[DB]

Porsche 550 Coupe – 1956

Porsche at 1956 24h Le Mans. #25 RS 550 A/4 (#550A-0104) 1498 cm (Trips / Frankenberg).  Engine 1.5cc.

Working on a chassis.  Need to add interior as well.

 

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[Porsche911]

Great work Dave! Art did a lot of work with the ‘donor’ provided to finish at the level it is now. Great to see 1 coming to fruition, I just hope we don’t all build #25, LOL!!! WHen I get around to mine, I think she’ll wear the Panamericana # 154…or at least 1 of them will. ;>)

Und…sehr interessante Informationen

History

https://revsinstitute.org/the-collection/1953-porsche-550-coupe/

https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/2560/Porsche-550-Coupe.html

Wiedersehen!

 

 

[MiA]

Another excellent job from Dave’s “House of Porsche!! :good:

[DB]

Thanks guys.  FYI, I originally wanted to use #24 but didn’t have any decals (no …I don’t make my own :unsure: ).  So I had a Pattos sheet with #25 on it so bingo!

Body mounts put on today plus interior almost ready. The body was a great to work with (so clean – thank you Art) and the paint job came out great.  With a bit of luck from the Gods could debut later this month.

[Ken]

That is one beautiful Porsche! Excellent job!

Kindly post pics of the rest of the build for inspiration? I was fortunate to pick up a coupe from Art last Sunday.

Cheers,

Ken

[DB]

Thanks Ken.  I will take some snaps before I start putting it together and post them.  I will warn you my chassis builds are pretty ugly –LOL

[DB]

Here are some more detailed pre assembly pictures.

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[Ken]

Wow! That’s amazing! Looks very functional.

Is it made from raw materials cut and bent by your hand?

Do you use metal to keep the CG low?

Pardon the questions. I may be an old Strombecker fart. But I’m a newbie to scratch building slot cars. I used to build race car engines when I worked for Engineered Racing Services back in the early 80’s. I’m also a machinist. I need the education. :mail:

Speed technology is cool on every level. Nice job Dave!

Cheers,

Ken

[DB]

Hi Ken, welcome – look forward to meeting you sometime.

Based on input from other group members, I use 3/32nd  and 1/32nd piano wire plus 0.032 inch brass sheet/strips.  I made the motor support which is 0.064 brass (soldered two pieces together for extra rigidity).  I use a dremel, hobby chop saw and hobby nibbler to get where I am going.   Motor supports are 1/32 wire.   I have problems with ride height and guide height usually in my builds. This time I think I got it right as it runs very smoothly from my testing this morning.  I used the metal wheels (less the rubber) when soldering in the bushings that gave me my ride height.   I am not much of a measurer hence my self inflicted challenges.   I use a hobby wire bender and it helps me.   The rear loop was an after thought along the  lines of  … “how the *** I am going to attach the rear of the chassis” but it worked out well.

Art is an inspiration and his builds are truly incredible.  Many things you see in my chassis,  I picked up from Art’s builds.  And each build gets a bit better.

Cheers Dave

[Ken]

We all inspire each other in some way. You inspire others with bravery to move out of their comfort zone. Art inspires perfection. Perfection comes from practise.

I need to understand the reason behind the physics before I start cutting material or I will make too many mistakes. I need to learn a bit more.

Thanks and keep up the good work! I look forward to meeting you one of these days as well.

Ken

[Arthur]

It will be nice to see your model in person DB – looking very good! As Ken says it is wonderful how we can all inspire one another… thank you for contributing and posting those pictures DB.

The Happy Canadian Scale Modeler!

[f1nutz]

Hey Dave

Not sure if you know or not but if you insert the images using the little rectangular icon that looks like a mountain with a sun at the top of the text box rather than attaching them using the choose file option they actually show up in the body of your post.

Cheers

Bill

[DB]

Thanks Bill, icon works great!

[f1nutz]

Looks Great Dave!

[Arthur]

I’m hoping we’ll see this little wonder at the next Meisterschaft Dave…

The Happy Canadian Scale Modeler!

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