Porsche 911 Carrera

This will be my next project for the SPC Contest.

Tamiya Porsche 911 Carrera!

Reason:

I love the 911 model sinds the beginning of Porsche. The looks of the first 911 are still visble on the last Porsche from now, and that's something that I really like.

Everyone knows how a Porsche looks like, and if you point to a Porsche and ask a car-noob (like my girlfriend) what car that is, they say it's a Porsche!

Since I like tuningcars, I read tuningmags. A while ago I readed a magazine with a article about tuner Sportec. I really love the simple look that this tuner add to his cars. They mainly tune Audi and Porsche, so here's were I got my idea from.

The kit:

I'll use the Tamiya Porsche 911 Carrera, because it's a nice kit and better than Italeri or Revell.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/inhoud_001_%28Medium%29~3.jpg

The kit contains not many parts. Mostly because it's curbside.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/inhoud_002_%28Medium%29~3.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/inhoud_003_%28Medium%29~3.jpg

The body looks great. Some little moldinglines but overall a very nice body.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/inhoud_004_%28Medium%29~3.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/inhoud_005_%28Medium%29~3.jpg

The original wheels will be replaced by Fujimi Sportec Mono wheels. These are 19'' and have some flat tyres.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/inhoud_006_%28Medium%29~2.jpg

I'll paint them gun metal or metallic black, and maybe the trim will be chrome.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/inhoud_007_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

And a quick dryfit:

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/inhoud_008_%28Medium%29~0.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/inhoud_009_%28Medium%29~0.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/inhoud_010_%28Medium%29~0.jpg

The color will be Mica Silver from Tamiya.

Kris.

That's gonna look sweet :)
I love the wheels, it will look very agressive with these :thumbsup:

A surprisingly rare kit to see being built.
Nice to see someone take it out of its box instead. In my opinion, this car deserves more respect than it is usually given.

As with the more common GT3 kit, make sure that the A pillars are 100% before commiting to primer/painting. They are notoriously fragile and bend out of shape very, very easily.

Today I started with the kit.

First I painted the wheels with a metallic antracite black paint from Volkswagen. I like the semigloss finish on it so I don't clearcoat it anymore.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/wielen_001_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/wielen_002_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/wielen_003_%28Medium%29.jpg

Than I started with the body. I sanded the moldinglines and the parking sensors on the rearbumper away. After that I rescriped the panellines and I added some primer on it.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/wielen_004_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/wielen_005_%28Medium%29.jpg

The body and the bodyparts are now ready for the Silver color, so maybe I'll paint it tomorrow or at least this week.

Kris.

Yesterday I painted the body. In the last coat I had some dust, so I sanded them away and added another last layer today.

This is the result so far:

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/zilver_001_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/zilver_002_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/zilver_003_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/zilver_004_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/zilver_005_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/zilver_006_%28Medium%29.jpg

Hopefully tomorrow I can start masking the body to paint the roof gloss black before clearcoating.

Kris.

not bad not bad.

i built same one with same color :)

Looks good, i like the colour choice

i like the combination,blue on black!

I've an update but this time it's not a good one.... :cry:

I first masked the body to paint the roof black. After this I let it dry for a day.

Yesterday I started with clearcoating the body.

First I sprayed a layer of Pearl Clear. After this I painted 3 layers normal Clear. But with the last layer it went wrong....
Somehow there comes a drup out of the spraycan which landed on my wet paint. The result is a screwed up paint on the side.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/blanke_lak_001_%28Medium%29~0.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/blanke_lak_002_%28Medium%29~0.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/blanke_lak_003_%28Medium%29~0.jpg

I've now sanded the door and the ugly surface, and maybe tonight I paint it again in Mica Silver and clearcoat it the next day. I hope that place would not be vissible anymore.

Kris.

It was coming so good but don't let it get you down. I hope after the touch up it will look good. I will be looking forward to your next update.

After some little sanding on the side of the body, I managed to fix the paintproblem.

First I masked off the roof. Than I painted 2 layers of Mica Silver on the side, followed by 1 layer Pearl Clear and 2 layers normal Clear.

Off course I had some overspray, so I painted the whole body 1 more time with Clear.

This is the result so far:

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/opnieuw_001_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/opnieuw_002_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/opnieuw_003_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/opnieuw_004_%28Medium%29.jpg

And a dryfit with the nice Sportec rims.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/opnieuw_005_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/opnieuw_006_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/opnieuw_007_%28Medium%29.jpg

Kris.

You fixed the problem very well IMO :thumbsup:

Very nice recovery! :thumbsup:

Nice save! I like those rims...but I'm still undecided how I think they look, though. I think the chrome trim you mentioned would really help bring them out. Looking forward to more.

Cool build. That Mica Silver looks better than TS-17 for sure.

Nice paintwork, and color combo!

Beautiful painting. The color combination really makes it happen. Maybe some chrome on those wheels or body color to make them POP?

Great recovery on the painting !!!

Very nice job. Kris, may I suggest you to gently mill the taillights seats for a better fit of the two clear parts?

Robi :)

the color of your porsche 911 makes it look like a cayenne, it looks bigger! nice!

Yesterday I polished the body.

Started with 3600 and ended with 12000 grid. A few polishingcompounds and some carwax and this is the result:

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/polished_001_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/polished_002_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/polished_003_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/polished_004_%28Medium%29.jpg

For this picture I had to do my hair :)
http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/polished_005_%28Medium%29.jpg

The color is very hard to photograph, so I'll take some outdoor pics to see the great shine on the paint.

