Progress: Revell 97' porsche Le Mans

By far one of the greatest models i have worked with. the kit so far has been awsome. I got to use my new airbrush kit and work with thinning paints more, and man it has been a fun build so far. as of right now, i am touching up some spots, and i have been prepping the body for a gloss white paint. the motor alone took about 4 hours to build. The instructions on some of the motor were crap but i figured it out!

Dont worry about the door panels on the outside, cant see them when the body is on so why waste paint, plus the body will be glued on, all except the back hatch.

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Any Comments welcome!

Cool project, looking good so far. I have the Tamiya version, and no I have not started it yet!!! SKERRRDD :evillol:

yea this is the revell version. it has 2 versions, the texaco, history chanel version in black, and then the le mans white edition

Make it a street conversion, that would be cool. Cool Build!

Make it a street conversion, that would be cool. Cool Build!

thanks Mike. i think i am way better at 1/24 and 1/25 scale models then at the smaller modifiers.

i was going to make it the texaco version in black but then figured hell the le mans one looks way cooler! so i changed plans. this is my first kit i have built how the box says. i always make them my own colors but this one becuase of the decals and it being a replica of a real car i had to folow the box!

street conversion??! i cant even picture that, cool build

street conversion??! i cant even picture that, cool build

Neither can I, but I can guarentee it would look sweet.

what do you meen by street version. like making it a street car? that would be diffrent!?

Great choice of kit. Good luck with it. The swirly graphics on the works 97 LeMans cars are way cool, much cooler than any steet car!

Stop putting silly ideas into people's heads Mike :p

Great choice of kit. Good luck with it. The swirly graphics on the works 97 LeMans cars are way cool, much cooler than any steet car!

Stop putting silly ideas into people's heads Mike :p

i cant wait to get my hands on a rally car!! i want to build a tommi makinen lancer evo!

the le mans kit is hott. for being a revell kit the detail is acually really great!

A street version wouldn't totally be a 'conversion'. For those who can't picture this as a street car, check this out!

http://www.ualberta.ca/~mjg/pics/00003.JPG
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I may be building this yet with my '97 lemans kit, haven't decided. I've got too many kits to do.

thanks Mike. i think i am way better at 1/24 and 1/25 scale models then at the smaller modifiers.

i was going to make it the texaco version in black but then figured hell the le mans one looks way cooler! so i changed plans. this is my first kit i have built how the box says. i always make them my own colors but this one becuase of the decals and it being a replica of a real car i had to folow the box!

hehe yea u are, definetly nice build so far check out my camaro when you wake up

A street version wouldn't totally be a 'conversion'. I may be building this yet with my '97 lemans kit, haven't decided. I've got too many kits to do.

Yeah all GT1 class cars (Nissan R390, Toyota GT1, Mercedes CLK, etc) required a run of customer vehicles. So a street version wouldn't be as "bad" as a lot of the WRC conversions we see. Still it would take a fair effort to do properly, not just the externals but the interior and engine are vastly different. Recently somebody did a really nice job on a Nissan R390, using references to produce a very close replica of the real car.

Looks like you're off to a good start.

I bought this kit to steal the decals out of to use on my Clear-View Tamiya version. They are both 1:24 so they should work well.

I found a street Porsche 911 GT1...

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Whoa there guys...

The Tamiya is the 1996 Porsche GT1 in 1:24th (based on the 911's head/tail light package)

The Revell (or Dragon/UT) is the 1997 Porsche GT1 Evo in 1:24th (based on the Boxer's head/tail light package)

The 1998 Porsche GT1 is "available" only in resin.

The decals for the Revell would not be correct for the Tamiya and vice versa...of course we ARE modeling and whatever the builder wants, the builder gets! ;-)>

Anyways, I'm too anal to be paid much attention to!

Bill

Stop putting silly ideas into people's heads Mike :p

Thats what I am here for. :evillol: I am full of weird, insane, wacko, silly ideas.

Hey Bryce, anymore progress?

Whoa there guys...

The Tamiya is the 1996 Porsche GT1 in 1:24th (based on the 911's head/tail light package)

The Revell (or Dragon/UT) is the 1997 Porsche GT1 Evo in 1:24th (based on the Boxer's head/tail light package)

The 1998 Porsche GT1 is "available" only in resin.

