1953 Porsche 550 Coupe

[dge467]

This is a 1/32 resin body with a vacuum form set of windows that Audi 1 [Allan] had given me a while back.It replicates the Porsche that ran in the Carrera Panamericana. I mounted it on a Sebring chassis. Power comes from a MT-1 slim can motor. Wheels are made by MRRC. A pair of Quick Slicks are mounted on the rear. I painted the body with Tamiya Silver Leaf, and then clear coated it. I made the headlight trim rings by taking some 1/25 chrome driving lights and sanding the buckets off until just the chrome ring was left. I then glued them to the body and chrome foiled the inside of them before gluing in the lens. Decals are from Le Mans Decals. I made the interior out of some sheet plastic. Steering wheel and driver are from the spares box. Tailpipes are made from plastic tubing. It is a really nice running car and handles great on my track.

[BARC 1]

Nice job on a unique car. Silver paint came out real nice

[Mitch58]

Nice job Barc.

[Brumos RSR]

Ooh that's beautiful!!!!

[BARC 1]

[Rleog]

Excellent creativity on an historic Porsche, Jeff. I like the way you fabricate the missing parts to complete the car. Well done.

[73emgee]

Excellent build!!!

[FC47]

Neat as a pin!! Beauty!

[waaytoomuchintothis]

That's gorgeous. Really authentic.

[kidvoltage]

Lovely car. Nothing like an old Porsche, my favorite cars. A family member...

[bigman]

[dge467]

Thanks for looking and the comments! 8-)

Nice Porsche kidvoltage!

[olskoolslotz]

Yes, very good job! I really like the livery and the effort in the light detailing.

Was pretty sure I had a 550 coupe in my stable too, a 1956 Le Mans 550A produced in 2003 by Any Slot from Paris. Built on a Ninco Porsche 356 chassis.

[VTECFOUR]

Beautiful. Nice details. Going to check out Lemans Decals.

Dan

[kidvoltage]

Another beauty. Ninco certainly makes nice wheels, I should put my inserts back in.

Anyone ever get one of those Porsche Type 60K10 that LoveSpeed offers? I tried to contact them and never got a response.

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