Pascal Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 (edited) I bought this model some 15 years ago. It was damaged, some decals had yellowed and the Rothmans decals were missing. As usual, I forgot to take photos of my model before I started the disassembly, but this is how it looks when new : Photo from Carmodel.com, for reference purpose only The interior : Photo from Carmodel.com, for reference purpose only As with most 956 scale models, this one has a seat for the passenger : I started by enlarging the space for the driver's legs : And cut the passenger seat from the frame : I'm covering the interior with aluminium tape. But the result is to shiny. I used Commandant 4 polishing compound to make it more dull. This compound is used to polish, but if you use it with a cottonbud, you can make the alu tape less shiny : The beam in the middle of the floor was enlarged and covered with the alu tape : I still have to add 2 triangles to the beam, you can see the right one in this photo : This photo shows the new panel I made, the hole will receive the scratchbuild fuelpumps : The panel has not been treated with Commandant 4 and shows how shiny the alu tape is before treatment : Will be quite a job to make the fuelpumps, 1/1 scale reference photo : I did a lot of sanding to the bottom plate, removed some plastic and added some strips : Sincerely Pascal Edited September 23, 2022 by Pascal Rockie Yarwood, Furie, Sparzanza and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 This is gonna be so frickin' cool to watch!!! Love what you're doing with it so far and yup.....you're gonna have your hands full in replicating all those details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) Thank you ! Update : I've started making the pieces for the fuel pump construction. Reference photo : Made 4 cylinders with the lathe and added a hex nut : They will be polished and the shine toned down later : Dryfit with the tubes that are attached to the bottom of the cylinders : Added some details and weathered the interior. The light on my workbench make it look way more shinier then it is in daytime : I used PE buckles from Uli Nowak, first time for me, but I'll use them again in the future because they look very good : Used the lathe to make 2 fire extinguishers : The left side will be sanded to a more rounded shape : Sincerely Pascal Edited September 28, 2022 by Pascal LSP_Ray, CShanne, Starfighter and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Very nice! I used to be responsible for quite a few colour versions of the 956 during my time at Minichamps - which ended ten years ago. I'm getting old it seems... looking forward to more progress! I am pretty sure this one never had Rothmans decals or tampo prints by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted June 7, 2023 Author Share Posted June 7, 2023 (edited) Been quite a while, but here's a summary of the work that I've the last months. Minichamps made this model as a kind of "generic" version of 956 Rothmans Porsches from 1982 till 1986. It's even stamped on the underside of the floorboard. So a lot of modification need te be done to make this a 1982 version. The engine and gearbox will get quite a few mod's, this photo shows the starter motor in the middle, this will be replace by a scratchbuild one : The rond part - with the flat bottom - will be removed and replaced : First test of fitting an alu ring to the front of the engine, the final version will be a lot wider : The supports for the rear suspension are massive and don't have the right shape. Before : After : I started by modifying the top part of the rear frame : But it still didn't look right and was'nt strong enough. So I started making a new one. A first version : The plastic tubes were replaced by brass tubes : The plastic tubes on this part were removed : And replace by 5 alu rods : Not quite the same as on the real car, but the tubes will be hardly visible and they have to fit inside the body : Minichamps didn't add the turbo's on their 956 models, here the start of the homemade turbo's : A lot of hours later : The turbo's will require some extra work and they will get some small details, but I'm quite happy with this first version. I could have bought aftermarket turbo's, but they also require some mod's and I find them to expensive. That's it for now. I made a ton of other small parts, these I will show in future updates. Sincerely Pascal Edited June 7, 2023 by Pascal Archimedes, LSP_Ray and LSP_Kevin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 fantastic work! Pascal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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