Porsche 917k

[Tay99]

Hi, new to all this so I thought I would dip my toe in.

I am going to build the Porsche 917 from the Steve McQueen flim le mans.
Here are a few shot of the kit and aftermarket goodies. Might try and get a racing figure later and build a small dio.

Thanks for looking.

[Timplastic]

Thats a great looking car and gulf livery ids the best colour for racing porsches

[JonMW]

That is an awesome car and with the aftermarket parts it's going to be a great build. If you'r thinking of doing a dio, have you seen this http://www.hiroboy.com/124_Steve_McQuee ... -3841.html

[Tay99]

Thanks John I will have to get a order in to hiroboy

[EasyEight96]

Oooo this looks like the car that Steve McQueen drove man that movie was cool

[Homerlovesbeer]

Oooo sweet! Gorgeous car! This GB is gunna rock!

[Tay99]

made a start on the resin engine and body by adding some photoetch to the rear.

























thanks for looking.

[chief5437]

Awesome looking machine! Good luck buddy!

[Twokidsnosleep]

Oh man, so up my alley here

What an AWESOME choice for a build, Gulf livery and if you do a Steve McQueen dio, you will forever be my hero
Will be following intently

[Paul]

Now thats an awesome entry, looking forward to seeing this built, nice one

[Sturm]

Looking great! Have fun and good luck!

[Tay99]

Thank you everyone for leaving kind comments.
I have now made a start on the brakes, I am using a aftermarket set from Renaissance models. PE discs which are in three pieces and resin callipers, hubs and cooling duct, the resin needed quite a lot of cleaning up not to impressed to be truthful.





Primed with Alclad. The hubs wherethen spryed with Alclad Duraluminum.




I then added some PE bolts to the hubs.






Made a start on the bodywork by spray with Hiroboy white Primer.


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I have a Steve McQueen and garage figures on order so when they turn up I can decide how I am going to build the Dio.

Thanks again for taking the time to look and leave a comment.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Rotors look spectacular
I have some of these PE nuts somewhere , will have to dig them out and try them
Very excited about your build

[Rallychef]

Great stuff so far looking forward to seeing more

Regards Ian D

[Tay99]

Thank you for the comments. Another quick update I have sprayed the body with zero paints Gulf blue.



Made a start on the interior added some PE to the dashboard and stirring wheel.











With the resin brakes there was also some resin parts for the brake cylinders in the kit there is no reservoirs so decided to try and make some,
i have seen this done on anther build, I used a straight piece of clear spur in the drimel and with a exto blade carved the shape of the bottle.



while in the drimel drilled a hole for some clear yellow



Then for the lid i used a piece off of a spur might sand it smaller later


Finished part, a lot of trial and error carving the clear part



And a pic of it in place on the brake cylinder, will add a metal band later.



Thanks for looking.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Great work
Love to see someone scratch building stuff to add detail
The metal steering wheel PE looks awesome

[Homerlovesbeer]

+1 this is looking awesome.

[JonMW]

That is really nice work!

[Tay99]

Thanks guys really appreciate the comments

[peppie]

Some nice scratchwork going on here
Yes, pe is great, but it's much nicer making your own details. Somehow more satisfying (me think).

[Twokidsnosleep]

Some nice scratchwork going on here
Yes, pe is great, but it's much nicer making your own details. Somehow more satisfying (me think).

I agree, and often less finicky scratch building....lots of PE is a B to fit properly and instructions are poor
But I cannot duplicate etched logos and fine details as well as the PE can

[Tay99]

Hi thanks for the kind words.

Another update finished the wheels, sprayed the logo on the tyres with the template that came with the PE set aand added a PE part for the wheel nuts.





Made a start on the cockpit, I tried to get a texture on the seats by spraying Tamiya flat red letting it try and then spraying again from a distance so the paint is dry by the time it hits the seat, also added some textured foil for the foot well.











Quick mock-up to see how things fit.



Made a start on the front shocks the kit part is not to special, so i cut the middle out and used a small brass rod and some wire rapped around a tooth pick to make the springs and then glued them back together.







Made a start on wiring the engine 12 plugs per side.



Thanks for looking any advise greatly welcomed.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Good work on the spring, loving the scratch work there....hmmm reminds me of someone
Loving the engine details
That blue orange combo paint is my absolute favorite, have a few kits I,want to do like that

[Liamcraven666]

That engine looks great! and those springs are a great idea

[Tay99]

Hi all, thanks for the comments. Another update painted the front springs and installed them.





PE pedals made up and painted



Fuel tank from the resin kit primed and test fitted.



Finished fitting the spark plug wires, need to touch up the distributors, next up are the fuel lines.



here you can see the fuel tank which was painted with alclad aluminium and the oil tanks
also painted the drive shafts and couplings





Some garage figures for the dio. Primed and painted in gulf colours just waiting for some paint to do the faces, I will see
how they come out before I start the Steve McQueen figure.











Here is Mr McQueen with some primer on


Thanks for looking until next time.

[PrivateMansoor]

great idea with the mechanics. wiring on the engine looks gooood.

[Tay99]

Hello all.

Bit more of a update.

fixed all the decals in place and clear coated.









Scratch built a fuel pump.







rear suspension and coils wired





oil tanks plumped in and fuel line to engine



seatbelt fixed in place





test fit for front body.

[Twokidsnosleep]

WOW!!!!!
Standing ovation
This is superb, loving the paint and decal work

[Lysus]

All that hard work you're doing makes me want to watch Le Mans again.

A+

[Twokidsnosleep]

All that hard work you're doing makes me want to watch Le Mans again.

A+

ooooh that's a good movie

[Kevthemodeller]

Iconic car and great film, build is looking grate too

[Icemannique]

That car looks real good ! Nice build !

[Timplastic]

You done some fabulous work
The body,colours and decals looking a dream
Nice job on the engine and wiring

I had looked at the full mfh kit of this. At £500 and 1/12 it's a monster build kit.
Will keep my eye out for this kit in sale in the future

[Paul]

Excellent work, what did you use a clear coat?

[Tay99]

Hi guys thanks for looking in and leaving comments.
Paul the clear is zero paint pre thinned clear.