finished , porsche 917K hippie car 1/8

[broadspeed]

after about half a year ( maybe more )  i finaly finished my 1/8 scale ( 60 cm long )  porsche 917 k   hippie car

 

 

 

Edited December 1, 2019 by broadspeed

[Pete in Lincs]

All I got were these - https etc. You need to copy the address and paste on here. As above. It could be good to make the pictures a bit smaller too.

All that said, Nice model. I do like a 917.

[broadspeed]

hahah , yes i was fighting with the  pictures , but sorted now  🙂

 

[Codger]

Hippies never looked so good. Wonderful large scale build.

Some details about the build appreciated.

[TonyW]

Groovy man!  What a good looking colour scheme, who would have thought those colours would look so good together?

 

Tony.

[broadspeed]

it's 1/8 scale , mostly 3d printed , body was resin printed , but in a very bad way , compleetly deformed , broken in pieces , so i had to rework the whole body , strengthen it , and shape it back to the correct shape

the wheels  and tires where printed in pla material, and a lot of small bits as well , the compleet rear end , including gearbox , exhaust , rear tube frame , and so on are all scratchbuild from styreen card and tube ,

interiour is mostly handmade , all flocked in the correct color , , some parts , like the hearlights and brakedisks, and axles are aluminium and brass ,

 

paintscheme took over 3 weeks to tape off and paint in several stages ,

decals where specialy made for this model

 

and the display case was specialy made for this one ,

 

 

[keefr22]

That's a stunner, beautiful model!

 

Keith

[gt6mkiii]

Did you have to print the body in sections or do you have a 3D resin printer large enough to do the whole body? Impressive work for sure. 

 

Martin.

 

[broadspeed]

the body was printed by someone  i know ,  the printer was that big that it could print the body in 1 go ,

but with removing it from the buildplate it was damaged , and after that in shipping even more , as resin is very brittle , and can not stand any heat  than it will deform

so it took me a fair bit of time to repair it and  straighten it out , but it came out good if i say so myself 🙂

[gt6mkiii]

I would agree that it came out good! Scale, proportion and finish of the body all look perfect.

 

I was recently given a PLA 3D printer as a gift and I would say the resolution is too low to use at 1/20 - 1/24th scale but I think the bigger scales can be a bit more forgiving - you just need more print area. I've been looking at the resin printers to try out for some smaller scale pieces.

 

Did you vacuform the windshield? It looks fantastic.

 

Martin.

[broadspeed]

yes the windshield , and the headlight glass was vacuformed ,   i also have a 3d printer for pla  and i print every scale , it depends on the drawing , and your settings ,   i print from 1/24 to 1/3 scale

 

[kapam]

Wow!  That is awesome!

By the description, the origins of this build sound like the next generation of scale modelling endeavour.

I'll stick with the kits (of which I have more than enough) but this really looks like the future, after I'm gone!

Amazing!

[stevehnz]

That is superb, The 917K is pretty much my favourite Le Mans style racer, I've 1/32 & 1/24 kits to contend with one day. I can't imagine a 1/8 model, especially with what you had to contend with but the result is fantastic.