Porsche 911 Carrera 1997 Inspired by 70's RS Style

[Viccario]

I am basing the colour scheme for this Porsche on one that I liked on a 1970's Carrera RS I saw advertised in Motorsport magazine a while ago. It was black with green stripes and wheel centres and I thought it would look good on the 1997 version too!

I have spent a lot of time lowering the standard suspension, this involved plenty of careful bending of the kit's suspension parts. I finally managed to get it to sit as I want without breaking anything which was a bonus!

Since these photos were taken I have applied the black gloss but it wan't too successful with a lot of dust particles for some reason but I should be able to rub this out when properly dry and I also plan to apply clear once I have completed the green stripes down the lower side of the doors and front and rear bumpers.





I spent ages masking the wheel centres with blue tack!

[da_ashman]

Porsche made & still make a GT3 RS with colour schemes based on a 70s RS.
pretty much racecars with street tires. heres some pics

997 model http://www.supercars.net/cars/3577.html
996 model http://www.supercars.net/cars/2402.html

the green wheels look awesome, cant wait to see more

[Viccario]

Originally Posted by da_ashman

Porsche made & still make a GT3 RS with colour schemes based on a 70s RS.
pretty much racecars with street tires. heres some pics

997 model http://www.supercars.net/cars/3577.html
996 model http://www.supercars.net/cars/2402.html

the green wheels look awesome, cant wait to see more

Thanks for that, yes you're right.

A picture of the early 1970's one that I am basing the scheme on is below. As you say, very similar to the new GT3RS scheme!

[tony126c2]

If you buy the 1973 RS 2.7 kit by Fuyimi you can use the decals of this kit. The kit is delivered with 3 colours.

[jano11]

Originally Posted by tony126c2

If you buy the 1973 RS 2.7 kit by Fuyimi you can use the decals of this kit. The kit is delivered with 3 colours.

There are decals available on eBay, with several more colors available.

[Viccario]

Thanks for the info, I will probably paint my own stripes without the Carrera script because the idea was to be similar in style to 1970's RS but not exactly the same plus I will know that the colour of the stripes will perfectly match the wheel centres.

May still get the Fujimi one too though as it is a nice kit!

[Viccario]

Finally managed to complete the green stripes and the clear coat. After about 3 hours of wet sanding followed by polishing this is how it looks. I am really pleased with the result. Although as usual the photographs show every imperfection that I had not noticed!

Just the detail stuff to do now and I can start thinking about completion, that will be 2 whole models completed in a year! Wow!

[MidMazar]

The paint looks spot on.

Are you going to use a carrera decal for the sides?

[Viccario]

Originally Posted by MidMazar

The paint looks spot on.

Are you going to use a carrera decal for the sides?

Thanks for the comment, I thought I would just keep the painted green stripe for this one. I know it looks a bit different to the original but hopefully when complete I think it will look ok!

[Viccario]

Some more progress:







I have just finished this one and will be uploading photographs to the completed section very soon!

[f-style]

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