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[Phil Smith]

Oh, and Rick, you always have greats pics. It appears you have multiple lights and know how to use them.

 

I have dabbled in photography a little as a hobby and a lot for eBay pics. I use to put great effort in them as they made a difference in how much an item would sell for. One thing seemed to help with color balance was a gray background. This helps the camera adjust the white balance. 18% gray would be ideal but I always used whatever I could find that was light gray. That seemed to help a lot.

 

About 18% gray: In photography, painting, and other visual arts, middle gray or middle grey is a tone that is perceptually about halfway between black and white on a lightness scale; in photography, and printing, it is typically defined as 18% reflectance in visible light. ... Therefore, the camera light meter assumes a 18% gray level.

[dc-65x]

That's very interesting about the light grey background color Phil. I will try it! The following pics were already taken so the grey background will be up on the next new pics.

 

Meanwhile, here's the best picture I have of the original car;

 

 

I'll be trying to duplicate it with as many correct original parts as I can find. Here are some of them:

 

 

I've already modified a True Scale reproduction interior so the original black interior shown will not be used. I couldn't bring myself to experiment heating and molding a rare original especially since I robbed it from an original complete Russkit body kit and the True Scale repop is so good.

 

The Cox drivers head is an original piece not the lighter colored reproduction piece commonly encountered.

 

I'm going to try to use the Russket 12 cylinder velocity stacks cut down to 8 cylinder. 

 

The wheel inserts and mirrors are Russkit.

 

One of the white resin wheel inserts is to be used as a "place holder" for the Porsche engine cooling fan. It looks a lot like the picture of the real one to me but if something better comes along I'll swap it out.

 

Here is a picture of the engine and the story about the 8 cylinder Porsche 906-8 from my friend and "Porschephile" Rodney:

 

Porsche 906…

 

The  906 was produced for the 1966 World Championship of Makes. It was designed for the FIA’s Group 4 regulations, whilst modified variants of the car, using larger engines and/or cut-down Spyder bodywork, were entered in Group 6, the  Sports Prototype category.

 

The 906 became the last street-legal ‘pure’ racer built by Porsche. It replaced the successful ladder frame chassis’ 904 and was the first substantial product of Technical Director Ferdinand Piech’s new team at Zuffenhausen. The Porsche 904 had additional structural rigidity from its bonded-on fiberglass bodywork, the new 906 featured a modern multi-tubular spaceframe chassis, with an unstressed fibreglass body.

 

The initial batch of 50 Porsche 906/Carrera 6 Coupes offered light weight, circa 1,300 lb (580 kg) a saving of around 250 lb (113 kg) compared to the similarly-engined 904/6.

The Porsche 901/20 6-cylinder lightweight racing engine was standard equipment, offering circa 220bhp on Weber carburetors.

 

A handful of factory-entered works cars were powered either by fuel-injected versions of the 6 cylinder engine, or the flat-8 derived from Porsche’s F1 program, both engines air cooled of course.

 

[Martin]

Good to see progress on this landmark build.

A few years ago I was lead fabricator on this project below, when it came time to cool the Chevy air cooled motor I mounted an electric fan and did away with the problematic belt mess. The period pic just reminded me of that period of 1/1 cars. My favorite.

Now its time to paint  your 906, The weather is perfect. Have fun, go for it. 

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[Martin]

More inspiration for your paint job. Not that you need it. Just love the silver.

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[abie321]

An open top 906 raced at Kyalami in 1967 tried to load pic - but I think it is to large....

[dc-65x]

Beautiful car Martin!  

 

Hi Anthony,

 

Thanks for trying to post the picture. Maybe this will help. Here's a link to:

 

Posting pics at Slotblog

 

...............One thing seemed to help with color balance was a gray background. This helps the camera adjust the white balance. 18% gray would be ideal but I always used whatever I could find that was light gray. That seemed to help a lot.

