Pennzoil Porsche 911 GT1

[Pierre Rivard]

I tend to migrate towards 1970's and earlier subjects for my race car builds. It was the era of my youth but it was also a wonderful era for automotive styling. Aero was part of design for race cars but it was possibly more art than science, producing masterpieces like a Ferrari GTO, Ford GT 40, Cobra Daytona etc.

Contemporary cars are aero optimized weapons of speed and tend to be less visually harmonious to this old modeler's eyes. Still some of the newer cars, like this 911 GT1 can be very interesting modeling subjects. 

Tamiya kit, basically OOB with only a bit of powertrain plumbing added and PE seatbelts (which are barely visible). A modern race car but I wanted a classic livery. Problem solved courtesy of Indycals with the Pennzoil livery.

My first Tamiya kit and a real pleasure to work with. Everything just fits perfectly. Sort of like painting by numbers, no fixing needed, just follow the instructions.

 

[drodg]

Very nice job.   

[Jim B]

Great looking Porsche.  Well done.

[SpikeSchumacher]

Nicely done Pierre! That scheme is definitely a classic ?

[Belugawrx]

Very nice Pierre ! The extra details in the engine compartment are great !

Cheers

[jaymcminn]

Looks fantastic! Whenever I just want to build something without it turning into a wrestling match I go for Tamiya. When you don't have to stress out over the basics you can have fun adding some detail.

[Pierre Rivard]

Thank you fellows, I appreciate the nice feedback.

Jason, can't say if all Tamiya kits go together this easily because this is my first one. This limited experience shows a great level of engineering expertise on the parts as well as the tooling to inject the styrene. A good example is the windshield designed with an angled edge perfectly matched on the body side. It mounts from the inside but ends up a flush mount with that design. Just good engineering of the parts and their interfaces, all done with very tight tolerances.

[cobraman]

Sweet looking model !

[jaymcminn]

4 hours ago, Pierre Rivard said:

Thank you fellows, I appreciate the nice feedback.

Jason, can't say if all Tamiya kits go together this easily because this is my first one. This limited experience shows a great level of engineering expertise on the parts as well as the tooling to inject the styrene. A good example is the windshield designed with an angled edge perfectly matched on the body side. It mounts from the inside but ends up a flush mount with that design. Just good engineering of the parts and their interfaces, all done with very tight tolerances.

Just about anything by Tamiya released in the last 30 or so years has the same level of foresight and detail in the engineering. Their earlier kits, especially the 1/12 scale car kits released in the 70's, are impressive but once they got into the late 90's the engineering just took off. I just finished their new Nissan Z kit and it was an absolute joy to build from start to finish.

[TransAmMike]

Wow Pierre, thats a great looking Porsche racer!!!!!?

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[MeatMan]

Nice!

[1959scudetto]

Fantastic model, Pierre - the Pennzoil livery looks great! I guarantee you, that this is not your last Tamiya kit!

[Rich Chernosky]

Pierre...really nice looking model.  I will echo Helmuts comments that there are more Tamiya kits in your future. I have done many of them in four different scales and never been disappointed.  If you want a fine piece of sculpture...you have to start with fine piece of marble. 

[Pierre Rivard]

I agree guys, definitely more Tamiya in my future. But for now I just started taking on Revell's newly tooled Jaguar E-type and it also is very good. On this one though I can't leave it alone and making some changes to turn it into a race car. 

[Smilesperhour]

That looks great!!! Blue coral car is one I'd love to try do

[Gramps46]

Super nice build on the Porsche.  Really appreciate seeing it in detail.

[slusher]

Excellent!!

[Paul Waymouth]

Looks awesome, I also did the same livery on my GT1 and it’s one of my favourites on the shelf

[Pierre Rivard]

11 hours ago, Paul Waymouth said:

Looks awesome, I also did the same livery on my GT1 and it’s one of my favourites on the shelf

Paul, it was being your's that inspired me to also change mine to a Pennzoil

[MarkJ]

Another Wow, Pierre, That yellow looks spectacular. If you had a wip on this one, I totally missed it. Looks perfect as usual. If you can build one of these, A NextGen nascar  would be nothing for you. I might need your help on the recipe for a yellow I'm going to have to do on a Nextgen Penske Mustang in the future. Again, some fabulous work on this one.

[happy grumpy]

Once again Pierre, you did this car justice, it looks like the real one. I agree, Tamiya kit are always a joy to build. Like you I prefer the older style from the 60 and 70's. Great job on the paint and livery.

[Tommy124]

On 1/12/2023 at 7:09 PM, Pierre Rivard said:

Contemporary cars are aero optimized weapons of speed and tend to be less visually harmonious to this old modeler's eyes.

Almost poetry! ? I second your opinion and I like the fact that you consider that this has to do with one's own age too.

The Porsche is built and painted just excellent, lovely model - Tamiya or not! 

[David G.]

Fabulous work on this one!

Detailing, assembly, paint and decals are all exceedingly well done.

David G.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!