Author Topic: Tamiya 1/12 Porsche 934 (Read 8236 times)

kpnuts · « **on:** June 17, 2020, 02:43:57 PM »

Hi all this will be my next build looks up to Tamiya normal standards but when I first assembled the engine block the fit was awful and I had to use clamps scarily tight to pull the engine halves together (luckily this area is hidden by the timing chain cases) also luckily the gearbox is a perfect fit so maybe the engine halves were warped for some reason and that will be the only problem I get. Which is also lucky as I intend to build the engine on a display stand to be put alongside the car (as if it's just been rebuilt ready to be put back in)The body moulding is awesome hardly any seams at all and the detail in the kit seems incredible

This is the same scale as the Bentley so is quite a large car.

Old Wombat · « **Reply #1 on:** June 17, 2020, 03:55:23 PM »

kpnuts · « **Reply #2 on:** June 18, 2020, 04:04:58 AM »

Ok so here is a start on the engine.

Old Wombat · « **Reply #3 on:** June 18, 2020, 07:08:05 AM »

Looks like you overcame that fit issue nicely!

kpnuts · « **Reply #4 on:** June 19, 2020, 03:35:06 AM »

More work on the 934 engine.

kpnuts · « **Reply #5 on:** June 20, 2020, 03:41:29 AM »

Hi all more done to the engine (the rest seems to be going together in the usual tamiya fashion (in other words perfectly)

apophenia · « **Reply #6 on:** June 21, 2020, 04:29:47 AM »

Very nice! Excellent paintwork on the gearbox - you've really caught that patchy effect on G50 cast transaxle housings

Old Wombat · « **Reply #7 on:** June 21, 2020, 02:43:09 PM »

He's taking photo's of the real thing & passing it off as a model ... Again!

These big-scale kits are where your skills really shine, mate! Keep up the good work!

kpnuts · « **Reply #8 on:** June 21, 2020, 10:52:23 PM »

Hi all more work on the engine and a start on the bodywork

kpnuts · « **Reply #9 on:** June 22, 2020, 03:57:27 AM »

Hi all made a start on the engine stand and did some work on the front end.

Old Wombat · « **Reply #10 on:** June 22, 2020, 03:13:41 PM »

You been using your leg as a base while airbrushing the Porsche, mate?

kpnuts · « **Reply #11 on:** June 27, 2020, 03:39:57 AM »

More work on the engine and a start on the body.

Buzzbomb · « **Reply #12 on:** June 27, 2020, 07:18:56 AM »

wow, the detail pops on these large scale kits.
I had the pleasure of having to "adjudicate" at a model show on this size car, one of the guys, with a similar porsche, had gone to the effort of putting liquid in the radiator storage and wiper storage containers

Love the colour as well

kpnuts · « **Reply #13 on:** June 29, 2020, 03:17:59 AM »

Hi all well the tamiya supplied engine is done, I've looked on line but cant find picures the throttle linkages, I will have to ask my boss if he has any references (he seems to have an know anything Porsche related (hes an advisor on several official Porsche boards and is highly respected for his knowledge))started the decals, which are great but, the ones round the grill are really hard especially the ones around the square cut outs (if I could have guaranteed the colour match it would have been far and away easier to mask and spray it.

Ps I've barely started the decals (what ever happened to the English version (which I much preferred transfers) decals, where did that even come from you transfer the image from one place to another what you de (cant even think where cal fits in) sorry rant over, I just dont understand it.

apophenia · « **Reply #14 on:** June 29, 2020, 07:31:48 AM »

Looking good :)

Quote from: kpnuts on June 29, 2020, 03:17:59 AM

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Ps I've barely started the decals (what ever happened to the English version (which I much preferred transfers) decals, where did that even come from you transfer the image from one place to another what you de (cant even think where cal fits in) sorry rant over, I just dont understand it.

Decal is an English term

Decal is short for decalcomania, in turn from the French décalcomanie. At its most popular in Victorian times, decalcomania was/is the industrial process of transferring a design from paper onto another surface (usually a hard surface like pottery or glass).

In other words, 'water-slide transfer' is just a longer, technical way of saying decalcomania.

kpnuts · « **Reply #15 on:** June 29, 2020, 02:42:29 PM »

Thanks for the info.

kpnuts · « **Reply #16 on:** July 01, 2020, 04:18:27 AM »

Done some work on the fuel tank. a word of caution to anyone building this kit. When it comes to mounting the oil tank, on page one of the instructions it tells you to attach the mount for the oil tank, unless you skip ahead and build the oil tank first dont attach the mount in the first picture the bracket on the left had side is for the oil tank (the shelf with the oblong rail coming out from the side.

The steel pipe laying on its side next to it in the next pic goes into the tank and then into a hole in the bulkhead.

In the position of the next picture.

Here is a picture of the oil tank in position

Getting that pipe into the hole in the bulkhead and into the hole in the oil tank with that bracket in place is impossible (on this model of course that bracket was well and truly stuck) so I cut that rail off in order to get that pipe in then glued it back on again.

A better option would have been to attach the bracket and tank with the pipe on at the same time.