 

 

 

Hey Phil,

 

I'm trying the light grey background for my next pictures as you suggested. As first taken the color is weird but my old Windows Photo Gallery "auto fix" corrects things like magic. One click and the colors seem pretty good!  THANKS FOR THE TIP

 

Here are some of the detail bits for the project. I really like the old style "clear" bodies that you add detail parts to just like a hard body. I had to add the slot car equivalent of the HANS Device to the driver's head. The hole in the interior was to large.:

 

 

I used Tamiya lacquer rattle can paint and Testors enamel flat black for the highlighting. Hmmm......these parts look better in person than they do enlarged in the pictures

 

 

The funny looking black tube started life out as a paint brush and some brass sheet:

 

 

It's now my "stinger" exhaust pipe:

 

 

I made a "quick fill racing gas cap" from a straight pin and a #2 screw. It's not super accurate like a modern resin cast or 3D printed part but it's definitely "old school style":

 

 

Well, I can't stall much longer. Time to paint the body..........

[Jairus]

You got this! 

[Steve Okeefe]

[Martin]

Rick, Found these, do you think this is the car Russkit copied ? Is it the correct car, can not see if it has a 6 or an 8.

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[dc-65x]

The metallic silver body color with a flat white backer is finally on:

 

 

The blue rocker panels will be next when the silver paint dries for a few days..........

[Pablo]

SANO  

[dc-65x]

Hi Pablo,

 

I've got the blue rocker panels painted. The blue didn't cover as well on one side as I thought.

 

I finished detailing the interior but all my paint brushes had the shakes.

 

Now I just want to get the darn thing finished one way or another so I can start soldering again............

 

[Bill from NH]

Rick, are you saying your brushes' bristles could use some hair spray?   I know what you mean, my hands don't move like they used to either. That car is coming along nicely, don't give up now.

[dc-65x]

Thanks Bill.

 

I'll install all the little detail bits and pieces next. Hopefully that will draw the eye away from my painting. 

 

Then I can take a picture to share of the plethora of decals I had to acquire for this project.

[Pablo]

Interior looks awesome to me A blemish on a beautiful woman just adds to her appeal 

[Martin]

I demand to see your mistakes, It gives me hope.  

[Jairus]

I get the hand shakes too now.  First time in my life feeling like that and I don't like it.

Car looks very nice Rick, nothing to be ashamed of.

[dc-65x]

Thank you all for your encouragement. It's much appreciated.

 

I guess what I want my cars to look like is beyond what I can do with a paint brush!

 

I am happy with all the detail pieces I put together and installed:

 

 

Here are the decals I've found to try and duplicate the original car. I used Auto Hobbies numbers (which are still my favorite style) and large Russkit roundels. The "PORSCHE"  in red on the nose is from the Russkit Carrera 6 decal sheet and the Porsche crest is also from a Russkit sheet.

 

For me, original Auto Hobbies number decals in the style I used are Unicorns. I'm going to try the Microscale Pine Wood Derby decals shown below:

 

 

I tried something that I thought was just an old wives tale but I was sure wrong. I hung in a window the 50 year old and yellowed Russkit roundel decal sheet in the sun for weeks. Look at the difference:

 

 

AMAZING! 

 

I gave all the decals a light coat of Testors Clear Gloss. Now we'll see if I can get those 50 year old Russkit jobs installed....

[dc-65x]

The 50 year old Russkit decals are going on fine but the Russkit repop decals didn't.

 

The red "PORSCHE" decal came of as individual letters not one complete word!   I bought these quite some time ago from Electric Dreams. I ordered another set off an eBay vendor and hopefully they will be OK. I should get them early next week.

 

In the meantime, I finished up the roller:

 

 

[Pablo]

Sexxxyyy

[Martin]

Looking great Rick,

I am sure I have original Russkit red Porsche decals. Let me know if the next set do not work out ? Be happy to donate to this great project.

[Horsepower]

I love the "vintage" AroDyn motor sticker!

[SlotStox#53]

Nothing like a jaildoor to get your motor revving

Gorgeous work Rick.

[dc-65x]

Thanks! I love the early all brass chassis too. Shine them up and then let them age and take on their own patina.

 

Thanks for the offer of help Martin. The new decals to try should be here later next week. We'll see if they work out.

[dc-65x]

I've been eagerly awaiting the last "finishing touch" for my replica.

 

The master craftsman, the maker of the best of the best in slot car bodies (including the body I used for this project) Victor of True Scale made something special for me. This is MUCH APPRECIATED as he is a very busy man right now.

 

My original car had "lamp buckets" with headlight detail:

 

 

Here are the beauties Victor made for me........THANK YOU VICTOR! 

 

 

Time to finish her up.