More details about the interior
The interior tray was vacuum formed over a master I built. I plan on making a few of these Porsches, so it make it worth my time to make a master . This was made out of clear pastic food containers that I salvage from our recycle bin. I encourage my wife to purchase stuff in clear plastic containers.
This was painted black. The dashboard graphics were printed with my laser printer on decal paper. I did about 4 different styles of dashboard layouts and got about 60 on a half a page of decal paper.
The simple roll bar was made of styrene tube. I thread the beading wire through it so can be formed without the corners collapsing.
In this case I made the steering wheel out of a styrene tube that was thinly sliced using my Christmas MIcromark cutoff saw that the wife bought me.
The driver is a resin casting. The casting has an individual lap, torso, arms, and 4 different helmeted heads. This allows me a lot of flexibility in posing the driver when positioning him in the car. The four heads cover off a few eras in racing, and I use what ever is appropriate for the car.
I touched up the paint and gave the car another coat of gloss, and am considering this one done. It has been turning laps on the tight Kleskun Hills course. The Pipguide makes an interesting drive, with cornering really softened. I have not been able to match the times of similarly prepared cars using a standard guide, but am getting closer. The upside is the drive is smooth and less delsots, so in a race it would be easy to drive.
I am going to turn my attention to a 143 scale build now. A Ferrari 512 or possibly a Trans Am Camaro. Not decided yet.
Thanks for following along, and I hope I have demonstated a technique or two you might be able to use
Thanks to all who have commented, and to Bob for coming up witht this idea and for Harry embracing it with a Forum section
I am saddened that our friend Keith will not be here to share his techniques and builds, as you know he would have had some entries into this section. Building this tribute car allowed me to reflect on what Keith meant to me, and also how precious time is to all of us. I spend a lot of time hobbying, and I have to make sure I balance my time with the people that mean so much to me. The loss of Keith has really driven that point home.
Cheers