Porsche 917 K Take 2

[BARC 1]

The 917 in Gulf livery has always been one of my favorites, so I built another one.

Again built on a Gift Card Chassis. This chassis continues to be modified at each build trying to get the best performance out of it. In this case the FF30N motor was lowered and moved back as far as it could. This also left room in the cockpit for a full interior which I took advantage of The chassis is now a mix with brass bars to stiffen and to lower the CG. With no mag the additional weight also helps for better traction.

Thin and low to the ground allows a scale like stance for these 1/43 scale slot cars.

The body is a resin casting I pulled and the glass is vacuum formed. Decal by Pattos. Paint was airbrushed and then Future floor conditioner used for shine.















And the team mates running together.

[MichiganCur]

Looks great

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[chappy]

Very nice sir, my compliments .
A historic pair reproduced very nicely
in what I consider a difficult scale to work.
Kudos.
Bob :music-rockout:

[pfuetze]

very nice work, Dan!
the 917 looks great, very nice casting, paint and decals!
got a picture of the chassis?
did you chance body mounting system?

[BARC 1]

Yes I included the V7 chassis in another thread.

The body mount has been changed on the 917s. The front slides into place and there is one rear mounting post, square tube in tube. I like this system as it very simple.

[walker]

This one looks much better because this time you went without drawing those unsightly panel lines.

The engraved lines speak for themselves and look way better :dance: :dance:

Roland

[BARC 1]

[BARC 1]

I retouched the number 22 Porsche. I removed the headlight masks as well as the engraved line enhancement. It bothered me too much.

[taskak]

Nice improvement, both cars looks great now.
Great paint and nice job to make the front of the car #22 with decals looking that smooth.
I never couldn't make it like that so I used Zero Paints for orange and powder blue
and used decal only for the thin royal blue line between them.
Cheers, Aki

[walker]