Gabriel,
You sure do cover a lot of modeling territory.

I will miss your builds and of course you while you're summer long vacation.

Joel

I will make sure Gabriel gets his ribbon, he did a huge amount of work to get his build finished before he left on holiday, especially considering the commission build he also finished, the gold/CF Beetle, and the mishap with the molten Porsche. He deserves a medal for perseverance along with the ribbon for this Group Build!

Cheers, D

all,
have just received my starting "kit" .
I'd forgotten how small these things are .
Guess it's time to break out the putty and create a body for the chassis. Just comparing the chassis dimensions with my proposed body it may be a case of deleting the pull back mechanism - we'll see. Should be an interesting little project for me as I've never really done any sculpting and/or panel scribing before.
I'll just need to apply the 7 P's before I start.



Hope everyone's panel and paint projects are progressing as planned .

Heads-up time folks, 3 months to go in this Group Build, we have 3 completed builds in the Gallery and another posted here in the thread.

I know we have several works in progress as well, can we get a progress report on any or all of these?

Looking forward to at least a couple more crossing the finish line before time is called.

Cheers, D

D,
Welcome to the Porsche GB.

While I'm no Porsche expert by any stretch of the imagination, I've seen enough Porsche 911 6 cyl. engines to be 100% quite sure that not a single part was chromed. The Block, Heads, intake manifold etc., were all cast Alloy, and nothing was painted but left in the raw state from the factory.

As your plan states, I concur to strip all that heavy handed chrome plate off, glue up the block and parts as need be, then Air brush with the Metallizer of your choice. The color should be Regular old Aluminum with a good black wash after sealing.

Joel

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D,
Welcome to the Porsche GB.

While I'm no Porsche expert by any stretch of the imagination, I've seen enough Porsche 911 6 cyl. engines to be 100% quite sure that not a single part was chromed. The Block, Heads, intake manifold etc., were all cast Alloy, and nothing was painted but left in the raw state from the factory.

As your plan states, I concur to strip all that heavy handed chrome plate off, glue up the block and parts as need be, then Air brush with the Metallizer of your choice. The color should be Regular old Aluminum with a good black wash after sealing.

Joel

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I will agree with you in regards to air cooled 911's (have had several). No chrome, no paint. Those coatings would have caused potential overheating.
Materials were aluminum and magnesium (transmissions), and oxidized within 24 hrs of casting. Low gloss aluminum/grey mixture would work best, with ultra light washes of grey/black.

I will make sure Gabriel gets his ribbon, he did a huge amount of work to get his build finished before he left on holiday, especially considering the commission build he also finished, the gold/CF Beetle, and the mishap with the molten Porsche. He deserves a medal for perseverance along with the ribbon for this Group Build!

Cheers, D

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I will make sure Gabriel gets his ribbon, he did a huge amount of work to get his build finished before he left on holiday, especially considering the commission build he also finished, the gold/CF Beetle, and the mishap with the molten Porsche. He deserves a medal for perseverance along with the ribbon for this Group Build!

Cheers, D

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Thanks Joel and Damian for taking care of my unfinished business.
For what I understood, the gallery upload isn't mandatory anymore?

Gabriel

Gabriel,
You're quite welcome.

As far as I know, officially two finished pictures are still generally required in the campaign gallery to qualify for a ribbon. D and I just thought that it makes more sense to post the finished pictures in the main campaign thread so everyone can see them including non-enlistees. After all, how many enlistees ever periodically check the gallery for finished pictures? So we changed the rule for the Ford campaign.

Joel