In progress - Veilside Porsche 911

[CADguy]

I received this kit almost a year ago, and was excited when I ordered it, but majorly disappointed after test fitting the resin body kit. I noticed right away that all of the resin body kit pieces are way too small.
Every piece of resin is 2-3mm too small. So to make this kit right, some serious surgery is in order. Every resin piece will be cut in half, positioned correctly and the void filled in.

Side skirts - Way too short

Rear bumper - also way to short


I sectioned the side skirt in a place I think it will be most easy to fill and sand away the excess putty


I also sectioned the bumper in a place where a lot of the body work will be covered by the license plate


The nose will be interesting to cut and fill, These 2 pieces are not as shrunken as the other parts, but will still need the treatment. The kit came with both a resin and a plastic 2 piece wing. The resin wing is (you guessed it) WAY TOO SHORT. I don't really like the look of it, so I will probably use the plastic one shown here.


Taking on a project like this just gives me an excuse to start 2 more similar cars.
A 959, and a widebody GT3 will fill the time of waiting for putty to dry, and also give me an excuse to avoid the endless hours of sanding I know I'm in for with this Fujimi kit. The resin nose of the GT3R will receive some toning down to make it more street looking.


I must have a thing for german girls with wide rear ends..

[JTRACING]

Looking good so far!!

[D_LaMz]

nice VeilSide and you have a good collection of Porsches...did this come with the VeilSide Marriotts?

[slk320]

Looks great! I am sure you are going to do that veilside Porsche proud.

[rx7king]

awesome, unfortunate about the resin peices, but it looks coool

[pre98zetec]

I had the same side skirt problem with my Veilside RX-7, big dissappointment.

Have fun with the build

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

All that work to make a perfectly good Porsche look like a duckbill platypus.

Someone needs to put a veil over that Veilside nose.

Looks like a fun trio.

[primera man]

Looking good. Nice work skills.
IMO there is really no excuse for such poor fitment of parts like this.
Most of us fork out darn good money for kits and after market stuff and i'd expect them to be right.
I have to take my hat off to you for what you are doing by adding bits to it

[godfather23]

You are really knowing, what you´re doing there. Nice projects and lots of respect for just cutting the additional pieces and giving in all the effort for basically doing the transkit yourself. I wouldn´t have th nerves to go all that far!

[p9o1r1sche]

Just proves that Jap parts dont fit on Porsches.

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Originally Posted by p9o1r1sche

Just proves that Jap parts dont fit on Porsches.

[CADguy]

Originally Posted by D_LaMz

nice VeilSide and you have a good collection of Porsches...did this come with the VeilSide Marriotts?

The wheels that came with it are awful! Only about 15" wheels, and are way to narrow. I may use the GT3 wheels on this build as the GT3-R transkit came with some beautiful resin wheels..

Originally Posted by ZoomZoomMX-5

All that work to make a perfectly good Porsche look like a duckbill platypus.

My kids picked this out for my birthday last year. It looks like the bees knees to a 10 and 8 year old. It's a bit eccentric for even my tastes. But if I want a new kit for my birthday next week, I have to at least start the one they gave me last year..

PMAN - I agree with you. Fujimi charges a premium for this kit. Some shrinkage of resin is expected, but this is rediculous. That's definately why it has sat this long in it's box unstarted. If all works out like I'm hoping it will be a very unique build on the shelf.

Originally Posted by p9o1r1sche

Just proves that Jap parts dont fit on Porsches.

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Originally Posted by CADguy

The wheels that came with it are awful! Only about 15" wheels, and are way to narrow. I may use the GT3 wheels on this build as the GT3-R transkit came with some beautiful resin wheels..


My kids picked this out for my birthday last year. It looks like the bees knees to a 10 and 8 year old. It's a bit eccentric for even my tastes. But if I want a new kit for my birthday next week, I have to at least start the one they gave me last year..

PMAN - I agree with you. Fujimi charges a premium for this kit. Some shrinkage of resin is expected, but this is rediculous. That's definately why it has sat this long in it's box unstarted. If all works out like I'm hoping it will be a very unique build on the shelf.

Resin doesn't shrink...at least not properly cured urethane resin. Silicone molds do shrink, even the best molds will give you copies that are slightly smaller than the original. Think Scale Auto Style's Stradale parts...that's standard shrinkage that's easy to accomodate. Obviously the molds that were used for this Fujimi kit shrank a LOT. Unacceptable IMHO, for charging that much. But hey, it was a gift...

[Porsche Carrera]

Great progress!

[Eric Cole]

Looking great so far Matt. I'm sure all three kits will come out as fantastic as usual.