Porsche 917K Le Mans 1971

[Kaj45rpm]

Inspiring build mate, weathering is very realistic. Hard to believe these work of arts start from a humble plastic kit. Fantastic!

[tony126c2]

Very nice build Eric.....and tricky too: ....but the weathering looks good!
The damaged fibre glass is a very nice feature!

[ianc911]

Eric, what a fantastic job! The weathering is great. I'll have to use that trick of blowing the dirty thinner drops with the airbrush. I've got some pics of the #23 car that show dirt just like that and I've been wondering how to replicate it.

Tell me though, how did you get that nice black edge on the windshield? I've been thinking about how to do that and can't come up with anything. Also, the nose of the car has this nice kind of thin black sooty look over the white paint. Is that just really thinned-down black paint airbrushed over the white?

In a way, I'm sorry to see this build end; I've really looked forward to your well-documented build reports. What's next on the project list? Another Porsche?

Really fabulous job!

ianc

[ewestra]

Thank you all for kind words.

@ ianc
Tell me though, how did you get that nice black edge on the windshield?

Is that just really thinned-down black paint airbrushed over the white?

To get the black around the windshield I always use a permanent black marker (Edding). Just put against the windowsurround and gently pull it alongside and there you have it. It sure beats masking

Yes, I used thinned down black paint. I used Zero Paints Jet Black. To get the hue of dust on the white paint spray from a distance. You have to play arround to get a good result before you go life on the car.

Eric

[ewestra]

My next build will be in the streetcar section.

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul....php?t=1078214

Enjoy,

Eric

[ewestra]

The Porsche 917K won silver on last week saturday IPMS/ESM 2012. I'm very pleased with the result. In the picture you can see how I showed the model on the display together with the scratchbuild spaceframe.



Eric

[modlman17]

Congratulations! This is a beautiful build!

Rob

[Maranello1977]

Congratulations work like this deserves. For my part, detail is soiled and chipped it over. Not many people who dare to do that in a model of competition and remain as well.
Greetings.
Saul.

[ianc911]

Congrats Eric! Well done and well deserved!

ianc

[GvEman]

Incredible build!! Great wethering! That Engine looks so good!

[Spad]

Utterly brilliant......!
A totally inspiring build and the end result is something to look at again and again.

Thanks
Rick