Porsche model thread

[Coastr]

So hot wheels have released a new Porsche range by Magnus walker

 

http://toyland.gizmodo.com/hot-wheels-new-series-of-classic-porsches-were-customiz-1770532791

 

 

The 964 shows promise, perhaps with a quick wet and dry and new paint.

[LeeM]

MW has 356's?  

[Airhead]

Looks like that big one needs a serious wheel alignment and and a bit of camber added.

No wonder he crashed it into a truck.

[81SC]

My latest 1/18 eBay scores, 917K & 962C. Another 917K to add to my 917 collection, someday I would like to have most of the 917 liveries.

I think it is time for either a new or additional display cabinet. Does anyone know of any quality display cabinet makers or suppliers?, that they would recommend.

[Carrera28]

My latest 1/18 eBay scores, 917K & 962C. Another 917K to add to my 917 collection, someday I would like to have most of the 917 liveries.

I think it is time for either a new or additional display cabinet. Does anyone know of any quality display cabinet makers or suppliers?, that they would recommend.

What sort of cabinet are you after?

I have a few of these from IKEA and they are pretty good:

http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/60269123/?query=detolf

 

 

[Pork Chops]

Bought this for my boy today. It's awesome.

[maddin]

My latest 1/18 eBay scores, 917K & 962C. Another 917K to add to my 917 collection, someday I would like to have most of the 917 liveries.

I think it is time for either a new or additional display cabinet. Does anyone know of any quality display cabinet makers or suppliers?, that they would recommend.

I got 2 of them Ikea cabinets

 

just got another set of clips (for free) and had a glass shelf cut!

[81SC]

What sort of cabinet are you after?

I have a few of these from IKEA and they are pretty good:

http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/60269123/?query=detolf

Carrera28, I have a couple of the Ikea cabinets like you have. Page 5 of this topic shows part my Senna & Hamilton collection in the Ikea cabinets. I have been thinking of buying another Ikea cabinet & adding additional shelves, by welding in more glass shelf support rods & getting some more glass shelves cut to suit.

I got 2 of them Ikea cabinets

 

just got another set of clips (for free) and had a glass shelf cut!

Maddin, I haven't seen those type of Ikea cabinets before. They are definitely worth considering.

 

This is my main display cabinet below, I had it made about 20 years ago. I have been thinking of replacing it with a larger one, maybe one from metal this time instead of a wood frame. So, I'm looking for a display type cabinet maker that someone might be able to recommend.

[Carrera28]

It might be too late but it is worth having a look at your local Dick Smith store.  They are selling all their store fit out as part of the closing down sale, so there are a number of glass display cabinets for sale which might be worth looking at.

[maddin]

Brett,

Might be worth having a look on gumtree too...I bought my big cabinet off there. Needed work but I love the size and shape. Put wheels on it and painted it in a rust finish.

Do you just want one big one for everything or a few different sized ones?

I have different cabinets for different collections,all mix and match.

 

So many options....how cool is this??!!  ------>

 

 

[Niko]

Brett,

Might be worth having a look on gumtree too...I bought my big cabinet off there. Needed work but I love the size and shape. Put wheels on it and painted it in a rust finish.

Do you just want one big one for everything or a few different sized ones?

I have different cabinets for different collections,all mix and match.

 

 

 

So many options....how cool is this??!!  ------>

 

 

I agree, how cool is that...love it.

[Niko]

It might be too late but it is worth having a look at your local Dick Smith store.  They are selling all their store fit out as part of the closing down sale, so there are a number of glass display cabinets for sale which might be worth looking at.

 

Just had a look at the Frankston Dick SMITH, (11.00 am today) 4 day sale is on re shop fittings.   These are the only type cabinets that are left by the look of that store.

[maddin]

ikea cabinets are cheaper and bigger I'd say...

 

[81SC]

Someone should snap this one up

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1-18-Scale-Eagles-Race-Porsche-917L-23-1970-Le-Mans-Winner-/191866963172?hash=item2cac2984e4:g:wG0AAOSwubRXIw6S

[maddin]

Custom 1/64 models!

 

Love the idea! wonder if he can make 1/64 jack stands....

[OZ930]

Anyone want a Singer ?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/PORSCHE-911-BY-SINGER-GT-SPIRIT-GT088-GREY-RESIN-1-18-LIMITED-EDT-MODEL-/262458362950?hash=item3d1bbccc46:g:-z4AAOSwn8FXSjK0
 

[LeeM]

Liking that one

MUST NOT PRESS BUY IT NOW!

[OZ930]

Liking that one

MUST NOT PRESS BUY IT NOW!

Do it….you know you want to !!   

[LeeM]

Do it….you know you want to !!   

