Building the 1983 Lemans winning 956 car #3

Venturing into the unknown for me, I pulled out and dusted off (Literally) the 22 year old Tamiya Rothmans porsche 956. The decals were yellowed so I put them in a bay window for an hour and they lightened up. I am going for a clean build of the historic car with some added engine wire detailing.

Jumping ahead, the body is done as well as glass in place. The decals were very hard to work with due to their age but I managed. Paint is tamiya white and blue followed by dupont clear.

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I tried to apply the glass as tidy as possible:

http://images32.fotki.com/v1059/photos/3/335511/5710495/10-vi.jpg

The chassis bottom was painted as per instructions I used tamiya silver leaf for the aluminum areas and slightly weathered it with tamiya weathering kit.

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Finally tires and wheels are done. Covers were left off rear wheels as per reference photos of the actual car.

http://images34.fotki.com/v1076/photos/3/335511/5710495/13-vi.jpg

Thanks for looking....

DaveT

Cool! That paintjob looks superb!

Hi Dave,

great as always.

Somewhere in my self of unbuilt kits I have the same kit, same age as yours and for sure covered with dust, too :lol:

Nice work Skylinefan, as always should I say!
I like the chassis very much!
Let the pictures come!

Jamme

That looks awesome, great work!!

Excellent work, looks great :D

Nice looking, especially for a 22 year old kit!

sweet, too bad Tamiya doesn't make these kind of kits anymore :(

Two months ago I picked one these kit at a model show cheep. Yours looks great can't wait to see more.

Something out of the norm for you Dave. Great work on the decals and paint finish, very nice work. Seeing that has answered my questions regarding Dupont over Tamiya.....

Hot damn! It's looking amazing. Silver leaf is a great choice, and the body is gorgeous.

Uh oh, Dave is venturing into the sportscar world!
Great start on a great subject. Looking forward to more.

Ken

You can build anything, Dave!! You would never have known you haven't built one of these before!! Great job!!

In your 1st picture the body looks absolutely stunning!! I love the Rothmans liveries on these old Porsche kits and you really have made such a nice job of the painting.I read about putting 'yellowed' decals in a window to restore their clarity and must admit I was a little doubtful myself about it working but you have proved me wrong.You mentioned that you used Tamiya 'blue' for the body colour.Which 'blue' did you use? TS-15 perhaps?

Nice start, neat work on the body.

One on ebay now current bid $46.00 are they that rare?
Lonnie

One on ebay now current bid $46.00 are they that rare?
Lonnie

The Rothmans kit is getting harder to find, but the 956 is still easy to come by. I wouldn't spend more than $25 on one. I have about 15 or so in the basement and I never spent more than $18 on one.
Nic

That is looking sweet there Dave! I'm glad you were able to save the decals. I'm looking forward to more on this. :grinyes:

Thanks guys, I decided since I have the 1/16th Petty car complete to get back on the 956.....

Alot of components on the car are highly polished aluminum.... to get this look I used BMF......

http://images34.fotki.com/v1078/photos/3/335511/5710495/P1010025-vi.jpg

I wanted a fairly detailed engine so here is the beginning stages. Engine is wired with coil added along with a few overflow lines. Everything received a light black wash..... Body was added temporarily for photos.....

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http://images8.fotki.com/v159/photos/3/335511/5710495/P1010024-vi.jpg

Much more to come!!!

DaveT

The BMF looks great! Just wondering if you've ever tried either Alclad chrome or polished aluminum, both do wonders on parts that need to be chrome or polished aluminum. I have a 956 that I restored from a previous build. It's complete but I just need to find 1983 Rothmans decals...

Good stuff Dave, i never realised how bright the engine bay got in one of these. You are a glutten doing the BMF....

Love the quality of your build Dave. Top notch as always.

Zurbert, does it have to be the '83 version, what about the '82?

Excellent work. Bill

Hi

First things first, what a great build, just started one of these myself and wondered what you used for the engine wires and the overflow lines.

Cheers
SuperDan