Kris.

Absolutely fabulous!

Hi
I really like this model.The color is cood an well painted.:cool:
cood luck.

Not interesting enough? I know it's not a **** (censored) drifter, but some reaction would be nice... :-?

Alright, today I did some work on the chassis.

First I painted the shocks and the driveshafts:

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._001_%28Medium%29.jpg

Than painted the subframes and wheatered them.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._003_%28Medium%29.jpg

Some chassiscovers also wheatered.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._004_%28Medium%29.jpg

Painted the exhaust silver, and used some Tamiya make-up for the heatings.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._005_%28Medium%29.jpg

The chassis was already painted flat black. Yesterday I painted the engine, and today I wheatered the whole chassis.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._007_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._008_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._009_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._010_%28Medium%29.jpg

The wheels looks nice but they are missing something. I thought about painted the trim with polished aluminium, just like the original wheels. This is an option on the real wheels as well. So I painted them with Humbrol Metalizer paint. When they are dry enough I have to rub it with some cloth for more shine.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._011_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._012_%28Medium%29.jpg

I also placed the numberplates. First I painted the numberplates white. After all I clearcoated them.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._013_%28Medium%29.jpg

From Mdo227 I got the missing headlight. Unfortunatly I found the missing headlight :oops: :lol:

I also placed the clearparts. For the Porsche logo I used a 3D decal from HobbyDesign.

The sidemirrors got some black paint.

The black gluetrims around the windows are also painted. And I glued them inside the body.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._014_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._015_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._016_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._017_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._018_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._019_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._020_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._021_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._022_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._023_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._024_%28Medium%29.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/onderstel_etc._025_%28Medium%29.jpg

Now it's time to finish the chassis and maybe lower it somewhat.

I also will start on the interior, but I really don't know what color I'm gonna use. I think I will use a red color with alu and black :?:

Kris.

Nice work! I would have painted the signals gray instead of orange. Only the early 996s had orange indicators.

The weathering on the chassis and it's sub-assemblies is impressive! :thumbsup:

It is a great looking car Kris, A ruby red interior with dark grey would be a nice combination :grinyes::grinyes:

everything looks great:iceslolan

i got 1 question, is tamiya's mica silver darker than the TS-17 gloss aluminium? :confused:

It's coming along nicely!

Count 1 vote to the red/alu/black combo for the interior!

A question: is there any chance you could put some bigger diameter tires on the rear? I think that would improve the look of it!

It's coming along nicely!

Count 1 vote to the red/alu/black combo for the interior!

A question: is there any chance you could put some bigger diameter tires on the rear? I think that would improve the look of it!

The rear tyres are a bit wider than the front tyres. Look at the pic with the wheels close up, and you'll see.

Thanks :)

Kris.

everything looks great:iceslolan

i got 1 question, is tamiya's mica silver darker than the TS-17 gloss aluminium? :confused:

TS-17 is also a nice silver color, but slightly brighter than Mica Silver. I think Mica Silver is nicer, but the choise is yours. I also added Pearl Clear on the Mica Silver paint.

Kris.

thanks kris, i was guessing that TS-17 was brighter, but wasn't sure :)

i like darker silver too :biggrin:

Nice color combo, I also agree that Mica Silver is nicer than TS-17. I also vote for red/black with aluminum trim for the interior.

The rear tyres are a bit wider than the front tyres. Look at the pic with the wheels close up, and you'll see.

Thanks :)

Kris.

Thanks for the answer Kris. I meant the diameter of the rims instead of the width, sorry for misleading you. The rear rims have bigger diameter not only bigger with on the real car I think. Correct me if I'm wrong!

Last days I worked on the interior.

First I painted the seats red.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_001_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

The doorpanels are painted black/red en silver. I also painted the interiorlights and added de speaker decals.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_002_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

The dasboard got some 3D logos on it, and also painted silver/black en red.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_003_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

The rearseats are also painted red and black. The carpet is Hiroboy Silver interiorflocking. I think it breaks the black/red combination very well.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_004_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_005_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

And now all together:

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_006_%28Medium%29~1.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_007_%28Medium%29~0.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_008_%28Medium%29~0.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_009_%28Medium%29~0.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_010_%28Medium%29~0.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_011_%28Medium%29~0.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/interieur_012_%28Medium%29~0.jpg

Now I have to finish the chassis and add the body to the chassis.

Nearly finished :)

Kris.

Very nice, I'm learning a lot.

Tom

Very Very Nice color combo on the interior..LOOKS awesome!!!

Nice interior, it will suit very well the body color :bigthumb:

Now this is a perfect interior for the body color, great job!

Yesterday I drilled about 300 holes in the discbrakes.

I use the original brakes on the rearside, and other Fujimi brakes on the front.

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/remmen_001~0.jpg

http://albums.modelbrouwers.nl/coppermine/albums/userpics/10027/remmen_002~0.jpg

Now I can finish the chassis.

Kris.

Interior looks great! :thumbsup:

I don't intend to frustrate you as I know how tedious drilling all those holes can be, but in my opinion it looks like there are a few too many holes. If maybe they were drilled with a smaller diameter drill bit it might make it look less crowded. The interior is very nice as always. I would never have thought to do silver flocking with your colour combo, but it works really well and matches the body anyways :smile: I also want your rims :biggrin: