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NFS4

NFS4

No Lifer
Fujumi 1/24 scale '73 Porsche 911 Carrera RS

Painted white with Bare Metal Foil around the windshield and window frames. Scale carpet material is used for the interior floor and the engine is fully wired (distributor is drilled out and has six individual plug wires coming out). I built it in '96.

Carrera RS; Side
Carrera RS; Front
Carrera RS; Front, trunk open
Carrera RS; Rear
Carrera RS; Rear 3/4
Carrera RS; Top, trunk off
Carrera RS; Bottom
Carrera RS; Top, hood off
Carrera RS; Engine bay
Carrera RS; Engine bay

My next project:

http://www.internetmodeler.com/2002/january/first-looks/revell_minicooper.htm
 
I'm working on building an accurately modled '87 Dodge Daytona (it's one of the ONLY models that closely relates to my car, which is the reason I bought it off of eBay 🙂) I'm planning on doing carpeting, plug wires, and anything else I happen to come by. I haven't worked on it for a while, but I painted everything just as I should so far. I'll post pics of it when I'm done 😉
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: Fausto1
Dorky, yet cool. Nice work. 🙂
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Dorky???????????????
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Well, yeah....kinda. I didn't mean that in a malicious way at all....I mean, having 6,000+ posts on an internet forum is pretty dorky too, right? 😉
 
I love building model cars when I was younger then.
when i got tired of any of them... I drop them outside a window and see how many peices fall off.

 
Originally posted by: kevgray
Originally posted by: NFS4
I'm also thinking about getting the Tamiya Sauber Mercedes C9 featured here:

http://www.wardsmodelbuilder.com/scale1.24.htm
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a bit more detailed than the porsche


kev
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Well, that Fujimi Porsche had about 300 pieces to it. Typical Revell-Monogram crappy kits have 100 pieces or less. You can't see how much detail was put into the engine on that Porsche I did (or the detail of the carpet inside). When I finished the engine, I had it sitting on a stand admiring it for about a week 🙂

I just won the auction for the Sauber 🙂 Hopefully, I can go all out on it like that guy did with his. He's got some aftermarket wiring and hoses on his.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3107105814

This will be the first model I've built in 7 years :Q
 
Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: ElFenix
my trx
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Not quite the same class 😉
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you said model cars 😉

actually... its not a model of anything, its a purpose-built RC race buggy... so, maybe you're right 😛
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Yeah, I meant scale model cars...but the buggy is cool nonetheless 😉
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: ElFenix
my trx
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Not quite the same class 😉
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you said model cars 😉

actually... its not a model of anything, its a purpose-built RC race buggy... so, maybe you're right 😛
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Yeah, I meant scale model cars...but the buggy is cool nonetheless 😉
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i'd like one of these or these
 
Wow man,that is some sweet work brother. I was just going to say can u put your own liscense plate on it,then I seen Mich. State . Maybe yours huh.
That is some sweet work
 
Originally posted by: amdwolfman
Wow man,that is some sweet work brother. I was just going to say can u put your own liscense plate on it,then I seen Mich. State . Maybe yours huh.
That is some sweet work
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Thanks! The licences plate decal actually came in the box 😉
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: kevgray
Originally posted by: NFS4
I'm also thinking about getting the Tamiya Sauber Mercedes C9 featured here:

http://www.wardsmodelbuilder.com/scale1.24.htm
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a bit more detailed than the porsche


kev
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Well, that Fujimi Porsche had about 300 pieces to it. Typical Revell-Monogram crappy kits have 100 pieces or less. You can't see how much detail was put into the engine on that Porsche I did (or the detail of the carpet inside). When I finished the engine, I had it sitting on a stand admiring it for about a week 🙂

I just won the auction for the Sauber 🙂 Hopefully, I can go all out on it like that guy did with his. He's got some aftermarket wiring and hoses on his.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3107105814

This will be the first model I've built in 7 years :Q
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There's just something not right about talking about aftermarket wiring and hoses for a model car...

But anyway, nice Porsche.
 
Pretty cool... do they sell those as engine kits? or, Do you have to find/buy the parts, or do you have a factory or something?
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Sorry, those aren't mine. I was just at a machinist's show in York, PA yesterday and took those pics. You can buy kits for engines like this 18 cylinder radial, but the ones that I posted before were completely one-off. The builders machined everything themselves, including making their own spark plugs (functional, of course). The Merlin is 1/8 scale, which puts it at about a foot long. I believe the blower is functional too, but I'm not positive about that. While you can buy kits for things like the radial I just posted, I'm not sure if that particular radial was assembled from a kit. Most of the kits that I saw were for single-row, 9-cylinder engines. I should also add that those kits require a lot of machine work to assemble.

This is really a hobby for old retired guys with a lot of time on their hands, and more patience than Job. There is no way I could do this stuff.
 
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