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Porsche Carrera GT by CDW - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1:12 Scale - PLASTIC


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With this model, there is a rather complicated and fiddly geared, spring tensioned mechanism that raises and lowers the rear spoiler. You push it down where it locks into the lowered position, then push on the tag plate to allow it to spring back up to the raised position. In retrospect, I should have left out the internal spring mechanisms and just left it in the lowered position. It's a little over-the-top in my opinion, an unwanted detail,

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Yea, but that's cool ! 😎   Beautiful results Craig, very impressive 👏 

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  • The title was changed to Porsche Carrera GT by CDW - Tamiya - 1:12 Scale - PLASTIC - FINISHED
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That’s just crazy good. Perfectly finished, well done. 

Tim Moore

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Spectacular! I could hardly tell this is a model. Details and finish are awesome. One thing (among many) that I find incredible is that the paint reflects light like a real car, with smooth and regular reflections. I can well believe that this is the closest thing to owning a real cabrio Porsche Carrera.

Congrats,

Dan

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2 minutes ago, Danstream said:

Spectacular! I could hardly tell this is a model. Details and finish are awesome. One thing (among many) that I find incredible is that the paint reflects light like a real car, with smooth and regular reflections. I can well believe that this is the closest thing to owning a real cabrio Porsche Carrera.

Congrats,

Dan

Thanks Dan. It's the closest I will get to owning one.

 

32 minutes ago, Jack12477 said:

Beautiful! Fantastic color / photos 

 

 

1 hour ago, Tim Moore said:

That’s just crazy good. Perfectly finished, well done. 

 

1 hour ago, king derelict said:

A beautiful model Craig. The paint finish is spectacular and the details are superb. In several of the photos it looks completely real.

congratulations 

alan

 

Thanks for the kind words gentlemen.

  • The title was changed to Porsche Carrera GT by CDW - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1:12 Scale - PLASTIC
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That came out really great Craig, fantastic job!  Amazing work on the yellow - not an easy color to paint!

Mike

 

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