This will be a test build to try out my new model building station. I was graciously allowed to have my model building area incorporated into our office are. I finally have set up my trusty old oak teachers desk with all my building supplies in the (I think) best ever set-up.
The wooden paint rack to my left holds all the little Testors enamel bottles with everything else in easy reach. For the first time ever I have a real live paint booth over my right shoulder. I'm still figuring out how to vent it outside. Airbrush and compressor are hidden on the window sill behind the seat back. To the left of the model building area, I have set up my office desk with desk-top computer. I can now see reference photos on the screen without having to print them out. I strongly suspect I can participate in various zoom meetings with camera off and still build.
I wanted something easy and quick to build (think white) so I could test out my new digs. To that end I'm building the #45 Porsche that raced at Le mans in 1970. It also will allow me to add to my growing collection of cars that appeared both in the actual race and the Steve McQueen movie "Le Mans". My intension some day is to have them displayed lined up with a background of the pit wall.
The real car and the reel car both appear in the movie. They did a pretty good mock-up of the car for the cameras, only difference I can see is the race car had the extra headlights mounted on the bumper and the mock-up has them on the hood.
Fujimi Porsche 911S in 1/24 scale. 1969.
#45 driven by Claude Laurent and Jacques Marche. Apparently the car finished the race but covered insufficient miles to qualify in its class.
Decals are from "Le Mans Decal" in Spain. They are good, not Cartigraph but usable. They offer 100's of markings and are often the only available decals for any given car. https://www.lemansdecals.com/tienda/en/17-le-mans
After market headlights. Add interior roll cage, race seat and belts, standard Fuchs wheels, kit tires. Simple.
Since switching over to acrylics (kicking and screaming), I've yet to paint a gloss car so this is another test.
After not building anything for so long, I feel a bit rusty and not sure where to start. I'm sure it will come back to me once I start nipping sprue.
