Prikbord

Robert Dowsett
The Car Transporter Trailer I am pretty sure only holds 5 vehicles so the convertible Jaguar will miss out. I am planning a small layout of a workshop with these 5 cars being loaded onto the car carrier. The three on the top and "mezzanine level" (immediately behind the cabin) will be the lightest cars - presumably the "Gullwing" and the Porsche and I'll have to check on the weights of the others. the only Aston Martin DB5 I could find was the James Bond edition that was built after the "ordinary" Doyusha (No. NY-1-1800) 1964 Aston Martin DB5. I had to be the 007 Goldfinger Aston Martin DB5 (Doyusha No. 07-1-2800) but, on checking the 2800 007 Goldfinger Aston Martin DB5 is the Doyusha 1964 Aston Martin DB5 with extra parts for the 007 version that can be omitted to build a standard DB5. At least that is my read of the instructions for both models - otherwise there might be some serious scratch work required.

The other curiosity here is the Fujimi Porsche 911R Coupe from 1967. Originally released in 1985 as a Porsche 911 Carrera RS '73 it was then retooled in 1986 as a Porsche 911 S Coupé '69 and with new parts then re-released in 1986 as the Porsche 911R Coupe '67. The 911R was a small series of racing versions that focused primarily on weight reduction. This meant most of the panels were refabricated in lightweight fibreglass including the doors, hood, engine cover and bumpers. Along with the standard interior delete and lightweight windows, the 911R was only 810 kg, some 230 kg less than the standard 911 (supercars.net/blog/1967-porsche-911-r/). So that would have been a major rebuild for this model to go from the standard street 911S, Model F to the lightweight Model F 911R designed for the track only.
There were some throwback releases of the original Porsche 911 Carrera RS '73 and then, in 2019 2 reboxed versions appear: the standard street 911S and the lightweight 911R, both Model F. The box art of the 2019 release of 911R looks like the 911S but the actual model parts are closer to the 911R. And the Model F 911R is such a minor part of the 911 lineage. Only 4 prototypes and 20 production cars were delivered; all designed for racing.
Scalemates outline of Fujimi line of these Porsches mixes the 911 Carrera RS '73, the 911S Model F '69 and the 911R from '67. And I appear to have the exceeding rare 911R for which production ceased in 1968 because it was not competitive in its class. So an interesting side note in Porsche history. But it's not a Grand Tourer. I'm not sure at the time any Porsche really were GT cars and so my search continues.

Robert Dowsett
The Fujimi Porsche 911S Coupe '69 was the model I wanted but was replaced by a Porsche 1967 911R - which was a stripped out Porsche 911 S with the bonnet, doors and wings replaced by glassfibre panels and plexiglas replaced the windows. Even the door handles were ditched in favour of simple plastic straps and the tail-lights were replaced by smaller parts of minimal weight. This Fujimi model looks like a Porsche 911 S and will be built as such.

Robert Dowsett
Based on a previous DB5 model that could not be found. The 007 Goldfinger attachments will be omitted.