Shell/Dunlop Porsche 962C - My First Model!

I thought I would show everyone pictures of my first "serious" model, a Tamiya Porsche 962C. I stumbled acrossed this on eBay and purchased it for the grand sum of $10 USD, including shipping.

A few things about the kit: I am very disappointed at the lack of detail. It comes with all of 37 parts, not including the body, tires and decals. Also, I don't know who decided to mould the windows and headlight covers to the body, but thanks a lot buddy! :banghead:

There are a few good things about the kit though, such as the nice masks Tamiya provided for the complicated paint scheme, and the very nice Cartograf decals.

Overall I am pleased with it. I made quite a few mistakes and the Testors enamel paint took forever to dry and left some mild orange peel. The decaling was quite a challenge, especially the black top and all those white stripes. But the Cartograf decals are super tough and with lots of Microsol I managed to make it work.

Anyway, sorry about the essay. I will shut up now. :p

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Good job for a first one :bigthumb:

:) Damn, I wish my first was so good! Stick with it, your doing fine....keep challenging yourself and you'll be a master in no time.

If you want more detail "zilla, try the Tamiya 956 model...that has an engine and would be a good next kit to try.

Thanks Lump, I'll be sure to keep an eye out for that one.

Thanks for the nice comments everyone. :)

Nice work, good looking build.

The molded in windows come from the fact that the body was originally made for Tamiya's line of 1/24 R/C cars in the late 80's- so it was made more for strength than detail. Tamiya released the 962 as a 'static' kit almost as an afterthought. At least they put some good decals in the rerelease.

The 956 is a terrific kit. it will take all the superdetailing that you could ever dream of putting into a 1/24 build, and there's a rather good amount of reference material available for it. But it's gotten rather rare again, even after it's rerelease in '03. Actually, it'd be kind of a shame to use it as a second build- save it for when you're really ready to go all out on a detailing project.

I agree, I have many kits I really like that I'm holding off on building until I get better. I'm currently working on a Williams FW13B and I'm trying CF decals, BMF and maybe some wiring.

Excellent first build! (better than mine :lol:)

Reading between the lines in your post, it sounds to me like you have the modeling bug :)

One thing, make your photos less grainy - your work deserves better IMHO

Yeah, I need a better camera. :( Right now I have a cheapo Powershot A400. I don't know why it turned out so grainy. The pictures usually turn out decent.

And yes, I caught the bug big time. I have about 15 kits in my to-do pile, and a few more I'm bidding on eBay. Before I discovered this site, I was happily building my OOB kits. Then I saw everyone elses super detailed builds and I feel inadequate. Now I have the need to go out and buy all these CF and PE parts. I hate you guys. :tongue:

nice first effort. I'm looking for more from you.

Then I saw everyone elses super detailed builds and I feel inadequate. Now I have the need to go out and buy all these CF and PE parts. I hate you guys. :tongue:
Been there, done that, got the t-shirt ;)