Here are some pics of the fuel tank.

kpnuts · « **Reply #17 on:** July 04, 2020, 03:33:55 AM »

I must say I'm really enjoying this kit (although I thought it would take longer to build )

The seat is just placed there not glued loads to do to that yet.

kpnuts · « **Reply #18 on:** July 05, 2020, 03:32:49 AM »

Hi all bought a mirror to mount the 934 on will have the car on axle stands with the engine alongside it, not sure whether to have the tyres stacked or arranged around it, also thinking of putting 2 walls up around it with pictures of the car racing on them I'm going for a look of it being in a museum display.
Any suggestions welcome.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #19 on:** July 05, 2020, 03:54:37 AM »

Looking good.

apophenia · « **Reply #20 on:** July 05, 2020, 04:06:32 AM »

Nice! I like your idea of having walls behind the model with racing photos on them

kpnuts · « **Reply #21 on:** July 10, 2020, 03:33:06 AM »

Hi all made a start on the axle stands but had a major set back on the bodywork looked great till I clear coated it and it went matt (strange as I sprayed the bonnet and wings exactly the same way and they are nice and glossy)

I decanted the laquer out of the can and sprayed it through my air brush, the only difference being I sprayed the body this morning (it rained over night) I sprayed the bonnet and wings during the day in the sun (i wonder if it was damp and it has bloomed)

kpnuts · « **Reply #22 on:** July 12, 2020, 03:59:58 AM »

Hi all I decided to add the brake pipes to this kit and was going to use wire but then realised that the working steering and suspension wouldn't work so I added the bracket to the suspension leg and then added a flexible hose from that. Should I mention this was my third attempt(no ones perfect)

Old Wombat · « **Reply #23 on:** July 12, 2020, 09:47:21 PM »

Just another reason I hold you up as the vehicle detail King, old son!

kpnuts · « **Reply #24 on:** July 13, 2020, 01:32:19 AM »

Thanks for the compliment mate.
Hi all made a start on the display base, still need to make a tool chest for the back corner.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #25 on:** July 13, 2020, 02:48:24 AM »

kpnuts · « **Reply #26 on:** July 15, 2020, 04:01:38 AM »

Made a start on a tool chest for it.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #27 on:** July 16, 2020, 01:32:33 AM »

apophenia · « **Reply #28 on:** July 16, 2020, 04:24:37 AM »

And a nice bit of recycling too

Buzzbomb · « **Reply #29 on:** July 16, 2020, 07:50:32 AM »

Great tweak.

Looking really smart

kpnuts · « **Reply #30 on:** July 17, 2020, 03:54:06 AM »

Ok so I need something on the tool chest but most of the car is built so not much choice but the rear suspension, problem is the spring plate is moulded integral with the suspension arm (on the car if you were working on the suspension arm you would have left the spring plate on ) so I cut it off and made a new spring plate separate to put on the car (still got to make the casters for the tool chest)

Old Wombat · « **Reply #31 on:** July 17, 2020, 08:40:58 PM »

This is taking me back to the brilliant bike dio's you were doing a couple of years ago. Excellent!

elmayerle · « **Reply #32 on:** July 18, 2020, 02:41:41 AM »

Damn, this just keeps looking better and better!

kpnuts · « **Reply #33 on:** July 23, 2020, 04:03:56 AM »

Hi all well the front end is finished. On the last leg now.

Old Wombat · « **Reply #34 on:** July 23, 2020, 09:37:50 AM »

kpnuts · « **Reply #35 on:** July 26, 2020, 04:08:17 AM »

Did some work on the boot lid and the body.

Old Wombat · « **Reply #36 on:** July 26, 2020, 08:43:43 AM »

Still

kpnuts · « **Reply #37 on:** July 30, 2020, 03:54:16 AM »

Made a start on the various pipes and cables for the engine bay.

kpnuts · « **Reply #38 on:** July 31, 2020, 03:48:24 AM »

Nearing completion now.

Old Wombat · « **Reply #39 on:** July 31, 2020, 09:04:16 AM »

finsrin · « **Reply #40 on:** July 31, 2020, 03:09:40 PM »

More Shrink Ray and Photoshop work.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #41 on:** August 01, 2020, 03:34:02 AM »

Quote from: finsrin on July 31, 2020, 03:09:40 PM

More Shrink Ray and Photoshop work.

Yes, the steps some people will go to to make us think that they are working on model kits when in reality they are just taking photos of real objects and photo manipulating them to look like models. Shameful!

kpnuts · « **Reply #42 on:** August 01, 2020, 06:48:02 AM »

And there was me thinking I had you all fooled:(

Camthalion · « **Reply #43 on:** August 02, 2020, 01:31:41 PM »

Looking good

kpnuts · « **Reply #44 on:** August 04, 2020, 04:46:57 AM »

For some reason I can no longer update this log or indeed create a new one.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #45 on:** August 05, 2020, 01:27:23 AM »

Quote from: kpnuts on August 04, 2020, 04:46:57 AM

For some reason I can no longer update this log or indeed create a new one.

What do you mean? There have been no setting changes made that I can see. Exactly what sort of message or otherwise do you get when you try?

kpnuts · « **Reply #46 on:** August 05, 2020, 03:10:16 AM »

When I try to post with pictures I get the message there has been a data error if I then try to post again it tells me you've already made this post
If I trya again I get the data error. I tried to post a new topic but got the same data error.
If I I copy and paste the exact same thing on other forums I'm on there is no such problem or message.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #47 on:** August 05, 2020, 03:20:45 AM »

How big are the files and how are you trying to post them?

kpnuts · « **Reply #48 on:** August 05, 2020, 04:42:01 AM »

Same as always 600x800

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #49 on:** August 06, 2020, 01:35:55 AM »

I can't explain the issue as it seems to be working for other people.

kpnuts · « **Reply #50 on:** August 14, 2020, 04:08:50 AM »

This is done now.

So will now be joining the Bentley in the garden shed.

apophenia · « **Reply #51 on:** August 14, 2020, 08:23:12 AM »

Quote from: kpnuts on August 14, 2020, 04:08:50 AM

This is done now...

A masterwork!

Quote from: kpnuts on August 14, 2020, 04:08:50 AM

... So will now be joining the Bentley in the garden shed.

That seems a harsh reward

Old Wombat · « **Reply #52 on:** August 14, 2020, 10:44:18 AM »

Brilliant!

You need to buy a bigger house, mate!


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