Kitbox & PZY Porsche 911 GT3 RS

Started by George Williams · 27 · 1 month ago
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    George Williams said 3 months ago:

    Hi @anthonyricco, @fiveten, @johnb, @bikequeen. After seeing my friend Anthony Ricco’s Alpha Model Ferrari kit I decided to take the plunge and try one of these new fangled resin kits.

    I’ve always loved Porsche 911s and chose this one. Alpha Model and Kitbox & PZY are two separate companies operating in China making high end (expensive) models of 1/24 road cars and 1/20 F1 cars. I paid about £100 for this kit. I believe you need to personally import these models if you are outside China, so shipping costs and import duty/tax should be allowed for.

    Anyway, I’ve unpacked the kit and here’s what the main body parts look like:

    Thanks for looking, there’s plenty more, and I do mean more, to come.

    Happy modelling.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 months ago:

    Excellent entry, my friend @chinesegeorge! The body parts look fantastic!
    Looking forward to your next steps!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 3 months ago:

    That's a nice entry, George @chinesegeorge
    Looking forward to see your work on this one.

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    George Williams said 3 months ago:

    Thanks Spiros @fiveten and @johnb. The first thing to do is to choose which colour scheme to use. Here are some of the reference photos supplied with the kit:

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    I originally was going for the “Tribute to Carrera RS” package in white with green details, but I could be swayed by a yellow one:

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    Searching the internet reveals there are as many liveries as a German WW2 fighter plane.

    Happy modelling.

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    George Williams said 3 months ago:

    Sorry folks, @fiveten and @johnb, I’m still having problems posting photos, let’s try again:


    They seem to have posted OK this time.
    Happy modelling.

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    Cricket said 3 months ago:

    @chinesegeorge that is going to be really sweet!

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 months ago:

    All schemes are really attractive, my friend @chinesegeorge! Looking forward to your choice!

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    George Williams said 3 months ago:

    Thanks Spiros @fiveten, @johnb, and @bikequeen.

    Let’s start with the wheels, you get two choices:

    I chose the top ones, fitted the hub caps, drilled out the holes for the valves, and gave them a good scrub.

    Then a coat of Tamiya white primer:

    That’s all for now, happy modelling.

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    Gary Brantley said 3 months ago:

    Wow, those wheels look great, George @chinesegeorge! 👍

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    John vd Biggelaar said 3 months ago:

    Those are really nice wheels, George @chinesegeorge
    I also would have chosen the top ones.

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    Anthony Ricco said 3 months ago:

    Brilliant George @chinesegeorge - I'm so glad you decided to try one out - I really hope you enjoy it - the quality of the resin is so good. Can't wait to see your progress.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 months ago:

    The wheels look impressive so far, my friend @chinesegeorge!

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    George Williams said 3 months ago:

    Hi everyone, @johnb, @fiveten, @bikequeen, @anthonyricco, @garybrantley, thanks for looking and commenting. More work on the wheels:

    They’ve been painted (can anyone guess what shade of green this is?), hub markings added. I couldn’t handled the valves included in the kit and after the first one disappeared in my tweezer catapault I made my own from household pins, a little over scale perhaps, but I can live with that.

    While the green spray can was out I painted the roll cage as well:

    Now to add an elephant to the room. There are no suspension details in the kit, this is kind of acceptable as with the wheels fixed you wouldn’t be able to see them anyway. But, the tyres are beautifully moulded replicas of Michelin Cups, unfortunately the front wheels are not steerable and the tyres are hardly seen:

    By the way the roll cage is just resting in place, it hasn’t been Bob Smith’d yet.

    Thanks again for looking, on to the brakes next, happy modelling.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 months ago:

    Excellent progress, my friend @chinesegeorge!
    Tamiya lime green or Mr Hobby yellow green maybe?

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    John vd Biggelaar said 3 months ago:

    Some very nice progress, George @chinesegeorge
    The green does look lime indeed, don't tell me it is Kawasaki green.