Porsche 550 Spyder

[Smitty]

This is the Jimmy Flintstone resin offering with a few parts from the Fujimi Porsche 356 kit. This was a club build that was made possible with the extreme generosity of Rob, a member of my club. I added the interior front bulkhead and side panels, the windscreen, the gauges and seatbelts. I ground down the ‘bustle back’ on the rear end to give it a more mainstream 550 Spyder look. I’m in search of some better, more accurate headlights for it. The paint is Vallejo acrylic ‘heavy red’ cleared with Model Master wet look lacquer. Thanks for looking!

 

Edited February 16, 2024 by Smitty

[ea0863]

Both a beautiful build, and great photography! Thank you for posting

[karbuildr]

Outstanding.

[SpikeSchumacher]

Very nice!

[Kah puts]

Drop dead gorgeous ???

[Gramps46]

Super build.  Thank you for sharing it with us.

[Jim B]

Cool Porsche.

[Nacho Z]

Wow!  I really like this one!  It looks great.

[1hobby1]

Love the red. Great to see one that isn’t silver!

[Phildaupho]

Fantastic in red

[1959scudetto]

Great looking model - this proves that a fine model could be built from the crude resin kit (I have 2 in my stash).  Nice color , too (not all Porsches have to be silver and not all Ferraris must be red)

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

Beautiful 550 and beautiful color! A while back I had a 1:1 Beck 550 and this brings back good memories. 

[XYHARRY]

Nice 550 Spyder there Eric, looks great in red. The seatbelt stitching is a nice detail too, well done.

Cheers, 

David. ??

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

I an currently busy with the USCP one.

[TransAmMike]

Very cool Smitty, great work?

[Yeah Nah]

Nice! Love these old Porsches.

[slusher]

Sweet Porsche!

[Smitty]

On 2/17/2024 at 9:57 AM, ChrisR said:

Looks great!

I a currently busy with the USCP one.

THAT will be a sight to behold! I hope you’ll post some photos when it’s complete Chris.

[Duddly01]

What and amazing build! Going to have to grab one the trans kits. I hope I can give it justice anywhere near this well done.

[drodg]

Love this build.   Looks very correct.   

[Funkychiken]

That's a sweet little racer

[Ace-Garageguy]

Yup, pretty little car....and it looks so much better with that hump removed from the tail.