Scale Productions Porsche Cayman GT

This is the Fujimi Cayman w/the Scale Productions transkit for the Cayman GT. Color scheme was inspired by the '08 Porsche GT3 RS. Originally intended to be a race car for an ACME Cayman GT group build (everyone picks a Porsche livery and makes it a "fantasy racer"), I felt it looked too good as a street car so I'm looking for a vintage livery for my next Cayman GT.

Paint is Tamiya gloss aluminum, orange was custom mixed to match my custom decals, roll bar modified from a Revell Subaru WRX.

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This is an entirely different looking beast than my recent "heritage" Cayman, and I like 'em both.

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WOw looks goood. I like the look of both. THe Silver and orange work great together.The more I see the Cayman the more and more I like it!!!

It looks superbly good!

Ro

Looks great.

I very much like your decals on the side skirts?

A question if I may. The rear wing struts seem to have the "GT" etched through?

Brilliant! Damn that looks good. Very original too. Congrats.

Looks great.

I very much like your decals on the side skirts?

A question if I may. The rear wing struts seem to have the "GT" etched through?

That's cause it's a cayman GT, duh! :grinyes:

And Bob, I have to say I really like the color combination, never thought brown-beige would look good on silver! Brilliant! Also the roll bar is a sweet addition... You got me a bit jealous! thanks for sharing, mister


oli

Great, including cage in the interior.

Came out fantastic !!

A question if I may. The rear wing struts seem to have the "GT" etched through?

Yes Steve, "GT" is etched out

nice builds :-)

Looks nice! Congrats!!!:D

Wohoo, nice execution. The rear wheels could be a little bigger, don´t you agree? They fill the wheel housing a little better!

That's cause it's a cayman GT, duh! :grinyes:

And Bob, I have to say I really like the color combination, never thought brown-beige would look good on silver! Brilliant! Also the roll bar is a sweet addition... You got me a bit jealous! thanks for sharing, mister


oli

Thanks for the comments! The orange is a bit subdued vs. the GT3 RS, mainly because I screwed up when printing the decals; I forgot to print a white base layer under the orange so they're a bit tranlucent and therefore appear a bit dark on the silver paint. I was on the fence about printing another set, but they looked good on the car as-is, Veyron agreed when he saw the car in person, so I decided to darken the orange a bit for the painted parts to match the stripes. If I were building the car again I'd go w/the brighter orange, but I like this result nearly as much. When I saw a silver/orange GT3 RS in person at Rennsport Reunion III I was surprised, it doesn't sound good but it looks spectacular in person.

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Looks fantastic, Bob. Personally I'd have gone for the black/orange or orange/black combinations (both!), but yours works really well on the Cayman.

Looks fantastic, Bob. Personally I'd have gone for the black/orange or orange/black combinations (both!), but yours works really well on the Cayman.

Thanks, I was all ready to do a lime green one w/black stripes when I saw the silver/orange. It was great to be able to see all 4 of the GT3 RS colors in person at the Rennsport Reunion III. I may do the lime green as a race car. I really wish some company would do the 997 GT2/GT3 in kit form. I know of the 1/24 AUTOart 997 Carrera slot car (they look nice), and they're doing 996 GT3 RS/GT2 and Turbo.

Fantastic result, I think that looks superb!

That's a very awesome car!!!

Extremely beautiful :sunglasse

As ever, a terrific looking build. The 'faded' orange actually makes for a nice effect- it makes the silver look somewhat like faded blue (at least in your pics above), and that seems to suggest the classic Gulf Porsche scheme.

Awesome Porsche, congratullations!

As ever, a terrific looking build. The 'faded' orange actually makes for a nice effect- it makes the silver look somewhat like faded blue (at least in your pics above), and that seems to suggest the classic Gulf Porsche scheme.

Thanks, and one of my friends is doing his Cayman GT in Gulf colors :sunglasse

Extremely beautiful :sunglasse
:grinyes: :sunglasse

You keep setting that bar higher and higher!
Andy

Looks flawless.

Thanks, and one of my friends is doing his Cayman GT in Gulf colors :sunglasse

That really turned out nice!!! I personally prefer the bright orange like the 1:1 car you posted, but the paint matches your custom printed decals perfectly. Did those wheels come with the transkit?

I hope we will be seeing pics of your friend's gulf Porsche?

Both very cool ideas!

I really wish some company would do the 997 GT2/GT3 in kit form.
I second that!! I've not seen the silver/orange on a 1:1 RS before - I think my fave is the black with orange stripes!

Really love your two Caymans (Caymen??!!), The GT is spectacular & looks really good, but the 'heritage' car is simply tremendous!! I'd love to see a full size one of those!

I'm in the middle of doing a Cayman RS - but it's currently in the brake fluid bath for the second time. Hope it turns out half as nice as yours when I can finally get it done!

Keef

Looks great!