The finger is hovering

[OZ930]

Poooosh the button…..pooooosh the button

[tomo]

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JOURNAL: Here's Why That Lego Porsche 911 GT3 is Actually So Impressive

 

 

 

 

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By Benjamin Shahrabani

06 June 2016

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Here's Why That Lego Porsche 911 GT3 is Actually So Impressive

Photography by Ted Gushue

Lego is undoubtedly one of the most iconic and successful toys of all time, and it seems like an almost daily occurrence that one Lego builder or another makes your jaw literally hit the floor with their impressive creations—but sometimes, they come from the company itself.

Petrolicious has featured some of these Lego artists before (in many respects, that’s what they are), artists who just happen to use Lego bricks as their medium to showcase that imagination and craftsmanship have virtually no limits. We’re big fans of people like Malte Dowrowski who not only free-styled a bespoke Porsche 997 GT3 4.0, but also his own Martini and Rossi Porsche racing team as well. All out of Lego, of course. But not everybody can be a builder who can figure things out by themselves and build a bespoke model “freehand”.

For the rest of us, there are the official Lego sets that come complete with instruction manuals, and the company has been on a tear in recent years, packaging up some amazing kits in their own right like the Lego Taj Mahal, the Lego Ghostbusters Firehouse, and let’s not forget about the Lego Death Star. Because, seriously, who doesn’t need their own small medicine ball-sized Death Star?

 

 

 

When you open the lid, the first thing you see is the instruction manual with the Porsche crest on the cover. Then you take out the manual…and find it’s 578-pages long.

 

 

 

That is what I was both a little apprehensive and excited to receive the just-released Lego Technic 42056 Porsche 911 GT3 RS kit that the company developed in conjunction with Porsche. Apprehensive because the kit contains 2,704 pieces, and that a mischievous toddler lives in my house. Excited because it had been a long while since I built a Lego kit, and I was interested to see if building this Technic kit would teach me something—about Lego, cars, or engineering.

The Lego Technic Porsche 911 GT3 RS kit comes in an impressive box, so you know you’re in for something special. When you open the lid, the first thing you see is the instruction manual with the Porsche crest on the cover. Then you take out the manual…and find it’s 578-pages long. OK, this is probably going to take some time, especially if you haven’t built a Technic model before. To help set the mood, and ease you into it—and to try and make you forget about the considerable heft of the instructions—the first section chronicles the history of Porsche, and parallels both the actual “991” GT3 RS development with the Lego version which happened at the same time.

There are four smaller sub-boxes of parts in the kit, each pertaining to a different chapter in the manual, and roughly corresponding to how Porsche might build the actual car. For example, start with the drivetrain, build the chassis, then marry the two together, just like the factory does it. Next comes the frame, and then body. Neat. There are a total of 856 steps in the instruction manual, and by my (very patient) wife’s account, I expended several hours of effort on just the first sub-box.

I did say this was Lego’s “advanced” line, didn’t I?

 

 

 

 

 

No bones about it, this kit was an immense challenge for me, not just by its size, but also because of its intricacy. But, as the hours…and days…wore on, and more and more of the pieces interlocked, a car began to take shape, albeit very slowly. If you’re new to Technic, there are some different pieces than regular Lego kits, but if you take your time, and work over a preferably clean neutral background,  you’ll be fine.

You’ll probably still be as exhausted as I was when I installed the last piece: Step 856: insert a snazzy piece of Lego luggage into the trunk of the Lego Porsche. Anyway, I finally built a car that was almost 24 inches long and detailed with opening doors, engine lid, “frunk,” plus working technical functions like suspension, steering, and a working flappy–paddle gearbox. It’s all pretty impressive, actually.

The car is one of the most complex devices a person can own, yet many of us just take for granted that our cars just “work” they way they do. When we turn the key, we tend to forget that an immense amount of thought, and mechanical know-how went into making them the way they are. Where an actual car’s systems might be somewhat unfathomable, its inner workings encased in metal, unknowable unless you take it apart, you can see all the goings-on in the Lego version.

Turn a wheel and see all the gears turn. The same holds true with the steering: the action of turning the wheel turns a shaft attached to a gear that acts on a rack so that the wheels turn. The result is that while while Technic's engineering is a more simple abstraction than of an actual automobile, through building this 2,704-piece behemoth I now have a better understanding for the engineering that goes into a car I can drive. 

That makes building a Technic kit worth considering for any automobile enthusiast. I dare say that if you can complete this kit, you shouldn’t discount yourself from taking on other challenges...such as building an actual engine, or even a whole car.

Thank you to Lego for sending Petrolicious an early copy of this set to review.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 8June, 2016 by tomo
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[ANF]

Nice shiny ones

[LeeM]

One for the MW fanboys. Nice model, nice price too! Check his other listings,as there are a few porsche's in there

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1-18-Porsche-911-Magus-Walker-by-MODELCARWORKSHOP-NL-Holland-/142073110141?hash=item2114379e7d:g:tWYAAOSwhOdXoD0n

[tomo]

A must have for the air/oil cooled  enthusiast ; http://eight-innovation.com/dir/projects/porsche-911-flat-six/

[81SC]

Fathers day presents. Always helps to have some stuff saved in your my eBay, to help the girls with decisions