Duddly01 Posted January 9 Posted January 9 (edited) First build complete for 2025 a 1957 Porsche 356 Carrera Speedster GS-GT. I had posted in progress a short while ago but completed today. I started with a Revell 1/25 Porsche Speedster kit requiring a ridiculous amount fabrication and scratch building. Considering what I started with I am pretty happy with the final results. All of my builds include LED lighting for headlights, taillights and gauge lights. I have also started making my builds include poseable steering meaning I basically had to rebuild the front suspension with brass rod to do so. In case you missed the WIP thread: Edited January 9 by Duddly01 11 Quote
Hard_2_Handle_454 Posted January 9 Posted January 9 Nice, I've been trying to get ahold of one for years. Looks great. 1 Quote
TransAmMike Posted January 9 Posted January 9 Terrific looking 356, love the real lights😊. Great job Donald 👍 1 Quote
Duddly01 Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 6 minutes ago, Hard_2_Handle_454 said: Nice, I've been trying to get ahold of one for years. Looks great. Thank You! I would most certainly recommend starting with a Fujimi Porsche 356 kit. The Revell kit is not good at all. Much of this is scratch built or heavily modified to the point I literally boiled the back section of the body to get it into shape. 1 minute ago, TransAmMike said: Terrific looking 356, love the real lights😊. Great job Donald 👍 Thank you! My family won’t let me do a build without the lighting. 1 Quote
STU111 Posted January 9 Posted January 9 G’day Donald. You certainly don’t waste time, the paint was barely dry on your beautiful 67 Mustang and you were right into the Porsche. Lovely build with the signature lighting. I particularly liked the seats, they have that rich burgundy leather look to them. Top stuff. 👍🏻 1 Quote
Mattilacken Posted January 9 Posted January 9 As i Wrote in the Wip. Awesome results! Came out beautifully! And you made such a nice work on making it look Right! 1 Quote
Duddly01 Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 10 hours ago, STU111 said: G’day Donald. You certainly don’t waste time, the paint was barely dry on your beautiful 67 Mustang and you were right into the Porsche. Lovely build with the signature lighting. I particularly liked the seats, they have that rich burgundy leather look to them. Top stuff. 👍🏻 Thank You! I was off work for the holidays so got a lot of time to build. 9 hours ago, slusher said: Beautiful Porsche! Thank You! Quote
Duddly01 Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 7 hours ago, Mattilacken said: As i Wrote in the Wip. Awesome results! Came out beautifully! And you made such a nice work on making it look Right! Thank you! 7 hours ago, Mattilacken said: As i Wrote in the Wip. Awesome results! Came out beautifully! And you made such a nice work on making it look Right! Thank you! 5 hours ago, ncbuckeye67 said: That is pretty sweet! Excellent work. Thank You! Quote
Phildaupho Posted January 9 Posted January 9 Very nice purse, I mean Porsche !! Reminds me of James Dean's Speedster. 1 Quote
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 9 Posted January 9 Pretty cool. Looks WAY more like a 356 than anything else ever built from this horrible kit. Much applause for tackling such a major undertaking. Love the lights too. 1 Quote
Duddly01 Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 1 hour ago, Phildaupho said: Very nice purse, I mean Porsche !! Reminds me of James Dean's Speedster. Thank You! 1 hour ago, Ace-Garageguy said: Pretty cool. Looks WAY more like a 356 than anything else ever built from this horrible kit. Much applause for tackling such a major undertaking. Love the lights too. Thank You! It really is not a good kit but I was determined to make it into something presentable. 1 Quote
1959scudetto Posted January 9 Posted January 9 That is true craftsmanship Donald - turning this awkward kit into a model that does really look like a 356 Speedster! Awesome lighting, too ! 1 Quote
Duddly01 Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 1 hour ago, 1959scudetto said: That is true craftsmanship Donald - turning this awkward kit into a model that does really look like a 356 Speedster! Awesome lighting, too ! Thank You! It took a lot of work but I am happy with how it turned out in the end. Quote
Duddly01 Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 Wow, I just finally looked at the images on a 32" monitor. I didn't realize how much dust and debris got on the model before I took pictures. 😬 It was post-race... yeah... that's why. 😉 2 Quote
XYHARRY Posted Thursday at 09:47 AM Posted Thursday at 09:47 AM Another great model there Donald, your extra efforts on this one really paid off. Well done. Cheers, David. 😎👍 1 Quote
ChrisR Posted Thursday at 11:09 AM Posted Thursday at 11:09 AM You made a purse from a pigs ear!! 1 Quote
Duddly01 Posted Thursday at 02:46 PM Author Posted Thursday at 02:46 PM 4 hours ago, XYHARRY said: Another great model there Donald, your extra efforts on this one really paid off. Well done. Cheers, David. 😎👍 Thank you! 3 hours ago, ChrisR said: You made a purse from a pigs ear!! Thank You! Quote
Rich Chernosky Posted Thursday at 11:03 PM Posted Thursday at 11:03 PM Donald...I am familiar with this kit and I struggled many years ago just to get it completed. Yours, on the other hand, is a masterpiece of engineering and good ole persistence. Luv the lights but most of all the steering....a pet peeve of mine. I have made the steering work on just about everything I do, from resin kits to domestic hunks of plastic. Glad to see I will not be alone now. Good post BTW. 1 Quote
Duddly01 Posted Thursday at 11:29 PM Author Posted Thursday at 11:29 PM 21 minutes ago, Rich Chernosky said: Donald...I am familiar with this kit and I struggled many years ago just to get it completed. Yours, on the other hand, is a masterpiece of engineering and good ole persistence. Luv the lights but most of all the steering....a pet peeve of mine. I have made the steering work on just about everything I do, from resin kits to domestic hunks of plastic. Glad to see I will not be alone now. Good post BTW. Thank you! A whole lot of modifying and scratch building. My love for the Porsche 356 is the only reason this one got done. First time I ever boiled a body to get it looking even close to correct. I have been adding LED lighting systems since I got back into modeling, not much over a year ago. I just started deciding to add poseable steering since my 1967 Mustang Convertible build. I did a 1974 Corvette Convertible, but it came with poseable steering out of the box. Now my family has said Lighting and steering are a requirement for all future builds. Quote
Ken Car-Fanatic Posted Friday at 12:58 AM Posted Friday at 12:58 AM Very impressive & well done. Like others, I have one of these kits & was so disappointed in it, that I wasn't sure if I would even attempt to build it? Yours has now given me hope & makes me want to build it... (someday). The details & modifications you added wonderful. Very nice work! 1 Quote
Duddly01 Posted Friday at 01:38 AM Author Posted Friday at 01:38 AM 38 minutes ago, Ken Car-Fanatic said: Very impressive & well done. Like others, I have one of these kits & was so disappointed in it, that I wasn't sure if I would even attempt to build it? Yours has now given me hope & makes me want to build it... (someday). The details & modifications you added wonderful. Very nice work! Thank you! Have you looked at my WIP thread? There is a lot of work that goes into making the body look right. 1 Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.