Porche 356a race car conversion.

The kit is Fujimi's enthusiast model and is very detailed. It would make the perfect model for a 'busy' garage diorama.

For such a high parts count kit, Fujimi, oddly, did not include the twin coils. So of course I had to make some!!





I couldn't get the 'race' door cards to fit at all properly, so in the end I used the road going versions. The rest of the interior lends itself very well to a race car look.

I replaced the stock drivers seat for a one from the parts box and made the gear lever from a sewing pin, with a shaped dab of epoxy for the knob. The instruments were treated to epoxy glass faces.





I also wired the battery and found a pair of 'Colonel Bogey' air horns to replace the feeble 'meep, meep' horn in the kit. The fuel tank straps are BMF. The exhaust tips are metal Bootlace electrical connectors.









And here we are setting off for the track.

The shade of Blue you picked for this one is perfect.