Porsche 944S finished

This is a Italeri Porsche 944S built almost straight from the box with some details here and there. I had bought this kit half built from a model car swap. Some of the parts had been glued heavily with tube glue and it looked like it had been a project of a young modeler. However the body and glass were in excellent condition and nothing had been painted so the kit was easy to renovate. I replaced the wheels and tyres with Fujimi OZ Futuras because Italeri wheels and tyres were quite crappy. I may change them later to Fujimi 964 Carrera 4 wheels to make the car look more stock, but I don't have a 964 now so I can't compare if it would look better with those or with Futuras. I painted the body in light gunmetal metallic automotive touch up paint, clear coated it and polished it with LMG polishing cloths and Novus plastic polish. You can see that Italeri's body isn't quite correct especially in the rear, but I didn't bother to start correcting the shape.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/144158944sfrontright.jpg

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/155449944srear.jpg

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/182330944srearleft.jpg

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/985380944sside.jpg

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/812701944upleft.jpg

And finally a family picture with its big brother:

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/151882944-928.jpg

Feel free to comment or ask any questions about the model :smokin:

-Mikko

I really like the 944, always have. It looks awesome in that gray and the paint job is quite impressive. Those wheels are a nice upgrade, keep them on. :iceslolan

Bigg "E"

Good shiny paint job and wheels suit for the car.
Very nice finish! :)

Looks good. I really like it. :grinyes:

Looking very nice!

I'm going to a shop today where the dude sells old and discontinued kits... hoping to find one of these. You just encouraged me some more!

Nice.
Wheels are a nice touch on it

Nice Porsche(s) :D What brand of automotive touch-up paint did you use?

Clean build the colour and rims suit the car well.:bigthumb:

Hi,
nice built...
It look similat at that mine.....TURBO...

First -Class build!! A stunner!! :sunglasse :sunglasse

I like it!! Very nice work!

Nicely done!

Looks like you are well on your way to a "front porch" fleet. (lol)

:licka:

Mikko, I'm working on a 928, which manufacturer did your 928 come from?
It looks fantastic!
Chris

I wouldn't trade those Futura's for the world. The car looks fantastic as it is.

A fine example of the underappreciated front-engine Porsches which were replaced by the limp-wristed Boxster (Porsches aren't supposed to get walked by stock Dodge Neons, even turbo Neons) and a very ugly truck.

Damn purists.

Pettercardoso, the paint was bought from a Swedish car part & accessory outlet Biltema. I don't think there's nothing special about the paint, you can get similar results with almost any good quality touch up paint.

Chris, the 928 is built from Fujimi kit. You can see more pics of it here (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=118510) .

I had the Futuras originally bought for Hasegawa's 968, but maybe I'll have to get some other wheels for it if these are to stay with the 944. Hasegawas wheels, although stock, look very small and dull and the tyres are really narrow.

-Mikko

Nice job!!
The rims are also very cool

First -Class build!! A stunner!! :sunglasse :sunglasse
:iagree:

Very nice :bigthumb:

Really nice renovation you did :bigthumb:
I think the rims suit the car very well :smokin:

looks fabulous, and I love the picture with the two porsches , it's a stunner!

What's next up?

olivier

hard to find kit!
and hard to bit your beautiful work!! :)

That came out perfect! :cool:

Nice shine.
Good choic of rims :bigthumb:

yep, very nice indeed. Great work on a medium kit! :thumbsup:

Chris, the 928 is built from Fujimi kit. You can see more pics of it here (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=118510) .

-Mikko

Mikko, Exact same kit I am now working on. Lastly, What wheels are those? I got the crappy gold 5 spokes. I did however order the RUF 18"s for it.
What changes did you need to do to make it an S4 vs. the GT?
I need to do a little more research on that myself, but if you can answer any questions, thank you!
Chris

Nice to see a couple of front engine porsches here, i have the hasegawa kit of the 944 turbo, both the street and (pink) race version. There is actually a hobby shop here in stockholm that still have a couple of those in stock. So if you cross the baltic, look for a place called "Hobbybiten" in solna, they have lots of old hasegawa, fujimi and tamiya kits.

Chris, the wheels on the 928 are the ones that came with the Fujimi 928GT kit. The kit had two front bumpers, one for the GT and one for the S4 (marked as a part to discard) so I used the S4 bumper and I left the GT front fender flares off. I think those were the only changes I made. I might have changed the exhaust tips to twin pipe style, can't remember for sure...

Cagman, thanks for the tip! I must visit the shop next time I'm in Stockholm. I'm quite interested to see if they have any older Hasegawa rally car kits (Subarus and Mitsu Evos).

-Mikko

Perfect build!! I like the 944 very much. The rims look very good on this car!

Very nice! :grinyes:

:smokin:

Looks great!

One of my brothers mates owns one pretty similar to that with 5 spoke rims... :smokin:

Hey Mikko, thanks for your time and replies. I really appreciate it.
Here is the kit I am working on with a pic of the wheels. These are the only wheels that came with the kit. Hence my buying the 18" RUF wheels.
http://www.hickorytech.net/~batsonx5/928gt.JPG
The wheels:
http://www.hickorytech.net/~batsonx5/928gtwheel.JPG
The wheels are just plain cheesy....
Chris

Looks good. Nice paintjob, very clean looking car (so is the other porsche in the last picture :))