Tamiya 1/12 Martini Porsche 935

[kpnuts]

Hi all just won this on ebay(won't be starting it for a while as this covid is doing a real job on me atm)

[kpnuts]

OK so I've made a start, strangely for a Tamiya kit there are some horrid seams on the front end.




Nothing is glued in the front yet, I've masked the inside of the fuel tank and tried to replicate some fuel in there.

I won't be gluing the oil tank cage in until I've finished the tank (I remember that from the Vaillant build)

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OK so as you can see I'm not building this as a showroom car but rather as one that has just finished a race.

[kpnuts]

Hi all added battery cables.




and starter motor cables.




I've got to say I'm super happy with the metal effects on this. The casings would be made of magnesium and I've worked up close and personal on hundreds of these and I don't think I could get more realistic results, I tried a different approach, normally I use ABT engine grease thinned down to a wash but I didn't want to disturb the mig steel colour I had used which I know white spirit based wash would so I tried a wash of vallejo engine grey over it. I'm loving the result, I can see me using this again.

[kpnuts]

I've added the advance retard pipe to the dizzy (assuming you can see it)



Sprayed some the body






More work on the engine.

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Did some work on the fuel pump, Tamiya would have you use plastic tube for the fuel lines whereas they are metal on the real thing.

Since I've used artistic licence already and depicted gold plated nuts and bolts I decided to depict gold plated fuel lines too.

[kpnuts]

Made a start on the turbos and ancillary parts.

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Hi all well I'm back from Scotland so did some work on this today, this is as much detail as the kit supplies I've done a trial fit in the body to see how it looks, I've got more pipework and wiring to add yet.

[kpnuts]

Added some of the missing pipework, did the first bit of masking, started weathering the underneath and started on the brakes.










And a trial fit of the rear end.

[Dave from Pleasanton]

Beautiful work. Too bad so much of what you've done is hidden.

[kpnuts]

Hi all added the crossover pipes for the calipers 



And added the bleed nipples



And did some work on the suspension 





Just need to talk to the blokes at work for the routing of the brake pipes.

[kpnuts]

Hi all I've added some of the missing details to the fire suppression system.









And added a few other missing details.

[kpnuts]

Added a few decals 







And a try of the body 





I'm really enjoying this kit, I quite like the look of this car.

[kpnuts]

Did some work on the front end and installed the engine.

[Dave from Pleasanton]

Sure looks great.