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Grip 1/8 Porsche build

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  • Member since
    February 2020
Grip 1/8 Porsche build
Posted by wards model builder on Friday, February 28, 2020 5:01 AM

Here is the 1/8 Porsche RSR that I have commission built. 

Its was quite a challenging build, I think fitment wise was the worst problem either due to the quality of the kit or the age of it. There was definitely a fair bit of warping of the body and especially the doors, The rear boot lid also gave me some issues.

All in all I think its turned out pretty well for a stock build other than a bit of wiring detailing that I added, its definitely a kit that you could really enhance if a full replica was required, but I think built straight out of the box it still is a good quality model.

Thanks

Chris

wardsmodelbuilder@outlook.com

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  • Member since
    June 2008
Posted by lewbud on Friday, February 28, 2020 8:29 PM

Chris,

Nice job on that ancient late 70's, early 80's kit! Are those the kit decals? If so, it's amazing they survived. 

Buddy- Those who say there are no stupid questions have never worked in customer service.

  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by keavdog on Friday, February 28, 2020 8:40 PM

Looks great.  Nice job. 

Thanks,

John

  • Member since
    February 2020
Posted by wards model builder on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 6:51 AM

lewbud

Chris,

Nice job on that ancient late 70's, early 80's kit! Are those the kit decals? If so, it's amazing they survived. 

 

 

Yep they actually were the original decals, they gave me a massive amount of issues!!! but the customer insisted that I use them. The only one that isnt is one of the blue stripes that I was able to remake myself as the original was just too far gone. Colour matching it was tricky but got pretty close in the end. 

  • Member since
    October 2018
Posted by PGBolt on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 10:41 AM

That's fantastic! I saw the 1:1 car in Stuttgart at the Porsche Museum last year. Yours looks more real than that one did!

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