I haven't worked on any models thus far this year and I thought it was time to get back to the bench so dug thought my stash and I dragged out this HobbyBoss VK45.02(P).
Before I did anything with the kit I did some research and found two different sets of drawings for the VK45.02(P), one is the original drawing by Porsche and the other was made by Hilary Doyle in the 1970's. The main difference between the two are different engine deck grills on the rear of the hull.
Top is Porsche bottom is Doyle.
The Hobby Boss kit uses the layout from Hilary Doyle's drawings but I think the grill design on the original drawing looks a lot more interesting. So I decided to replaced the kit's original grills with some new 3D printed ones based on the original drawings. I managed to print a 0.1mm zig-zag mesh inside the grills too, a bit of the mesh on the rear grill failed during printing but I might cover that up with some stowage later.
Before and after.
