Nunu 1/24 scale Kremer Porsche 935 K3

[Joel_W]

Mar 10, 2020 13:32:26 GMT -8 mike_t said:

Wow. That sure is pretty, Joel! Those decals look like enough work to make a man start drinking again! Good job, sir! ..as a little side note, I just found out the other day that Bobby Rahal's son is married to John Force's daughter...imagine the dinner table conversations in that household!

Mike_t,
   Bobby Rahal has been a long, long time favorite of mine when he 1st came up to Cart driving for Jim Trueman the owner of the team's title sponsor: Red Roof Inns. He's one of the few drivers that got almost equal loyalty as I gave Team Penske. I use to think that Rahal's then wife, Debbie was the prettiest wife of all the drivers.  Their Son Graham is a solid Indy car driver who can win on any Sunday if he's got the car under him. And yes, I knew that he's married to Force's daughter, whose pretty cute too 

   Oh, and thanks for appreciating my decaling efforts. Actually, it wasn't that bad, just those Turbo Charger intake vents/fender took a ton of time, and a few tranquilizers to settle my nerves. 

Joel

[Joel_W]

Mar 10, 2020 18:35:45 GMT -8 tatocorvette said:

Looking really good Joel! I don't yet have the nerve to use big decals. That's one of the main reasons why my GTLM BMW is stalled.

Ismael,
  Thanks for the thumbs up my friend, it's much appreciated.

  With your skills, I have no doubt, and therefore 100% faith in your abilities to decal the Bimmer without any difficulties. Just try my decaling method that I "borrowed" from Paul Budzik, whose literally a USA IPMS National champion several times over.  His decaling video is by far the best I've ever seen. His method really works well on large decals and or compound curves.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_rdwH1EGus

Joel

  

[Joel_W]

JC,
Thanks for the thumbs up, it's always greatly appreciated.

Joel

[Joel_W]

  Finally, time for another update, as I slowly work my way through the bottom details of the engine, suspension, brakes, and wheels/tires.

  As I originally said, the Nunu kit is what I'd call a very well detailed curbside kit. In this case the interior looks to be nicely detailed, but there's no full engine or suspension, just the lower portions that can be seen by turning over the model. And honestly, that's fine with me as I build models as display pieces these days.

 The bottom half of the if the flat 6 with the tansaxle is well molded with plenty of details to fool one's eye that there's a full engine. The twin turbos and exhausts do much to confirm that from both the bottom and rear views.

 Here's an overall view of the bottom of the overall chassis:



The front suspension:



 The rear business end. I did notice in these greater then 1:1 pictures that one of the glue joints in the turbo charger assembly isn't flush. So I've used a little more Extra Thin to snug it up. In real life I couldn't even see it. 





All four of the disc brake assemblies have PE discs. To bad that once the wheels are on, you can't see them. Now if they offered BBS wheels for the sprint races, it would make a lot more since.



And finally the wheel/tires. Those inserts are how Porsche helped to cool the brakes at LeMans and the other endurance races.




Thanks for stopping by and checking out my progress to date. It's always much appreciated.



Joel

[tatocorvette]

Looking good Joel! Great job so far on what seems to be a very good kit!
May I suggest a slight black wash to the orange air hoses?

Thanks,
Ismael

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Looking good Joel. I feel your pain, high def photos expose our every deficiency! 

[Joel_W]

Ismael,
Of course you can. Consider it done.

JC,
Thanks for the thumbs up. Yep, no question about it. Hi Def pics show everything, and coupled with greater then 1:1 image size, I didn't stand a chance. But I fix that seam, which is almost impossible to see in the real world with my poor eyesight.

Joel

[afx]

I use an optivisor with 3x magnification to build. I figure if it looks good under magnification it should look even better to the naked eye.

[Joel_W]

JC,
For once I got you beat. The one I wear these days is a 5x.
Joel

[Joel_W]

  Finally after more then a week, I finished the basically stock interior. The only AM parts are is the 6 way harness assembly. I used the hardware from the Nunu Detail up set, but just didn't like the black fabric belt material for a few reasons. 1st was that it's thickness made threading it through the openings in the PE parts more then a fair challenge for a half blind old man, and 2nd was that the material is a Matt black, which became almost invisible once it was attached to the Matt Black seat. In all fairness to Nunu, the actual Porsche does come with a Black Harness assembly, but I decided to just use a little dose of Modeler's License with modified Red ones from extras I had.

  The top of the dash and the seat are a Mat finish, while th rest of the interior has a slight sheen to it.



  the dash is comprised of 3 parts which fit together perfectly. For the instruments 2 large decals are provided. I opted to cut out each instrument and apply them separately as to min any chances of silvering next to the bezels. Took a few hours to get them all in their proper place. Once dry, a few drops  per instrument with Pledge produced the glass covers quite nicely. I thought about painting the bezels silver, but some photos seem to show them as just a darkish color, so I left them as is.



  the compartment cage goes together perfectly, as well as a drop in fit for the 6 locating pins. The cage for the car I'm replicating had a metal finish to it for the Riverside race rather then being painted, so I used Mr. Color's Metalizer II steel. Looks close enough to the few pictures I have of it.

  The fire extinguisher after a few coats of Tamiya Gloss X-7 Red had the metal bands made out of masking tape that I painted Steel before applying, then added the included decals to it.

Once the body covers the interior, much of it just won't be seen, so the kit supplied details are more then good enough.
  










And thanks to all for taking the time to stop by and checkout my progress to date. It's always greatly appreciated.



Joel

[2lapsdown]

Thanks for sharing the process. I hope to do the Interscope version as soon as Michael at Indycals does the decals for it. Everything I've read about this kit has been very positive.

John

[afx]

Nice looking cockpit Joel.

[Joel_W]

2lapsdown,
I built the K2 and now the K3 which are basically the same kits. And you're in for one joy ride for sure. For me it's the fantastic break I needed after the adventures with the Revell Roush Mustang.

Joel

[Joel_W]

Thanks JC, it's much appreciated.

Joel

[Joel_W]

 Well, I finally got my Nunu Porsche 935 K3 across the finish line. As over the last 10 days I added all the little details including:

1-The front radiator, PE radiator front plate, & PE radiator screen.
2-Airbrushed the rubber molding on all the glass including the headlight lenses using the Nunu masks that I bought as an addon. Unfortunately, most of the masks weren't sized correctly, so I had to touch up areas,and trim the masks where I could.
3-Installed all the glass.
4-Airbrushed the PE screens for the various intakes Nato Black, then when dry installed them. The fit was perfect for all of them except the 2 turbo charger radiator intakes, which I just tried to dry bush so that there was some contrast between the screens and the radiators behind them. I can barely see them up close and personal, but in the pictures you can't see them at all.
5-Glossed the tires, then added the Indy Cal Goodyear decals that had a slightly smaller radius then what my tires were, but good is enough. Glossed the decals when dry, then Flat coated them. Finally installed the tires which are always an adventure into just how much pressure you need to seat them without breaking any of the pins, which I've managed to accomplish once. 
6- All the various little details on the hood including the gas intake recepticle which I had decaled right over the opening on the hood.

 And with that she's done and in her garage spot. Pictures this morning that I've uploaded to ImageShack which isn't working correctly, as I can't see any of my pictures, but the direct links work. Figuring out the correct order is a crap shoot. I've emailed ImageShack about the issue, but just got back a standard email to check their FAQs. 

Thanks to all that have stayed the course, and kept me focused thoughtout this build. Honestly, the Nunu kit was a pure please to build, and I highly recomend it and their other kits.

Joel