The interior was going to be simple, good old black on black. On a real car, the interior was usually a grey on grey or, as was trendy for the period, beige. For some reason, I wanted a completely blacked out car. Some of it was to test some new paints I had gotten and some of it was just to do with simplicity and ease of doing. I was building this when I already had a pile of kits to build so I wanted to just get something finished.
Interior.
I added some texture to the floor area and parcel shelf using a spray on suede texture paint then topped it all off with good old Tamiya Semi-Gloss Black. The difference in texture helps break up the monotony of the black, not that you could see any of it once the body was in place.
The chassis was a different beast altogether.
For a kit of the period, this one had a surprisingly well detailed chassis; certainly all of the major components were present and you can even build it as a complete rolling chassis if you wanted to.
Rear Transaxle.
Ok, so it's not perfect but the mouldings are sharp and that support beam looks very nice in place. Red calipers are technically incorrect but I wanted the red for some contrast.
There was plenty of space in the engine bay to add some extra bits and pieces; mainly some of the missing pipes and lines as usual.
As before, the red wiring is incorrect but I wanted that flash of colour. Here I had started to run the pipes from the radiator and was working out where they went to from a set of documents I had downloaded from a Porsche Specialist parts dealer.
The engine and rear transaxle on the real car was connected via a (solid) torque tube which on the model, meant that I could fix it together and ensure the stance is correct before fixing to the rest of the chassis so here it all is for a test fit.
I had started to also work on the electrical wiring in the engine bay, especially around the intake manifold as the various sensors and throttle assemblies are very visible on the real car. The Throttle is a little out of scale but it isn't too bad once it's in place.
As usual moulded in belts were removed and replaced with strips of masking tape painted to suit.
Here's a quick test fit.
Complete chassis with the intake manifold in place.
And a quick test fitting.
I had gone back to correct the air filter box. that's why those plastic strips are there. On the real car, there is a very visible orange seal on the filter box that I wanted to add.
Once the rolling chassis was in place, I could attach the exhaust.
Simply painted with some some textured paint for some contrast.
And with that, the model chassis was done and it was just a case of painting the body.
Part 4
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