My Porsche Safari 911

[oldcarfan]

I recently finished my hobby room, and so have been doing some building and some organizing. I finished a Revell Honda Civic hatch not too long ago, and decided to do something different for the next build.

Without any more waiting, here is my Porsche Safari 911. It's the old Monogram 911 curbside kit from the 70s. That is kind of my go-to favorite kit. I've built several of this kit and it will always be my favorite. Just a word to anyone who wants to build it, the kit's proportions are good, but some of the lines are missing or very shallow. The shut lines on the deck lid aren't even put in.

For this build, I decided to go a different direction. This is a 100% parts box build and the list of parts is long. Hope this next part doesn't bore you too much. The kit itself is basically stock, except for the following: the tires are Firestone ATXs leftover from an old AMT Ranger on the original kit Porsche wheels. The horns on the hood came from I don't know where. The roof rack is scratchbuilt from leftover Plastruct sheet and I-beam with the KCs from an old Monogram F-350. The high mounted taillight on the back of the rack is from a Monogram 911 convertible, the LED light bar below is those tiny self stick jewels from the craft store, and the jack is from an old 1/35th tank.

I filled the front bumper with lightening holes removing the spoiler from the lower part, added a couple of tow hooks and made the KCs from some plastic smiley charms I found somewhere. The rear bumper was carved up too, with a scratchbuilt winch in the center. The little red lights are slightly larger jewels from the craft store.

What's an offroader without a raised height? That's the beauty of curbside chassis with solid plastic axles, I just redrilled the holes lower and added a couple of skid plates to hide it.

Whew, I think that's it. The only thing left is to find some rear view mirrors as the kit doesn't include any, and I kind of need a 1/24th scale shovel.

Now I'm off to try another Safari!

 

[Yeah Nah]

If you're going on a safari, this would be the way to go! Nice work on something out of the square Gary.

[1hobby1]

Yes, yes and more yes. Fantastic build!

[afx]

Very nice.  Porsche competed several times in the Safari Rally in the WRC with the 911 but never won it.  The 911s where always competitive, mostly bad luck keep them from a victory.

[Jim B]

That's really neat!

[oldcarfan]

Apparently Safari Porsches are a big thing nowadays. I've found 911s, 924s, and 944s are all being jacked up and used off road. As are a lot of other cars that you wouldn't expect to see in the boonies. A guy here in town has a beater Kia with what look like Wrangler wheels and tires on it. No idea how he got them to fit but it rides several inches higher than usual.

I've got another 911 and a 924 that are waiting for the treatment. Right now, the hardest part is finding more 15 inch off road tires that aren't too big for the cars and more offroad lights.

[ncbuckeye67]

That is pretty cool!  A well thought out and detailed build.

[happy grumpy]

A really cool take on the Porsche. Hi viz green will sure get noticed.

[oldcarfan]

There used to be a guy named Harry P on the forum who would have asked, "But where are the mirrors?" So in his honor, I found a set of Boxter mirrors and painted them to match the body.

There you go, Harry!

Edit: Forgot to add the picture.

Edited December 6, 2023 by oldcarfan
forgot picture

[MeatMan]

On 12/4/2023 at 8:29 PM, oldcarfan said:

There used to be a guy named Harry P on the forum who would have asked, "But where are the mirrors?" So in his honor, I found a set of Boxter mirrors and painted them to match the body.

There you go, Harry!

Hey Gary, how'd you get it to sit so high?

[oldcarfan]

5 hours ago, MeatMan said:

Hey Gary, how'd you get it to sit so high?

The original plan was to use the chassis and suspension from a Fujimi parts kit and extend everything, but I got lazy. Since it was originally a curbside, I cheated. I was going to use skid plates anyway, so I just relocated the axles to the other side of the chassis plate and the skid plates covered them.

[Ulf]

Absolutely wonderful, a dream car, believable glossy Porsche color with the smileys as the icing on the cake.

[MeatMan]

7 hours ago, oldcarfan said:

The original plan was to use the chassis and suspension from a Fujimi parts kit and extend everything, but I got lazy. Since it was originally a curbside, I cheated. I was going to use skid plates anyway, so I just relocated the axles to the other side of the chassis plate and the skid plates covered them.

Thanks. I know nothing about Porsches so I'll have to do some studying before I start on mine.

[slusher]

Very nice!

[Rattlecan Dan]

Great build Gary. Nice attention to all the details.