1985 Porsche 930

Joe Blyth · #1 11-18-2007, 04:46 PM

The last three models I've built have been nearly box-stock, and that has gotten boring, so I decided I wanted to do a full detail build. I'm not so confident in my scratch-building skills, so I wanted to work on those too. I recently bought this kit on eBay for about $20, a pretty good deal considering other Fujimi Enthusiast kits go for $35-$45. I plan to open up the trunk on this one, and scratchbuilding as many details as I can. Here's what I've done so far, pretty much just opened up the hood and made everything fit. Speaking of fit, this kit really doesn't fit together at all, so that should add to my skills too. The trunk on this car needed major work to be able to put the body on the chassis. The circled areas in the photos are where I had to grind a lot of material to get it to fit. The mounting plate for the windshield had to be ground down a lot too, but I decided I'll make new ones out of acetate because the clarity of the kit glass is pretty crummy.

Joe Blyth · #2 11-19-2007, 11:33 AM

By the way, does anyone have any chassis pictures of this car? I've found everything else I need, but no chassis pics....

gionc · #3 11-19-2007, 11:38 AM

Great start, I'll follow. I love this model and I have some in the stash of those 911 enthu.. can't help for now with refs, but I promise to check.

klutz_100 · #4 11-19-2007, 01:23 PM

Looking forward to this Joe

MidMazar · #5 11-19-2007, 02:18 PM

I would change the way the pics are posted. Progress looks cool.

deedlit · #6 11-19-2007, 02:22 PM

Good job so far

I share your opinion on Fujimi's 'ES' kits, they are nice and detailed but have some fitment problem. I started a 1967 911R from the same serie and already lost a lot of time to clean all the plastic flashes around the parts.
I'll check your thread often

stryfe101 · #7 11-19-2007, 02:59 PM

www.pelicanparts.com

I visited that site often when finding reference info for the 6 or 7 EM 911 kits i've got(finished 1, started on another)

good luck on your project, these kits aren't the easiest but they are sure rewarding once finished...

Gray

Joe Blyth · #8 11-19-2007, 06:27 PM

Thanks for the interest, guys. stryfe101, thanks for that link, there's more pictures there than I know what to do with! MidMazar, what's wrong with the way I posted pictures? Are they too big?

NissanSkylineGTR98 · #9 11-19-2007, 07:20 PM

Nice work, always love seeing older 911's on here.

zak78 · #10 11-20-2007, 02:34 AM

I've been looking around for links to restoration projects:

http://69.13.120.185/forums/attachme...1&d=1169346369
http://69.13.120.185/forums/attachme...8&d=1169346310

But the usual Google searches aren't giving me good results.

Anyway, I have a hardback book on the 911 that I'll be happy to send you, as long as you'll eventually send it back

I'll also send you my foldout cutaway of the 930 turbo (from 1986) if I can dig that out of storage.

Dan66460 · #11 11-20-2007, 04:28 PM

Great start Joe.

Joe Blyth · #12 11-21-2007, 01:46 AM

zak78, thanks for the offer, but I'm afraid I would lose or damage your book if I borrowed it, but thanks again for the offer! Thanks for those pics, they should really help.

I made a little progress yesterday and today, I built hinges for the trunk hood out of styrene and wire. Pictures are pretty self-explanatory.

Kiss My Axe · #13 11-21-2007, 02:02 AM

wow
the hinges look really good
great job so far

quadzero · #14 11-21-2007, 02:17 AM

Great start. I have never seen hinges done this way, usually they are made out of wire but I like how they look and I will have to consider doing them this way for some future projects for realism depending on the car.

Samurai75007 · #15 11-21-2007, 03:03 AM

Good Start!

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