1985 Porsche 930

[Joe Blyth]

Thanks for the comments, guys!

[godfather23]

I built one Enthusiast 911 once, and I found it a pleasure to work with! The only troubles I had concerned the rear wheel suspension arms. Everything else went together very nicely. So good luck with everything on the build...happy scratchmodelling

[klutz_100]

I agree with Les - a very nice approach to the hinges and well made.

Nice one, Joe

[Fabio Quirino]

Nice work !

[Joe Blyth]

Thanks for the replies, guys! I made hinges for the engine cover, this time out of wire because there wasn't enough room for the plastic-style ones I made for the trunk. I'm not quite sure I like how it turned out, what do you folks think?

[klutz_100]

Deja vu!

Looks good to me

I am surprised though that there is room for all that wire and tubing but not for some styrene hinges.

A buddy of mine here in Poland came up with a really cool (IMO) idea of laminating thin brass sheet with thin styrene sheet. The result was that he had a meterial that was thin, strong and pliable. He used it on some hinges for the trunk of a Daytona 365 and the result was excellent.

[mrawl]

The hinge looks good to me, nice and strong, I guess you're worried about inconsistency though. Will you be able to take the cover on and off after assembly? Seems like that would be a good feature (but don't ask me why And would the tube be easily visible in the final model?

[quadzero]

I think the hinge looks really good, I also wonder if the tube will be visible. Maybe if you cut out a section from the middle and kept only what you needed to hold the hinge, it would be hidden away more?

[Joe Blyth]

I made some more progress on the Porsche this week. I mostly focused on the chassis, which had lots of sinkholes, flash, and other problems. All of the sinkholes were filled with Tamiya putty or sanded out. The interior has structural ribs molded on the floorboards, but from my reference pictures, they aren't visible on the car so I covered them with sheet styrene. Moving on to the trunk, I noticed that there is a hole where the front shocks mount. On the real car, there's a shock mount, so I fixed that with a circular piece of styrene and a photoetched rivet. That's pretty much it for now.

[klutz_100]

Nice job

I like your shock top things!

[deedlit]

It looks like it's the same chassis for all their generations of 911. My '67 has the same chassis and I did (nearly) the same modifications.
Good job so far

[godfather23]

The hinges look good, but as Klutz said...I´m quite qorried whether there is enough room underneath the bonnet..

[Martin S]

looks like a lot of work, but the result will be worth it from what I can see !
Will be watching since a fujimi enthusiast 911 is on my to-do list some day..

[Joe Blyth]

Thanks for the replies, guys. When I made the rear hinge, I mocked up the engine to make sure everything fit with the hinge in place, and worked just fine! However, Klutz sent me a link that showed where a a hinge was made so it would stay open when opened; I may try it if I can find the right materials.

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by Joe Blyth

I may try it if I can find the right materials.

I can help with that if needed - just let me know