Model Factory Hiro Porsche 962

allnie

03-15-2009, 04:39 AM

MarcoSaupe

03-15-2009, 05:49 AM

wow

ScratchBuilt

03-15-2009, 05:50 AM

I see this, and I think - "I have to make one of these in 1/8 one day..."!

Great stuff! Looking forward to seeing more, too.

Best regards,

ScratchBuilt

CrateCruncher

03-15-2009, 09:47 AM

Excellent work Allan! This kit is incredible in detail. I recall in CTJoe's thorough build thread on another site (BMC) he mentioned some issues with body fit. Particularly troublesome was the front clip attachment. Not a big deal if you know about it and work everything out ahead of painting.

Duncan1098

03-15-2009, 10:37 AM

Wow, looking great, lovely detail, great work on the engine.

jano11

03-16-2009, 06:00 AM

Impressive!

Borjacho

03-17-2009, 04:10 AM

Great work.

Althought great quantity of times this model was reproduced, I'm not tired to see how people is able to improve the results more each time.

BorJacho

drunken monkey

03-17-2009, 05:04 PM

that is a very good looking engine.

hmm... looks like the main block can also be used in modern air cooled 911s as well...

jmesawitz

03-18-2009, 07:38 AM

Every time is see one of these MFH kits in action I get jealous.
Smokin' hot!

allnie

05-02-2009, 05:14 AM

skyline7284

05-02-2009, 05:43 AM

good!!

modlman17

05-02-2009, 06:56 AM

This is looking great. I can't wait to see more of it.

Rob

Mihec

05-02-2009, 08:21 AM

More? It's almost finish:tongue:

You are fast, just like this 962!

ScaleCentral

05-02-2009, 10:57 PM

Which Rothmans decals did you use? I have looked everywhere for a specific replacement and it looks like I am going to be stuck with Studio27.
Nic

allnie

05-03-2009, 03:02 AM

Which Rothmans decals did you use? I have looked everywhere for a specific replacement and it looks like I am going to be stuck with Studio27.
Nic

They were included in the MFH kit. But Museum collection has done the decals (high-tech). Problem is the blue colour is completely wrong.

ScaleCentral

05-03-2009, 10:16 AM

They were included in the MFH kit. But Museum collection has done the decals (high-tech). Problem is the blue colour is completely wrong.

That's odd as mine didn't have the "Rothmans" lettering. It has everything but that. I can only hope mine turns out as good as yours is. It looks great.
Nic

gipsykings

05-03-2009, 11:54 AM

very detailed and is progressing well, congratulations

jaykay640

05-04-2009, 02:20 PM

That's coming along very nice Allan. Very clean work again.

MidMazar

05-04-2009, 09:41 PM

I need to try one of these mfh kits as they seem like a great build up. Great progress, keep us updated.

allnie

06-03-2009, 03:27 PM

jaykay640

06-03-2009, 04:36 PM

Very clean work Allan. Cool stuff!

godfather23

06-04-2009, 03:10 AM

Well done and very clean work. The details on the body and the work on the engine look terrific.

Robert

modlman17

06-04-2009, 07:15 AM

jano11

06-04-2009, 07:43 AM

Great build. The only thing that bugs me is the decal on the windscreen, it looks bubbly.

lemansnut

06-04-2009, 06:59 PM

Excellent work so far! Nice clean build. Have you had any problems with parts fit or lots of clean-up? Never bought one because of the price but after seeing this I may just have to try and track one down.

Mike

Decs0105

06-05-2009, 08:50 AM

That looks really nice, great work!

allnie

06-05-2009, 04:18 PM

I don't throw this word around for very many builds, but that is stunning!!! The detail is great. What is your technique for the air hoses for the brakes? I can never get mine to look correct and I love the look of yours.

Rob

The air hoses in the kit are one of the few bad things. They should be hollow and look like hoses, but they do not. The front air hoses: I took some thin wire and bend around. Then primed and painted a kind of orange colour. It looks much, much better compared to MFH standard.
The rear air hoses are useless. The first thing you will notice is they ought to be hollow and they are not. And here it is totally visible. Disaster. Again I took some thin wire and bended the wire around a solid rod. Then I tried to bend the wire to make it fit. Here you can use the MFH parts as master. I filled up very carefully the empty space with white glue. Paint it black and it looks 100 times better than the MFH parts. Thats "all".

allnie

06-05-2009, 04:24 PM

Great build. The only thing that bugs me is the decal on the windscreen, it looks bubbly.

Yes - the windscreen is a nightmare in many ways. The decal looks bad no matter what I tried. The bad news about a vacu windscreen is you do have this nasty problem. The good news about the vacu windscreen. It is NOT out of scale like the Tamiya or Hasegawa.

allnie

06-05-2009, 04:27 PM

Have you had any problems with parts fit or lots of clean-up?
Mike
Yes and yes. But as you can see it is possible to fix those problems. But it takes a lot of time and patience. But the end result speaks its own language.

corydos63

06-07-2009, 01:51 PM

nice work!
is the body/chassis assembly good?

allnie

06-07-2009, 03:31 PM

is the body/chassis assembly good?

Yes. But as always you need a lot of preperation, patience, cutting and messing around:banghead:. But it worked at the end of the day. :licka:

builder77

06-07-2009, 08:46 PM

Allan
Amazing clean work as usual.
I wish I could buy this kit!
Chris

gasdriverca

06-07-2009, 09:34 PM

looks really good & nice clean job!

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