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Gentlemen Start Your Engines....Porsche 917
Joker
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British Columbia, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, October 14, 2006 - 08:52 AM UTC
Here is my submission for the Gentlemen Start your Engine Campaign - Team Salzburg 1970.
The two shorttails are Fujimi, with Studio 27 decals and some of their etch.
The longtail is Fisher ( nice kit goes together well, pretty reasonably priced), MV lenses.
Had a real problem with fit on the Fujimi, head light lens too big and rear cowl needs tweeking. As with Armour find your photo of the car and stick to it, tons of variatons from race to race with these cars
As always comments and critiques welcome
Regards
Joker






slodder
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North Carolina, United States
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Posted: Saturday, October 14, 2006 - 04:35 PM UTC
I really like the 25 car.
The subtle yet and thick weathering really sets them off as well driven.

Nice campaign submission.
Joker
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British Columbia, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, October 14, 2006 - 09:31 PM UTC
Thanks , I've wanted to build a Long tail for a while so I chose the Fisher version.Builds into a nice replica, missing a few bits. I used the MV lenses for the headlights and I think I'll be using them from now on, they look great.
Thanks for the comments
Pete
rv1963
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New York, United States
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Posted: Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 12:42 AM UTC
Nice work on both 917's the weathering looks great.
shonen_red
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Metro Manila, Philippines
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Posted: Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 09:20 PM UTC
Coolness! The weathering is well done, looks like it had been in the race recently. My only comment is the frosted clear parts. Should they be really like that?
Joker
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Posted: Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 11:30 PM UTC
Thanks for the comments. I tried to replicate road dirt,grease etc when I was doing the weathering, I think I may have gone a bit heavy on the clear parts. Its sooooo easy to go to heavy and take it just past the right point.. The side windows are a yellow plexiglass on the real cars and that was quite tough to get right, its all a learning process. These were my first cars in about 20 years so I was fairly happy with them.
Thanks for the kind words
Pete
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