Rothmans Porsche 956 in the pits ( adapted from the Tamiya 1/24 kit )

[Hamden]

3 am ??!! Good grief, I don't think my eyes would focus on a real engine at that time these days! Doesn't look like you have any problems in that regard though, because there's some lovely neat, intricate, work going on there!

Looks lovely!

Keith

What he said!

Stunning workmanship

Roger

[Borez]

3 am ??!! Good grief, I don't think my eyes would focus on a real engine at that time these days! Doesn't look like you have any problems in that regard though, because there's some lovely neat, intricate, work going on there!

Looks lovely!

Keith

What he said!

Stunning workmanship

Roger

Wow, thanks guys, I really appreciate that.

[Borez]

OK, the engine is pretty much on hold apart from a bit of detailing and painting I'll probably do tonight as I'm waiting for wiring and plumbing schematics and pictures for this engine to arrive from the US. I've tried working it out from on-line and walk-around pics but it's difficult to see what's really going on around the assemblies so I'll refer to some proper documentation and do as much as I can.

Here's where I'm at with it though with a test fit of the fuel injectors and air-intake:

So today I've started on the bodywork with Zero Brilliant white paint. I've gone for the imster school of many light coats and it's worked out very nicely indeed, around 8 coats in the end on this as it's pretty much solid white.

Very pleased with the results so thanks imster

Difficult to capture brilliant white under Led lighting with my camera phone so you'll just have to take my word for it. It looks grey here, but it's most definitely white.

I'll mask next for the Rothmans dark blue.

My only dilemma is do I 2K clear coat it in gloss or satin? I'm leaning towards satin to make it more authentic to be honest.

And that's it for now, Happy Easter people

Edited March 25, 2016 by Borez

[xffw45343tg]

Sorry Borez but I'm simply not prepared to accept that either of those 2 cars are models. They're just doctored photos of the real thing, and I don't buy it.

[Borez]

So, I'm back off tour for a couple of days so got to building

Went and picked some goodies up from the post office:

Which gave me the piping to plumb, wire and install my scratch-built bulkhead section of the car

Paint cleaned up and installed on the chassis

And once that was installed I installed the pieces of my aluminium front housing, tricky this bit as I needed to prop it all up with blutack supports to get the internal angle right for the top section. I was kinda dreading this job in case it didn't fit together properly

All fits into place nicely though:

And then a quick test with the front duct assembly:

I need to start work on the front frame work and then it'll be the disks, axles and detailing but it's definitely getting there.

The Rothmans blue on the bodywork is also drying after being sprayed this morning too:

Productive day all in all.

Oh and nearly forgot I've bought myself a decent Canon EOS DSLR so expect better pics from now on once it arrives in the post. Been after one for ages now, modelling is as good an excuse as any to actually buy it.

Quite excited.

Thanks again for looking in.

Edited March 29, 2016 by Borez

[keefr22]

Lovely neat clean work - I really like the fluid bottle tops & pipework!

Keith

[Borez]

Lovely neat clean work - I really like the fluid bottle tops & pipework!

Keith

Thanks, that pipework was really fiddly to do, the 0.4mm pipes are quite elastic and have a tendency to want to twist straight so getting the glue to hold on anything bent was a PITA to be honest. You literally have to sit holding them until the glue starts to set. Got there in the end though. Also my gluing techniques has come on in leaps and bounds since building the Sauber C9, that car just looks messy to me now

Edited March 30, 2016 by Borez

[Hamden]

More nice attention to detail

Roger

[caterhamnut]

Looks fantastic Borez - gonna have to follow your lead with those detail parts....

[imster]

Looks great!

As for the gluing the tubing, if its the MFH tubing you are using then they do not glue well at all. I usually use a 0.25mm metal wire and drill into the part that will be needing the tubing, I glue the metal wire into the drilled hole and push fit the MFH tubing on, your work will look much cleaner and then you can manipulate the tubing as much as you like without having to worry about it coming off on the glued end.

For the blue, are you using Zero Rothmans Blue?

I'm really enjoying this build, keep up the good work mate

[Rich G]

Looks really good so far, it just goes to show that a little extra hard work can turn a good kit into a spectacular one.

Rich

[Borez]

Looks great!

As for the gluing the tubing, if its the MFH tubing you are using then they do not glue well at all. I usually use a 0.25mm metal wire and drill into the part that will be needing the tubing, I glue the metal wire into the drilled hole and push fit the MFH tubing on, your work will look much cleaner and then you can manipulate the tubing as much as you like without having to worry about it coming off on the glued end.

For the blue, are you using Zero Rothmans Blue?

I'm really enjoying this build, keep up the good work mate

Thanks for the tips on the tubing, yes it's MFH. I've already been drilling holes out to insert them but that inner wire tip makes a lot more sense.

And yes I'm using the Zero Rothmans Blue. I had a bit of a disaster this morning when I unmasked as I forgot about the underside air intakes and, of course, the sprayed blue had aerodynamically shot up through them spotting the damn bodywork underneath the plastic covering.

I've had to re-mask the blue and touch up the white again today which seems to have done the job. I hope?

I need to take my time watching out for stuff like this, it's so easy to miss, it's not the first time I've done it either. I ruined one of those fixed windscreens on the Tamiya Porsche 962 doing exactly the same thing and had to buy another body shell on my first model.

