Le Mans Contest Entry: Martini Porsche 917K #22 (completed)

A_C · #1 03-30-2005, 04:21 AM

Hi all, I'm a newbie here (although an old CD-ROM of this forum). I bought this 1/24 Union Porsche 917K #22 kit from the Internet few years ago. After inspecting the kit, I found that it's hard to build, so let it untouched. In 2003, Fujimi announced that they would produce a line of Porsche 917K. It inspired me to think about this kit again. Luckily, I got a spare decal from Profil 24. So, I decided to start this project.

A little history: In 1971, Gijs Van Lennep and Helmut Marko had won the 24 Hours of Le Mans. They managed to beat the average speed record and broke the record achieved by Foyt-Gurney in 1967. The car they were driving was this Martini Porsche 917K #22.

This project takes me 4 months to complete, just a few months before the release of Fujimi's 917K. Hope you all will like this car.

joeyko2000 · #2 03-30-2005, 04:35 AM

hello~
finally got you here la!

very detailed photo wor~~
it is so great!!!!

i think the wiper takes some time, right?

A_C · #3 03-30-2005, 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by joeyko2000

hello~
finally got you here la!

very detailed photo wor~~
it is so great!!!!

i think the wiper takes some time, right?

Hehe...
Thanks, Joey. The wiper is from Studio 27 and its quite easy to build. Salute to Studio 27.

joeyko2000 · #4 03-30-2005, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by A_C

Hehe...
Thanks, Joey. The wiper is from Studio 27 and its quite easy to build. Salute to Studio 27.

ic!~
i think i still need some more practise in pe parts

godfather23 · #5 03-30-2005, 05:07 AM

One of the nicest 917K builts, I´ve ever seen. Great entry!

RallyRaider · #6 03-30-2005, 05:16 AM

Very nice!
This model looks familiar, did you win BMOM with it last year?

A_C · #7 03-30-2005, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by godfather23

One of the nicest 917K builts, I´ve ever seen. Great entry!

Thanks, godfather.

Quote:

Originally Posted by RallyRaider

Very nice!
This model looks familiar, did you win BMOM with it last year?

Thanks, RallyRaider. Yes, I did.

SteveK2003 · #8 03-30-2005, 11:17 AM

Wow. Great work. Is the object under the car tape or something, to hold it to the display?

Nice spare tire and passenger seat.... LOL

mic329 · #9 03-30-2005, 12:31 PM

Hi AC

Your Martini 917 is amazing! I still remembered when the first time I saw your great work in RMS 9.

Keep update us your great work

Mikusen

p9o1r1sche · #10 03-30-2005, 04:13 PM

Nice Porsche. Very good level of detail and nice paint. I have one of the Union Porsche 917K kits and wanted to see one built up. Thanks for sharing!

RallyRaider · #11 03-30-2005, 06:15 PM

One further question AC. Do you have any progress pictures? I ask because one of the rules of contest entry is each model should have a progress thread. Primarialy to assist in judging, and to share cool techniques. You're still most welcome in the comp if you don't.

A_C · #12 03-30-2005, 11:43 PM

Hi guys, thank you for your comments.

SteveK, I did a quick and dirt job underneath the car... that was a Blu Tack sticking the car to the case.

I should avoid to do that again.

Mikusen, that was the good old days - RMS 9... I missed your fully-opened Enzo as well.

P.S. the #23 was built by my friend, nice car?

RallyRaider, I'm sorry that the progress pics were promised to be posted on a magazine exclusively. Anyway, thank you for counting me in.

I'll post a recent project with more progress pics. Here is a sneak preview...

rx7king · #13 04-05-2005, 05:13 PM

great entry, the attention to detail is immaculate

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