Porsche 917K

[seangb]

Does anyone happen to have some pictures of the No2 Car from the 1971 Daytona race ?
Preferably with the damaged front end

Cheers Sean

[ptcruiser]

This is what you probably need to get a look at..


Not much help I know, but at little push into a direction at least. Probably hard to find too Covers '62 to 2003.
Rich

[ptcruiser]

Are you sure you mean Daytona, or should it be the Sebring 12hr
www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1971/Sebring-1971-03-20-002.jpg

Rich


edit: I think Fly did this model in 1:32 for slot racing and Vroom in 1:43?

[seangb]

May 8, 2009 18:43:55 GMT ptcruiser said:

Are you sure you mean Daytona, or should it be the Sebring 12hr
www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1971/Sebring-1971-03-20-002.jpg

Rich


edit: I think Fly did this model in 1:32 for slot racing and Vroom in 1:43?

Cheers Rich
I followed the link to Daytona and found the car and that helps me out ;D , I'm currently building the Fujimi 71 Daytona car which had the front end all taped up with silver gaffer tape .
But the Sebring one looks like a fun build maybe I'll get another one of these kits for that one

Once again Thanks guys for your help

[jeklywekly]

Hey Seany
I hope you havn't forgotten the rear wing at the back He He He

[seangb]

May 12, 2009 16:50:43 GMT jeklywekly said:

Hey Seany
I hope you havn't forgotten the rear wing at the back He He He

Haven't you got an Escort to design , I'll pop it round your house during the week to let you have a look this week

[seangb]

Right made some progress on this build heres the story so far

[alfadriver]

Very nice Sean, very realistic looking on the gaffa taped front and superb weathering. I bet, photographed in the right setting, it would be a real 'double take' job.

Steve.

[Deleted]

Ayup Sean, love that weathering effect, how did you achieve those streaks?

[jeklywekly]

Blimey Sean You didn't forget the rear wing!!! He He He

[seangb]

Cheers chaps
Well as the old saying goes if you mess it up weather it ;D , the gaffa tape was made of Tammy tape sprayed with Vallejo gunmetal , as for the streaking well , OK the plan was to do the car after it was raced where they cleaned it all up and then resprayed the front end with the gaffer tape
So after thinking about this I thought instead I would try to replicate the car just before it finished the race , the streaking was done as follows the truth was I went a bit too mad with the weathering and I had given the car a slight matt cote , so I couldn't just wipe off the over-spray , so instead I finely sanded it with used 4000 grit sandpaper which worked OK ,
I still have to add a light and a grill to the front as the kit one is not see through just a blob of plastic , I also had so smash the offside headlamp lens give it a slight weathering then gaffer tape both lenses up and cover them with bits of the plastic bags from the kit , I may have to redo the offside lamp as the tape isn't quite right

Cheers Sean

[ptcruiser]

Fantastic Sean! ;D