It started to react and slightly bubble. This was Zero Paint 2K clear... never had that with my previous 2K clears I'd used.

The only real way to move forward was to take some wipes and thinner and strip all the paint down. Now thinner also etches the plastic, so the sight was quite the horror...
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After some careful yet sturdy sanding, I managed to get the door panel smooth again. Using a scriber the panel lines where cleaned and after a wash and dry, the door could be primed again.
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Unfortunately that was all the time I had this weekend... so the new paint job needs to wait, but at least it is looking hopeful again.

Arno

So after the door disaster there was also the front lid disaster. A droplet of thinner found its way on the fresh paint. So again... this needed rework. Removing paint, sanding and priming. But I scratched the part while sanding. So a 2nd round was needed using some filler to smooth it out again.
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Nearly finished the interior. Only some small details to be picked out in silver and the seat belts.
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I've started to remodel the rear suspension a bit. Rough shape is getting there.
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Although not bad, the default Tamiya parts are lacking a bit in detail. And since I'll be running a open design wheel, the brakes will be visible. The 3D parts are of the design from PixelSun from Cults3D. The perforations have clogged up and became invisible (maybe over exposure). I'm trying to drill them by hand. I've spoken to PixelSun and he is considering a slight redesign.
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Pay attention to the right hand twisting of the springs.

I had some thoughts on how to proceed with the brakes and I figured: they need to be corrected. So I spend some time in Blender to design my own discs

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I only need to make a small cut out on the back to fit the Tamiya attachment and this can be printed. Fingers crossed I've got it all right in the first instance :)

Arno

I made a quick video of the brake disc after finishing it. Let's see how it prints tomorrow https://youtu.be/eA3F2YfhEa0

Over the weekend and the past few days, I tried to get my brake discs printed. Unfortunately I kept these misprints where all holes were gone
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After many searches and chats I found the problem in my 3D design. The red areas are the problem.
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Red means wrong. Basically it means I'm looking at the inside of an object. This should clearly be the outside. Note: those rods will be subtracted from the model, leaving holes instead. After inverting the red areas I printed again

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Not ideal yet, but were are getting closer. Now it is time to tune the printer settings and the model a bit.

Arno

I had to experiment quite a lot to get to a satisfactional result. A quick overview of the different attempts.
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But, we have a winner. 13.4mm in diameter that is usable after a bit of cleaning up.
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Here some final 3D renders of both the small disk (13.4mm) and the larger one (14.8mm).
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I'll try to print the larger one today. If that works out, I can continue the suspension and I'll put the designs online for the community :D

Arno

Long time since I've left an update (oops)

Well I have my ups and downs with this model. I like the overal things I did, but only to like 90%. It's just up to a standard I would like to keep. Nevertheless, this project was meant to learn new skills, try to get to a next level of scratch building and altering parts. And I have learnt many new things and I'm sure I will try some more in future projects.

For now, this model will just have to do and sit in my cabinet.
Let's move on, this is how the model currently stands, bit by bit the parts are being assembled.
https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/34/2a/342a2cfe16725e3cfbb4568591856f78.jpg
https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/7f/8b/7f8ba6ddb30eda44ba26566b6d1a1967.jpg
https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/d8/79/d879761ec2294e0db7318d17caff7bed.jpg

So my plans have changed a bit. Since I can't get both doors to work nice, the driver side one will remain hingable. The other one will be glued in place. I'm doubting if I will not just go for a full exposed model with all doors opened permanently. At least that would show all the extra work that has gone into it.

On a different topic, I've ordered some custom decals. I want some nice Porsche logos on the calipers and I did order some more/extra decals for future projects.
https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/82/ac/82acf067698b6b2574b181554a4f3759.jpg
https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/bc/64/bc640c03172842b75e8b25e9706402d9.jpg

And this is a close up of the rear suspension. I managed to attach the sway bar to the upright suspension using a bit of 0.35mm copper rod.
https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/e5/ab/e5abc945942fbf5f1c6c71b897cb5334.jpg
It is a tiny detail you probably will never see again, but I know it is there and it makes me happy. And it could be a step up towards a project where I will put the rear suspension up on display. A bit like this:
https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/1c/af/1caff910e92473dadd936d58568ffcfb.jpg

Last thing that really needs some work is spraying the black trim around the main windscreen and 2 cover plates for the underside.

Arno

Some really incredible work you've put into this build.

My new decals arrived and are really looking nice and sharp.

https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/81/f3/81f36614b6fc5984ac7e46f50a552e8b.jpg
https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/94/da/94da6512f7b8600f8e850fc8091f4b60.jpg

And then applying the first ones... they are only 8 microns thick, so they level out very nicely.

https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/e4/17/e4175dc858ba973ed260e1f263eeaff1.jpg
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Small steps.
I've used flocking to create the interior fabrics of both trunk spaces. Now I'm aligning the hinges to glue both lids in place.
I'm guessing one more weekend of work and it is ready for display :)

https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/0d/46/0d460a8a0091f86511a17da99dff51f0.jpg
https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/f1/22/f12226092468bcd1c701932fa20d1fb0.jpg

Arno

Apparently there was still a lot of work to do before I could call the project 'done', but this learning project has now come to an end. Tomorrow I will make some daylight pictures.

https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/98/09/9809a9d1217831b7b0e1e21d511c8d73.jpg

I managed to finalize the build. It took me nealy a year and had some ups and downs. All in all I've learned a lot from all the modifications and scratch buildings. Yes, not everything worked out well, but I still enjoyed it. And there will definitely be more builds like this where I can use all my learnings.
For now... this will be up on display with the rest of the collection.

https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/3f/bf/3fbfa6ec2444fa3999cf1b0c01423a9e.jpg
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And a bonus video :D
https://youtu.be/M-7psLWt4Is