Porsche 356A Speedster Competition

[godfather23]

I finished the Porsche 356A Speedster Competition. First I wanted to paint it flat white with a maroon interior. Since I screwed up the first paint job, I switched from white to mica silver (TS-76) for two reasons: I wanted to try this color for my upcoming build of the Aston Martin DB5 (as you can see it is right now more of a light silver, while the Aston needs to be darker). The second reason is simply that I ran out of flat white and wanted to finish this. Nevertheless I think the color matches rather well with the interior.

When you build a Fujimi-kit, you´re always concerned with fitting issues. The only ones I faced concerned the front hood (see that it bends too much around the front window frame) and the alignment of the front wheels (they turn inwards if you don´t correct it).

It was also the first time I worked with BMF. This stuff is great I don´t remember how I could ever have worked without it. The silver lining is improvable but looks a lot better than the painting I did on my TWR Jaguar XJ-S (maybe I should rework these parts on the Jag with BMF??).

One thing that really made me mad were the number decals Fujimi provides with the kit. They really should give that little edge to the model, but they developed bubbles and fractions the moment I touched it with decal softener. I don´t know why this happened. I guess it´s the manufacturer´s fault

Okay, enough of the talking. Here come the pictures. Please comment on the results and keep in mind that my digicam is rather old. I should save some money to get a new one.



















Original exterior body color for comparison:

[quadzero]

That's a great looking model. The rivets are well done and really add to this build.

[dmacb]

The tonneau cover adds a lot to the look. My guess is the decals were old

[Dave5.0]

This is an uber-cool build!

[stevenoble]

That's a great looking Porsche.I like the body colour/hood colour combo it looks really good together.

[auw12]

God what a beauty!!!!!! the cockpit cover(?) is damn sexy!!!!

[SpoonMan Dos]

Sweet!

[blubaja]

Came out perfect!

[deedlit]

Very very nice

[viperofoz]

Nice job you have done there on a very involved kit, The 356 Speedster is my all time favourite classics and you have picked the perfect color scheme.

[godfather23]

Thanks you for your kind comments and compliments. The decals were not that old. The kit is a rather new issue by Fujimi and it seems that they just won´t work with Gunze DecalSoftener. I heard that Fujimi-Decals are not the best to begin with!

[bvia]

Originally Posted by godfather23

Thanks you for your kind comments and compliments. The decals were not that old. The kit is a rather new issue by Fujimi and it seems that they just won´t work with Gunze DecalSoftener. I heard that Fujimi-Decals are not the best to begin with!

Nice job on the old bathtub Porsche! May I make a suggestion for next time? Take one of the throw-away decals (like the one of the manufacturer's name) and apply it to a piece of spare plastic (or a screwed up/test body) to see how they will react. Most decals do not like any type of setting agent while others won't work without them. Experimenting with a throw-away decal takes all the guesswork out of the equation...;-)>

hth,
Bill

[Porsnatic]

Nice model!...I like the color combo a lot....A question: where you got those rivets?, are them the molded in picked up with some paint?

[godfather23]

Originally Posted by Porsnatic

A question: where you got those rivets?, are them the molded in picked up with some paint?

The latter is correct. I painted them Tamiya chrome silver (the reason why one is not as nicely covered comparerd to the others)

[Didymus]

Originally Posted by quadzero

The rivets are well done and really add to this build.

Sorry to bug you about an old post, Quadzero, but I'm building the same kit, and I just can't find any rivets in Porsnatic's pix. What rivets are you referring to? Do you mean the tonneau cover fasteners?

Ddms