discussion Porsche Boxster

[PaulTRose]

i fancy doing a car for once, done too many tanks recently, and this was near the top of the pile so why not, always liked Porsches although not a fan of the Coxster


bit of story how i got it


about 18 months ago i was perusing ebay as you do and came across someone about 10 miles from me with a large quantity of car kits up for auction...........snag was he hadnt put them in the right section!...so everyone else missed them and i got 8 or 9 kits for about 30 quid


so i went to pick them up and he had about another 30 kits ready to go on ebay.....couple of bin bags full sat in the corner next to his telly...so i had to ask where he got them, he was a bit cagey but eventually told me....he was a driver for a skip company and a week before he was emptying a skip and there was over 200 kits!!......his guess was someone had died and his widow had just skipped his stash!! so him and his workmates shared them out between themselves and he was putting his on ebay to raise a few extra quid......which was why he wasnt too bothered that i got all mine for a bargain price!


when i looked in the box i found a reciept.....who ever bought it payed £13-99, at Beatties in Newcastle (i still miss Beatties even today the one in Nottingham where i used to live was awesome) on 31st of December 1997.....so it had sat in someones stash for a long time!


this one was a bit rough.....the box had disintegrated with damp, the decals are ruined although i hope to salvage the emblem for the bonnet. i actually nearly started this a few months ago then put it back in the box


might be a day or two before i make a start but i need something to do........ive been off work on the sick for the last 5 weeks which is why ive finished quite a few projects recently,...im technically signed off til end of August.....monday im at the hospital.....they keep saying its a 'minor exploratory procedure' but im crapping myself (im having an angiogram)....not allowed to drive for 3 days afterwards and since swambo is registered disabled and cant get about we shall be holed up and not going anywhere.....stocked up on tea and biccys, plan is to watch lots of telly and get a Porsche built


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not the original box......that disolved long ago lol


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[Guest]

Try scanning the decals with the highest res then printing them on decal paper- that could be a solution for the emblem

 

[PaulTRose]

nah...i have a bold and cunning plan

 

[Marc Stock]

What colour you going to paint it?

 

[Wendall]

I still miss the Beatties we had in Bristol. It was my theatre of dreams as a kid. I remember spending hours drooling over a Pocher Testarossa they had on display.


Don't suppose you managed to get the SL as well did you?

 

[PaulTRose]

Don't suppose you managed to get the SL as well did you?

unfortunatly not....ford mustaang, a dragster, 3 different ferraris, something else that i forget now

What colour you going to paint it?

absolutly no idea at the moment lol

 

[Marc Stock]

How about pearl yellow

 

[PaulTRose]

never been fond of yellow, always have problems, im thinking of blue.....RAL5002 to be precise......dont want red and hate black or white or silver, green dosnt suit a Porker in my opinion

 

[Guest]

Hope you get on ok, sounds like you've not had a good time of it recently.

 

[Marc Stock]

never been fond of yellow, always have problems, im thinking of blue.....RAL5002 to be precise......dont want red and hate black or white or silver, green dosnt suit a Porker in my opinion

I suppose yellow is kind of a common colour for this car.


Mettalic purple would look nice.

 

[PaulTRose]

sorry for lack of updates.........not many parts in the box so progress has been quick


chassis is mostly done


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and its gone blue .....RAL5002 to be precise.....sprayed with Vallejo Air, clear coat on top, neady for the black bits to be hand painted and a panel wash to be added


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[PaulTRose]

getting there


this comes with the option of soft top up, soft top down or hard top, ive gone for the soft top up which gets added at the end


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[eddiesolo]

Very nice Paul, like the colour mate. Some great bargains too by sounds of it.


Look after yourself and take it easy at the hospital-I had a angiogram with the dye and then the x-ray. You will be fine mate.

 

[PaulTRose]

Look after yourself and take it easy at the hospital-I had a angiogram with the dye and then the x-ray. You will be fine mate.

cheers....had it done last monday.......didnt find anything!!!....which isnt much help since im still having problems!...got more tests lined up but im back to work tomorrow on light duties

 

[Guest]

Good work on the build mate , nice colour too

 

[PaulTRose]

and finished....not been able to get anything done all week since ive gone back to work and ive just been too tired to get to the bench


had some problems towards the end........decals were trashed.....i hoped to rescue the porsche and boxster emblems and the rear brake light but they were just too far gone, and i dont have anything suitable in the decal stash, so ive had to go without


also the 'glass' came out cloudy when i dipped them, very odd


and my own cock up was the mirrors.....suddenly realised i forgot to paint them when i did the body shell! and since the shell had @5 coats there was no way i was going to get the shade right, so i went for the old back up.....if in doubt, matt black lol lol


more pics in the finished thread


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