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After about 3 years on the workbench it's finally finished.  Tamiya kit, well two kits actually.... a bit of a Carrera/GT3 mash-up!  A combination of a slightly squashed bodyshell, and a series of schoolboy errors on my part lead me to be a little disappointed with the end result, but I'm calling it done as I need to move on and build something new.  I tried out a few new techniques and re-learnt a few things I'd forgotten and at the end of the day it's a great subject and a nice addition to the display shelf.

 

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I think the Porsche looks amazing! I am not expert enough in either Porsches or these kit to see the mash-up, but the end result looks factory spec; so well done!

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That lust looks like a very tidy 996 to me - really like the colour and it's a lovely paintjob! I can't see any problems you faced, so you obviously overcame them really well!!

 

Lovely Porker!!

 

Keith

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On 05/09/2024 at 18:15, keefr22 said:

really like the colour and it's a lovely paintjob! I can't see any problems you faced, so you obviously overcame them really well!!

 

I think I've hidden my mistakes fairly well but I still know where they are....  The paint is Porsche guards red by Zero paints with Halfords clear. The wheels were a little too bling so I toned them down with a coat of matt clear.  Thanks for the comments everyone :)

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On 07/09/2024 at 00:30, 78GT said:

 

I think I've hidden my mistakes fairly well but I still know where they are....  The paint is Porsche guards red by Zero paints with Halfords clear. The wheels were a little too bling so I toned them down with a coat of matt clear.  Thanks for the comments everyone :)

is this really Porsche's guards red? Looks rather dark to me, what primer did you use?  but honetly, I like this darker red more than the "real" guards red.

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13 hours ago, Wouter1981 said:

is this really Porsche's guards red? Looks rather dark to me, what primer did you use?  but honetly, I like this darker red more than the "real" guards red.

Definitely guards red but I did use a grey primer so that probably makes it a little darker.  Thanks.

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