#40 – 1970 Targa Florio Porsche 908/3

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  • August 10, 2020 at 8:51 pm #15678
    Avatar photoJMSracer

      This build is the famous #40-1970 Targa Florio Porsche 908/3 which has been has in progress for more than six, months due to delays with the decals arriving in a timely manner due to the pandemic.  I custom designed and printed decals for this model.  The orange section in front of the car will be painted on as it proved to be impossible to get a decals to adhere to this area in an acceptable manner.

      Photos of the actual car

      p1   p2

      My attempt

      a1

      The body has been paired with a custom built aluminium chassis – 100% built by the JMS garage.  The 21.5k Piranha motor has been glued onto the chassis in an AW configuration.  Originally I had used a 12T pinion, which was switched to 11T to get more brake.

      This photo with windshield and gas caps installed.

      a2

      a3

      Ready to race… zoom, zoom.

      a5

      Thanks for looking.

       

       

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      • August 10, 2020 at 10:37 pm #15696
        Avatar photoKen

          Looks great Jim! :good:

        • August 11, 2020 at 11:05 am #15701
          Avatar photof1nutz

            Nice job Jim! I did this livery in HO a few years ago.

          • August 12, 2020 at 9:28 am #15812
            Avatar photoJMSracer

              Thank you guys.

               

            • August 13, 2020 at 9:38 am #15855
              Avatar photoMiA

                Great looking job on both the livery and the chassis, and it went as well as it looks!! :good: Is this the new trend in chassis development?? Congratulations to Ken for developing it and to Jim for being the first besides Ken to build one of these!! B-)

              • August 13, 2020 at 9:48 am #15856
                Avatar photoJMSracer

                  Thank you MIA

                  I don’t know if this will be a trend, but I think it will be worthwhile for anyone who wants to learn to build one of these, they work very well.  Food for thought… It takes much less time than building a brass and piano wire chassis.

                • August 13, 2020 at 1:17 pm #15860
                  Avatar photoKen

                    Think outside. No box required. :yahoo:

                    Thank you MIA for your kind words. 🙂

                    Thank you Jim for taking a leap of faith and trying these chassis’s out. :good:

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