The decals for the Revell would not be correct for the Tamiya and vice versa...of course we ARE modeling and whatever the builder wants, the builder gets! ;-)>

Anyways, I'm too anal to be paid much attention to!

Bill

I did alot of goggle search and all to find the right one, and color details for the motor.

the 1997 porsche Gt1 evo is the car i am building.

the street car version was made in 1996.

the 1998 and 1997 versions of the Gt1 evo are diffrent. the side number on the 97' sit flat, the 98 are slanted up. there are a few minor diffreneces

I did alot of goggle search and all to find the right one, and color details for the motor.

the 1997 porsche Gt1 evo is the car i am building.

the street car version was made in 1996.

the 1998 and 1997 versions of the Gt1 evo are diffrent. the side number on the 97' sit flat, the 98 are slanted up. there are a few minor diffreneces


I never did find that much online for the 96-98 GT1's. Racer did an "In Focus" spread of the 96 BPR competitor which is what I used for my 1996 #25 Mobil 1 1:24th Tamiya Porsche.

For the 1997 Mobil 1 Evo (I've built 1 of those and still have 2 of the Champion cars) I used the SpeedVision racetapes for detailing. This model was recently destroyed...;-(>...and will have to be replaced. Dragon (a Chinese model company if I'm not mistaken) designed and created the molds and sold the kits to Revell of Germany in 4 forms. Prepainted Mobil 1, unpainted Mobil 1, Champion and History Channel versions.

For the 1998 Scale Productions did a Mobil 1 and a Jever liveried version and either Modelers or Sakatsu did a VERY pricey resin Mobil 1 version.

As for the homologated "street versions", no manufacturer did it in 1:24th plastic, but in 1:1, a GT 1 was created for each year, 1996, 1997 and 1998, to conform to ACO rules regarding competition.

The "Evo" designation was given to the 1997 design because it was an evolution of the original 1996 design (with little outward changes on the LM cars anyways other than the head/tail light package).

The 1998 design was radically different and an attempt by Porsche to stem the "Great Silver Menace"...It won where as the CLK GTR flipped itself right out of competition and prototype racing altogether! At Petite LM later that year, the 98 GT1 flipped!

In 99 it was a Williams built BMW LMP (carrying Dell livery)

then 00-01-02 it was the Audi LMP's

and in 03 it was the Bentley boys.

Bill

p.s. Did you know that Scale Motor Sports did a Declkit for the Revell '97 Evo that allowed the builder to recreate the all carbon fiber test mule? It was the second Declkit to allow that. The first being for the Tamiya '96 Porsche GT1!

awsome, i am preparing the body for paint. I am doing it in the white. i am using a white primer i just wet sanded to remove the crap, primer leaves clobs of crap some times and then messes up paint. i will be painting i hope today!? i Hope....it is a nice day so it will be plenty warm to paint it.

Samurai75007 that car in your pictures is the 1998 version.

The 1998 design was radically different and an attempt by Porsche to stem the "Great Silver Menace"...It won where as the CLK GTR flipped itself right out of competition and prototype racing altogether! At Petite LM later that year, the 98 GT1 flipped!


The Merc that "flipped" was the 1999 CLR.

UPDATES!!!

Ok so far i added 1 coat of gloss white. But made 1 minor mistake. i painted and there was crap on my bench and it went all over when the air hit it so got on my wing! :( BUT BUT BUT easy fix. i did 2 things. i put news paper down for the second coat of paint. and then i am going to sand the whole car any ways with 2000 grit and just clean it up, and sanding between coats helps with the next coat sticking and being real smooth!

Thats what I am here for. :evillol: I am full of weird, insane, wacko, silly ideas.

Hey Bryce, anymore progress?

i will ahve progress soon. the car is so close to done! i finsihed the back hatch decals and all, i am working on the front decals.

Looking good, good luck on this build I would like to see the finished product :smokin:

It is close to done. i hope by tomrow to finsih! it is last details, decals i am awaiting on the front window and mirrors becuase after they dry i can add decals!! pics asap

We Need More Pictures!!!!!!!!!!!