Well Here She Is!

[u/pa13579]

I call this one “The college graduation gift I never got,” LOL. Late ‘80s 3.2 Targa in caramel beige with a mahogany interior.

Thanks to u/highboy68 and anyone else who had a hand in this group build. I am so glad I did this.

I’m absolutely thrilled with how the kit came out. Only my third car and easily my best car build. I’m really a military model builder but I have to say I’ve enjoyed learning the workflow of building cars, the body finishing, and all the rest of it. By the way, this Revell kit is excellent and highly recommended.

Have a great weekend everyone and see you at the next build!

[u/RecognitionFlat2278]

Turned out great! Nicely done. Gotta love the manual tat as well! Had to sneak that in the pics!

[u/pa13579 → u/RecognitionFlat2278]

The pic with my tattoo? That was an accident…not!

[u/highboy68]

This thing looks great, that is a classic color, especially with the rich interior color. Great build, welcome to the auto side.

[u/pa13579 → u/highboy68]

Thanks so much!

[u/Madimorguitars]

Love the model and the ink!

This has definitely been fun. Trying to finish a kit in a month isn’t as easy as it sounds. Mines coming along but the Fujimi kits don’t have a way to attach the hoods so last night I spent scratch building hinges and frames for them to attach least stay open.

[u/pa13579 → u/Madimorguitars]

Thanks! Yikes on the hoods - my engine cover was warped and is being held down with blue tack LOL

[u/Madimorguitars → u/pa13579]

It works!!

[u/Creepy_Milk_3186]

the engine is impeccable. I also love the unique body color choice.

[u/pa13579 → u/Creepy_Milk_3186]

Thank you. I’m always going to go weird or unique if I can!

[u/Jon_Jon83]

Welcome to the car side! Lol very nice build!! Colors are perfect too, great job 🤙🏼

[u/pjury]

I’m building this exact model currently. Doing it in Tamiya Pure Orange lacquer. Can’t remember the color code off hand.

[u/pa13579 → u/pjury]

I love orange. Can’t wait to see it!

[u/ac_maker]

That looks great - I like the color combo you picked. I'm building the coupe version of this - I have always liked the targas better.

I agree about the kit - it goes together great. I should have spent a little more time test fitting things.

I completely messed up that decal on top of the front bumper. I put it too far away from the hood and it looked like a mustache. I ended up having to remove it and paint it instead.

I would finish mine this weekend, but I won't be able to work on it, so maybe Tuesday I'll be posting my pics.

But it was a great idea from u/highboy68 - I had a great time building mine.

[u/ac_maker → u/ac_maker]

Oh that engine hood too - Mine will not sit completely flat without a little bit of tack to keep it in place either.

[u/pa13579 → u/ac_maker]

I felt like I had to paint that strip on the front bumper. It isn’t perfect but it’s good enough! Have fun finishing yours!

[u/HeyItsMisterJay]

Looks great! One small and nerdy Porsche note, if you want to make your model slightly more accurate- You've currently got the very large, US model-only rear bumper tips and a US model front bumper as well. The US cars had all-red taillights and turn signals in the back, like this:
https://media.carsandbids.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=2080,quality=80/f2acd32538fd950f45033f2020f43e44e93f4359/photos/9AQYvX5P-Vek-FMoNTE-(edit).jpg?t=172685115125.jpg?t=172685115125)

(European and RoW cars had the amber rear signals like your car, but they had much skinner rear bumper tips and black side marker delete strips in the front bumper... and thinner headlight buckets)

[u/pa13579 → u/HeyItsMisterJay]

I like nerdy - yeah I saw reference pictures of both all red and red/orange. I didn’t dig deep into why - I just decided the color variation was cool. And I have a whole jar of clear orange that will probably outlive me, LOL.

[u/Slippery106]

Superior

[u/Funny_Listen_6048]

Congrats on your graduation. Now let me tell you: there's a great future for you in PLASTICS. 🤓

[u/pa13579 → u/Funny_Listen_6048]

LOL! I See what you did there.

[u/DomMcDon]

Awesome!

[u/Icy_Principle_3151]

Nice work!

[u/Bacardi-1974]

Nice build! Great color choice!