Tamiya 1/12 Martini Porsche 935

[Guest]

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)

[peterairfix]

Got a front row seat I have always gained one myself but watching your build will have to do for the moment.

[Dave Ward]

Ken,
will follow this, with interest - I've been lurking on ebay, watching the 1/24 track race cars, and those prices have taken a steep hike, so a 1/12 car is far above my budget!, so, as Peter says, watching your build will have to do!
Dave

[Guest]

You just have to be on there at the right time when I got this I had scrolled through all the pages at around 250 - 300 quid plus between 70-80 quid postage(mostly they were from china) and at the bottom was this one from brirmigham it was at 90 quid so I set my limit at 110 and got it for 108 which is still cheaper than the re release Tamiya did in 2020 which was 149 quid (if you can find one for sale) that was like when they re released the 1/6 Honda 750 k4 oh how I wanted that kit but it was released for such a short time and in such limited numbers I didn't get it, by the time I knew about it, it was sold out everywhere.
Now it's back on ebay for stupid money again, I still really really want it but not at the price of 2 or 3 other kits.
It's like my holy grail of kits the Tamiya 1/6 Yamaha 1100 midnight special I do see it on ebay occasionally last time I saw it and I was a bit flush I put my limit at 300, it went for 457 and then they had to pay 60 quid postage
Much as I want that kit my missus would chop me up into little pieces and Bury me in the garden if I paid that much for a kit (well she would be very cross anyway) I guess I will just have to dream about that one.

[Dave Ward]

Ken,
my Holy Grail is the 1/12 Matchbox Vincent Black Shadow! - but being a tad tight, it'll stay that way
Dave

[Guest]

I remember building that when it came out (don't know where it is now) lovely bike, a very low bike not built for tall people.

[Guest]

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)

[Tim Marlow]

Interesting stuff Ken. I made the Tamiya Mini Cooper a while ago and it also had seams like that on the bodywork. Must be something in the moulding technology, multi part perhaps?

[Guest]

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.

[adt70hk]

Nice start Ken. I've never done a car but was gifted one a few years ago.... Airfix 1/32 DBR9....I keep looking at it and thinking one day.

Will follow this with interest.

ATB.

Andrew

[Guest]

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.

[Guest]

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



Sprayed some the body






More work on the engine.

[scottie3158]

Ken,
Great start.

[Guest]

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.

[Adzam_1974]

looking good, Kit going together ok ?