Good day ladies and gentlemen. Thanks for the invitation to join this wonderful group. Motor racing has been a lifelong passion. I have been very blessed through my life and achieved numerous of my own objectives. Firstly, I built and raced in Formula Vee for 14 years which was fantastic. Secondly I attended the Le Mans race in 2001 which was a magnificent experience! So, on the strength of that I am very much looking forward to joining in on the build, but firstly I will put up some pictures of a Tamiya Porsche 956 (1984 Le Mans entry) which I built a few years ago.
Then for this build I have a Fujimi Porsche 917K in Gulf livery (1971 Le Mans entry). This model reflects the car as the Monza race winner in the same year. Information has it as chassis #917-013, built in 1970. Pedro Rodrigues (Mexican) and Jackie Oliver (British) campaigned the car in 2001 winning the Monza 1000km. The car was driven by the same pairing at Le Mans that year with a slightly modified rear body to improve high speed handling. The 917 in general was not a fantastic handling car, with numerous drivers refusing to drive it due to high speed instability. It was powered by a 4,5 litre flat 12 air cooled monster producing over 500HP and weighing 930kg. The model being a Fujimi is a kerbside model with very little engine detail, but hopefully it will build into a nice model, so here goes. I will start the build tomorrow evening. First 7 photos are the previously completed Porsche 956.
9 attached images. Click to enlarge.
