Work in progress
 

Hi all,
It's getting cold out and so I can now spend more time working on my other Porsche. Here is what it looks like now. I am not done quite yet - the work is in progress.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1103084130.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1103084163.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1103084199.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1103084255.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1103084284.jpg

Couple of more shots.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1103084576.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1103084602.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1103084622.jpg

Cool! :)

Roll up the windows and turn it upside down, now I can see how all the bathtub references came into being.

It's very nice, what is the story behind it?

Did you take a stock model and add the farings and scoops?

Glad you guys like it. I always wanted to have a model of an early Gmund racer but couldn't find it in 1/18 scale and so as soon as I saw SunStar coming out with the 356A I decided to go for a conversion. I did do some research and saw a few shots of a 356A car with simmilar body structure to the scale model (Gmund coupe had a split windshield and other "early" parts).
Basically I started with a standard 356A model, took it apart
( obviously :) ), got rid of the lower moldings and filled the cavities, made alluminium farings and scoops,painted the exterior to look like the brushed alluminium, painted the interior and seats. Now I am working on customizing the engine and exhaust. I will post more photos as I go.

I think one of the very early VWbug(->356->911) models had the closed rear wheel quarters. Later one of the the citrioen and/or saab models had the same I think.

Nice work!!

yes, there were quite a few cars of that period with the closed rear wheels. It was used in racing to lower the drag too.

here is another variation of the gmund racerhttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1103197319.jpg

incredable! Nice work! What is the scale? Got me wondering, what a middle year 911 would look like with covered wheels?

this is 1/18. It was made to resemble the much favorite version of Gmund 356A.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1103438955.jpg