Porsche 550 Spyder - WiP
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Okay gents and ladies, let's see what we got...
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A nicely cast body and underbody
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Being a resin kit the number of parts is not too overwhelming. But then again, the quality seems to be very nice at the first glance, I do not see any air bubbles whatsoever
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There is a nice mix of materials as well, we have rubber tires, two PE plates, some metal parts, decals, some seatbelt fabric and "glass" parts from clear resin
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First step is drilling open these holes
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The skin is very thin, first I removed some material with the knife and proceeded with a grinding bit
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It's a part of the inner body structure
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Cleaning and fitting the exaust parts. The material is beautifully malleable, and not too brittle
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Second PE plate
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Vacuform windshields, two variants
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Everything packed in this neat little box
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Let's not forget the instruction booklet
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Which presents beautiful 3D drawings in color and leaves no room for error
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When working with PE parts I like to clean them with a fiber glass eraser. Removes the oxide layers and roughens up the surface for better paint adhesion.
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Let's work on the body. This part of the structure with the dashboard has to be glued in before painting.
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It was probably easier this way to recreate all the beautiful detail inside when making the resin mold prototypes
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Which means for the model maker this nasty gap has to disapper (except for the gap between the body and the door)
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First step adjusting the part as evenly as possible and fixing it with super glue
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Despite all adjustment efforts there is a nasty step in the surface which has to be evened out
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Much better
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I like to use makeshift sanding sticks for this purpose which I created by glueing popsicle or coffee stirring sticks with double sided tape to sanding paper and cutting them out
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Now the surface is flush, we need to fill the remaining gaps. To prevernt the seam from showing later on I carved a groove with a dremel tool
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A good quality super glue is a fantastic gap filler and putty material which is often overlooked. I does not sink in after curing and bonds unsurprisingly very strongly to the surface
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There is a beautiful seamless transition after sanding
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You can check for holes by holding the surface against the light
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Incidentally I noticed some very thin areas in the casting. It was so thin there were holes in the hood gap. I reinforced it from the inside with super glue + filler powder
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Some suspension detail
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Steel rims look also very good with some fine detail
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Etched parts are very finely done like this "Spyder" logotype
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There are recessions on the body where the hood straps are supposed to go
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USCP placed them a little far on the outside to my liking
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So I decided to get rid of them completely, the etched parts for the straps can be applied without them
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I can't emphasize enough how well super glue works as filler material, it is very quick to dry, does not sink in after sanding and the transition is very smooth
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Primer time! I use 2K 4:1 acrylic filler. Used for "real" car paintjobs. Fast to dry, solvent resistant after curing, great adhesion. Fantastic material to work with.
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The gap between the dashboard part and the body is no more. Looks like a uniform surface
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That is the setup. Primed the lower body and some accessory stuff which is bound to be body color as well
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As mentioned above, the door panel line has to be reconstructed
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Missed a little hole while preparing the body. Will be filled with a tiny drop of thick primer
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Other than that very happy with the surface!
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23 15 May, 11:09
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Question for OP:
What brand might be selling vacuum formed clear parts? Seems like you found some as seen in photo #11. I've seen some for airplane/jet canopies, but none for cars, so I wouldn't know where to look.
3 June, 13:37
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Hey Treehugger, the parts in the picture are part of the kit. But funny that you mention this topic because I actually dealt with this question myself recently. I finished two 964s earlier this year (Revell and Fujimi) and the clear parts in both kits were of very poor quality. Searched for aftermarket replacement and found nothing. So I decided to try myself at vacuforming and made the clear parts myself which turned out to be pretty decent (after countless tries and errors) I have not posted pictures of the builds yet but intend to, keep an eye open. You are right, there is definitely a lack of aftermarket windshields for cars...
3 June, 15:17
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