bigbadbadge Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 Oooooo yeah, that looks fantastic the detail on the wiper is wicked, and the steering wheel looks awesome. Really great work. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Looking great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftdale Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Fantastic work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted July 7, 2021 Author Share Posted July 7, 2021 (edited) The last thing for me to do was to replace the ‘Porsche’ and ‘Carrera GTS’ lettering. I had previously removed the moulded in badges to help with the body prep, so I needed to find an alternative. I ordered some chrome metal self adhesive decals from Globaltoy on eBay. Unfortunately these were only available for the closer spaced Porsche script with the letters contacted with a line running through the bottom of each. I decided to carefully separate each of the letters with a scalpel blade, which came out ok. It looks better to the naked eye than this close up shot suggests. With each letter being a little over 1mm high at this scale, it’s about the best I could manage with my middle aged eyesight! I found a PE set for the Tamiya Carrera GT that included an etched ‘Carrera GT’ badge. This just left me needing an ‘S’ which I made from some 0.2mm lead wire that I shaped around a couple of pins and flattened with some pliers. The Carrera GTS badge has been painted gold and is now drying before being cut out and attached. That’ll be this one complete. Ready for Inspection post incoming as soon as I can get some decent pictures… Edited July 7, 2021 by Ruston 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 The Porsche script looks great even in that humungous close up - and your idea for making the S is genious! Top work! Keith 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 20 hours ago, Ruston said: I ordered some chrome metal self adhesive decals from Globaltoy on eBay. This is good find need to get these to my Porsche builds as well. Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted July 8, 2021 Author Share Posted July 8, 2021 Thanks for kind words and encouragement all. Ready for Inspection post here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 That is brilliant making the GTS badge. Great work. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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