Porsche 911 996 Turbo

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Over the weekend I've painted the interior, The steering and seats have not been fixed yet. I want to add the seat belts first.

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I've added the last bits (seat belts) to the interior. This is now ready and set aside.



Next will be either polishing the clear coat or start with the undercariage.

[fafnir]

Real nice work on the interior!!

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Then it was time to polish the body




Half way there, the roof looks good...

...and about 1 hour later, the nose looks shiny too


Time to wrap up the body and paint the black trim.

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With the car fully wrapped it was time to hit the spray booth.


... and I just love peeling away tape to reveal a perfect black trim with zerop paint bleed!

[fafnir]

That's looking very nice!!

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In all my recent projects, I always create the coil-over springs. I know you can barely see them once all is finished, but it's such an easy job that just create them.


And for the exhaust, I've managed to create the exhaust manifold. Detail level needs to be a bit higher, but the part fits seamlessly on the Tamiya kit.

Next up will be the muffler, so I can position the turbos and other hardware in between.
:mrgreen:

[fafnir]

The springs look much better,i'm tempted to order this transkit in January was there a long wait for it to arrive?.

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Originally Posted by fafnir

The springs look much better,i'm tempted to order this transkit in January was there a long wait for it to arrive?.

It has been a while since I ordered it, so I'm not sure how long it took exactly. I think it was somewhere between 1 and 2 months as the kit was created on demand. I did get a clear email of the steps for ordering and delivery.

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The suspention is about done. The biggest hurdle is that exhaust.
But after some hours studying on my 3D knowledge, I have been progressing on the turbo compressor.

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The transkit want you to use the original Tamiya tires, but those have been donated to another project years ago... so time to design my own.

I've taken some screenshots of the design proces. This is how I use Blender.
It starts with a good reference picture of the tire track.
In this case the Michelin Pilot Sport 5.

I'm starting with the general direction of the patern and gradually build up the thread.



Once that small piece of thread is done, it is time to multiply



Then it is adding the side wall text and run a test print.


I'm happy with the result and I created a mirror of the tire for the oposite side of the car. Now I need to print it in flexible resin.