Model factory hiro Porsche 917/30

[Brudda]

On 4/12/2024 at 11:26 PM, IanH said:

Love that you are working in scale too... Resting the motor on some tyres... Lol ??

Yes, seems to work out pretty good. Look at the real car at laguna seca. Engine right on the ground. 

[Brudda]

Left fuel rail completed. Fitting turbo pipe. Right side next. Oh joy

[Randy D]

That left side looks sooooo good Bruce!!!!

Randy

[Brudda]

On 4/16/2024 at 3:01 PM, Randy D said:

That left side looks sooooo good Bruce!!!!

Randy

Thank you Randy. It’s going to take another few weeks for the right side. I have noticed I shake more than I used to , so it takes me longer to build. Thank you sir. 

[Brudda]

The engine is 99 percent finished. Fitting the turbo tubes. Need to paint these blue. Porsche really made an amazing engine. So complex. So powerful. 1000 to 1500 horsepower 

[Chris Smith]

Looking good Bruce, amazing what Porsche was able to do back then. Imagine how fast the car would be with tires from today’s race cars.

[Brudda]

3 hours ago, Chris Smith said:

Looking good Bruce, amazing what Porsche was able to do back then. Imagine how fast the car would be with tires from today’s race cars.

Hello Chris, thank you and I cannot imagine what it would be like. 

[Brudda]

Starting to prepare the rear framework. There is a lot more but this is what I have ready for prime , paint then clear. I will be preparing a lot more tubes. This is just a start. I am trying to sand out all the seam lines on the tubes. This is one thing I cannot stand is to see seam lines on tubes on the framework. It’s going to take months to get the framework finished. Some of the frame parts are a beautiful candy blue. I took a pic of the instructions. Going to be a lot of time.