Die Töpless Triö Rides Again! Porsche 356 Group Büild

[obl4k]

Eh, i may not have that many posts here, but im following the forums since i'm registered. Your builds are one of those, which i talk about (Dude, know those guys on AF, Gionc, MPWR nad klutz? Ye, guess what they're up to now etc.)

Anyway, another astonishing topless trio =) I had to write a comment, since i know you're all bit crazy (in the good way), gio, why dont you cut that wheel like... half, to reveal the details? Not just the wheel, maybe even other things. Here is a example of what i mean, by a slovenian modeler, going by the name Mihec here.

[gionc]

Hi obl4k. Thanks for the comment: TBH a shared thread like this produce a positive energy (on us "owners" but also on the friends who follows the adventure trough the gags) that multiply the fun and help skills finding new ideas (I guess we are filling all Skype bandwith, any day we get a messy modeling brainstorm )

The cutout ideas: I'm wondering today that another cool one would be a full "abacus" in the way Tamy is selling their motorbikes now: but also the cutout would be a way to rend justice to this fantastic kit's series, I have in mind now some of my friend Alessandro Prini famous cutouts, like the Testarossa or the Enzo. For sure not this time , I'm more motivated to try to imagine this car as a track beast (ever relatively speaking, I'm not wondering to add a tuner's spoiler, huge fenders and big rims )

[obl4k]

Well, a diorama could be combined with this well :P My mind is picturing a corner, with an older guy in the car, with the old racing hat and googles, driving. And dont forget the gloves, and the ''Feel the wind'' expresion on face

Anyway, im looking forward to your PE sets, and most of all the audi kit :P


BTW, the thing that makes me browse your builds more, is the machining-> Need to learn :P

[MPWR]

Well then, here is some mächining.

I'm building the 356B/C Carrera 2 kit- the last and probably greatest 356.

I was going to take a pic of all the kit parts. But no, my workbench isn't big enough for all the parts of an Enthu kit. So just the engine.



Sure the car is fantastic, but this is the real reason I want to build this kit!

Of course Enthu kits have something of a reputation for fit issues. In building the engine, Gio and I quickly decided that if the cooling fins didn't align they would stand out. So it was worth some effort to get them right. Test fitting did not look promising- the cylinder halves just did not line up well. So the fix was to cut off the alignment pins, flat sand the parts, and fit them together 'freehand'.



After they were together, the gaps between the fins were cut out individually with a photoetched saw. A bit tedious and labor intensive, but it makes a terrific difference.





I'm not quite as far along on my build yet as meine kameraden. I've been keeping busy designing and making little machined bits for my engine. The rest of the car I expect to leave close to OOB, but the little aircooled boxer I could not leave alone. So here are some bits:

Flanges for the carburetor intakes.



Alternator/cooling fan drive pulleys.



And of course distributors. The Carrera engine is a twin spark, and it has an elaborate looking wiring scheme for its twin distributors.



I just couldn't leave this alone. The kit parts are actually rather good, but they'd be difficult to drill out. So here are my replacements.



What will it all look like painted up and assembled? Time to find out!

[360spider]

Originally Posted by gionc

Does this mean that you'll be affected by the dark side? Will we expect a Porsche from AK?

Nah, very unlikely! :-)
Great work Gio and Andy, all three builds are started now!

[gionc]

Fantastic job as expected Andy!

[sportracer02]

Hi you TRIO INFERNALE ;-))

absolutely fantastic job on each of your cars, very inspiring (there are 2 356 waiting for building on my shelf)

[klutz_100]

I’ll never use the kit-supplied engine stand but I thought it is so cute, I painted it up anyway – might be useful in a diorama one day





The under-chassis has beeen painted in a non-conformist color configuration.
The kit towing hook broke when I was removing it from the sprue so I made a new one with garden wire which actually looks better IMO.





I started detailing the gas tank by shamelessly copying SLKs ideas (although the sensor wires are based on reference photos).




When I test fitted, it was clear that the molded-in buckles on the holding straps are interfering with correct positioning of the main body.




The easiest and quickest solution I could come up with was to remove plastic from beneath the tank to allow it to sit lower.




I also changed my mind about the BMF straps and painted them satin black.





The muffler/exhaust is one kit part that looks pretty awful IMHO – it’s full of ejector and sink marks, is squashed rather than round and the end cap solution sucks big elephants’ ****

The other two drag artists in this thread will presumably be turning new ones on their lathes or but, being “lathe frei”, I had to try another approach.

Rather than put a lot of effort into cleaning up the kit part, I felt that overall it would be easier and quicker to make a replacement part using a section of aluminum rod of the same diameter the I happened to have in my workshop.




Since I don't have a lathe and the 6mm rod is too thick to chuck in my Dremel, the only way to add the ribbed effect was by adding material rather than removing it. I did this by adding strips of 0,25mm styrene sheet with CA glue






The nearly finished piece drilled out to add styrene rod and solder tubing.




And next to the orginal part. Not perfect but it will hardly be visible at the end of the day.
I will still add some small details to it though such as the clamps etc..




Thanks for looking in

[gionc]

1: I like the TRIO INFERNALE definition , may be we use it for the next one (I got ever a Kyosho 777 inferno to restore after too much crashes , I'll ask MPWR to machine something special to me )

2: Steve I broke teh towing hook too.... and think I done the job carefully..

3: Take care of those yellow stand (awesome) and don't lost it cos I have something very special (and very challenging for your mind sanity and patience) in mind, TBH is yet in Illustrator ...

4: I didn't found fitting problems between my tank and the body: for sure you can't see those straps but not collisions here... I'll post how I see...

[jano11]

Excellent progress on all builds (like we were all expecting it)!
Very good ideas!
I'll have to use all these ideas when I'll finally build one of these.

[360spider]

Very resourceful Steve! Great job.

[Decs0105]

I just discovered this thread, (I don't know why I missed it maybe the title scared me ) read all posts + comments and man you guys scare me... in a positive way I think

I don't think there is anything to say about your builds anymore, they are just brilliant!!! It just remembers me why I love modeling and this forum


There is just one little thing, don't believe anybody if they say your german is fantastisch... they just want your machined and/or PE parts because it is pretty much scheisse (I guess you don't have to look that one up, ehh?)

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by Thesaint111

...don't believe anybody if they say your german is fantastisch... ... because it is pretty much scheisse (I guess you don't have to look that one up, ehh?)

Ja, ja...naturliche

[agamo]

Woow and wooow again!!!!!

This is one of those threads I wouldn't miss!!
I’m so glad you decided to do a trio again!! Congratulations and thanks!!!

Everyone of you in your own style give us a lot of teaching and tons of fun!!

I’ll follow this one very close, this car is one of my favorites, and Gio, I’m going to need one of those PE, keep us posted when they are on the market.

[godfather23]

Great work your guys are posting. Entertaining thread and some inspiring ideas on work and detailing methods.

Question Klutz: How on earth do you come up witht the idea to rebuild the muffler system using stuff that is basically just laying around?? This leaves me puzzled and sprachlos!

Andy, I´m once again very impressed by your machining abilities. Making these small parts just for the engine which will be hardly seen once finished: Dedication, dedication, dedication.

Once you guys are finished I suspect every single part of a Porsche 356 Enthu kit being modified by one of you guys.
I sit back and keep enjoying this!

Robert