[Borez]

Back to the engine today and the exhaust and turbo prep:

Basically requires some drilling and inserting brass rod pegs to hold the turbo and waste gate assemblies together

First some holes in the waste gate branch pipes and valves and some test fitting of the brass rod:

Then the pipe is cut into small pegs to hold the bits together:

Then a test fitting of all the parts into what will eventually be the waste gate assembly:

In next weeks episode I will be splitting an atom to create a 1/10000th scale Porsce 959 dashboard screw

And... at this point one of the wastegate branches went flying from the tweezers into the unknown and I spent 40 mins on the floor looking for the damn thing.

Also found were several photo etched parts and my missing manifold for the Sauber Mercedes C9

Then once I was happy I dissembled and readied for priming. Also readied are the disc brake upgrades I'm using + a couple of other bits.

And the brakes:

And primed:

And that where I'm at this afternoon really. Time for a cup of tea I'm thinking.

All good.

Thanks for looking... again.

Edited March 30, 2016 by Borez

[Borez]

Received my new DSLR camera this morning, lovely stuff so just a couple of test shots of the engine really.

Have a macro lens coming too so I can get right in on the detail but this is with the Canon 18-55mm STM lens.

Engine first:

And the injector assemblies I painted and pre-plumbed last night:

Colours and depth are so much more vivid than that awful camera phone.

Bodywork is also complete and ready for a top clear coat and then decals.

Edited March 31, 2016 by Borez

[shood23]

Looking great borez, those injectors looks the mutts nuts. Can't wait to see the rothmans on the body now

Shaun

[Borez]

First look and mock up of disc brakes: ( loving this macro lens on the new camera )

These are just placed on the centre sitting on a cocktail stick, no fixing as yet so they're not properly centred.

FTR these are Porsche 917K brakes, the only upgrade kit I could find that looks similar to the 956 brakes with dual callipers. The PE on the standard Tamiya brakes looked awful. Out they went.

Been doing lots of painting of little bits lately ready for assembly + finishing off the body work paint ready for the first clear coat. Had to fix a couple of oversprays from masking errors but nothing major.

Talking of masking tape, my earlier ( in this WIP thread ) disasters with masking tape marking the undertray of the car was basically solved by chucking all the tape out and buying new stuff. The masking tape I chucked was proper vinyl car pin-stripping stuff too in various sizes. No idea what went wrong with it but every time I tried it on various tests it would leave gunk on the paint. So out it went and I bought some of those Tamiya sealed rolls with 100% better results.

I also had to buy some new decals too as the ones I bought from ebay were technically wrong for the Bell/Ickx No.1 car, so I ordered another set from Spot model.

I'm away touring up in the Alps for a week now though so have to leave this for a while.

I shall return.

Edited April 4, 2016 by Borez

[Spookytooth]

Great build Borez dear chap.

Just read this thread and wow, some detailing you have put in mate.

Will tag along for the rest of the build.

Simon.

[Borez]

Great build Borez dear chap.

Just read this thread and wow, some detailing you have put in mate.

Will tag along for the rest of the build.

Simon.

Thanks mate, I'm really getting into the tiny details with this one.

[Borez]

OK, back from a long week of touring around Europe and a 15 hour tourbus journey home yesterday so I have some time off to do some bits on the model again.

First pre-decalling 2K went on this morning. I'll leave for a good 24 hours at least now.

New ( and correct ) Shunco decals also arrived in the post from SpotModel and I must say the quality is fantastic over the Ebay ones I bought.

Here's the ebay decals:

Which, although very nice and perfectly usable, pale in comparison to these:

But it's only when you get them in macro detail do you really start to see the quality:

Rothmans badge on original decals:

Look at this beauty with the Shunko decals though, really stunning gold inlay here:

Original decal numbers:

Raised Shunko numbers:

Night and day really.

Couple more pics, just pinpoint sharp these things.

Really nice stuff, just hope they're as nice to apply as they look.

Also this arrived from the US:

So now I have a complete detailed spec on the 956 engine wiring and plumbing

Plenty to be getting on with really, just hope I can do it all justice.

Thanks for looking

Edited April 11, 2016 by Borez

[Spookytooth]

Those decals look impressive Borez mate.

Looking forward to seeing this plumbing .

Simon.

[Borez]

So this afternoons mission was to install the brakes air inlet frame and then scratch build the front frame and hook assembly from 1mm aluminium tubing.

Went a lot smoother and faster than I thought it would:

And then, of course, I couldn't resist dropping on the centre bodywork to see how it all looked together:

Fits like a glove.

A couple more pics of the frame:

Considering most of this is scratch built I'm pretty damn pleased all in all

Next will be some work on detailing the tub and installing the front disc brakes.

Edited April 11, 2016 by Borez

[Spookytooth]

You have done a fine job up front Borez.

The stock kit is let down very badly in that aspect.

Keep up the great work.

Simon.

[Borez]

You have done a fine job up front Borez.

The stock kit is let down very badly in that aspect.

Keep up the great work.

Simon.

Thanks Simon, yes the stock kit really has nothing in this department under the bodywork at all. It's taken a lot of interpretation from the walk around pics I have ( especially on the angles and dimensions ) but well worth the hours put in to see it all coming together.

A long way to go yet though.

Edited April 11, 2016 by Borez

[Borez]

Installed the injector assemblies and managed to get a bit of plumbing in tonight on the engine, namely the 0.4mm injector lines to the central pressure collector.

Also in the pics is the plug to distributor wiring feeding across the block + the throttle linkage.

And the plugs themselves after painting looking like miniature speed cameras on sticks:

Productive day all in all.

Thanks for looking.

Edited April 12, 2016 by Borez

[keefr22]

Really, really nice work Borez, it's all coming together to make what will be a fantastic Porker!

keith