Revell 1/16 porsche 356 C Cabriolet

[Bortig the Viking]

I must admire your perserverence, I'd have shot it by now.

[Jim R]

Well all I can say Ken is a big WELL DONE :tongue-out3:

[stillp]

Well done Ken. I was going to suggest you made a copy of James Dean's Porsche - after he'd crashed it.
Pete

[stillp]

And the Oscar for stubbornness persistence goes to...Ken!

[Guest]

Hi all well theres no detail underneath, no brake lines, no shock absorbers, no back panel to the brakes, no calipers on the front after a lot of deliberation (is this kit really worth all this effort) I've decided it is, so here are pics of what the kit supplies.

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Hopefully I can improve on this.

Unfortunately the car i was basing this on is no longer in the workshop but we have a coupe in and our engineers assure me the brakes and suspension are the same so more measures and research (I've bought a vernier for the measurements) I must say I'm very disappointed with this kit even without the moulding problems they really dropped the ball with this kit all the other German produced kits I've done were amazing (I would have put them up with Tamiya) this kit I would say is below Frog standards, which is a shame, I hope this is not a glimps of things to come, considering this is a 2018 new moulding.

I will certainly think very carefully before buying another revell kit and I certainly wont be recommending revell kits in the near future.

[Mr Bowcat]

I've just read this thread and commend you on your perseverance Ken, the Porsche is looking good.

However, having experienced similar issues with some of their aircraft kits, I will never buy or build another Revell kit.

[stillp]

I've built a couple of their 1/72 military kits - the Luchs, and the Tiger UHT helicopter, and both were superb. On the other hand the 1/32 EC145 Eurocopter was awful.
Pete

[Guest]

Well I've added some more to the body (will sort the missing chassis detail at another time)

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[Tim Marlow]

That’s looking great. Well done for working through the issues.

[Guest]

Hi all I've done what I can to the rear suspension, cant do much with the front as the way they've moulded it I would have to cut it all out and start again (its moulded all on one plane when in fact it is not) also the tie rod is moulded where the front calipers should be, I cant move it to the back as I would have to cut a channel in the back wall for it to run in.

On the rear brakes there is no backing plate for the handbrake cable or hydraulic pipes to go.

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It just so happens a tap washer fits the bill perfectly

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Drilled the holes for the cables and pipes to go through.

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