Attic find - Tamiya 935 'Moby Dick'

[puffpuff]

Deep joy, whilst rummaging in the attic I found the box containing the part-built 1:12 Porsche Moby Dick I stashed away decades ago!

I even have the copy of Auto Modeller from February 1980 with four pages of super-detailing tips!

Just thought I'd share my delight with you........

[cinqster]

...but you'll have to get the SMS detail kit!

http://store.scalemotorsport.com/merchant2/merchan...

[puffpuff]

Gulp...... I don't think so!!

Really looking forward to starting on the kit again though, especially as I saw the real thing race at Silverstone.

[cinqster]

LOL! Yep, it's a bit on the pricey side. Their reference CD is apparantly quite handy though.

You'll have problems finding good reference on the '77 Martini cars on the web. Don't look for 'Moby Dick' as that was a '78 car which was quite a diffferent kettle of fish to the '77 based Tamiya kit. Porsche added a second rear screen to get around the rules as the original was still in place. This outer screen was more horizontal which increased aerodynamics. It was also 4" lower and had a full rear space frame that the bodywork was mounted on rather than the original bodyshell.

OK, so I'm a nerd!

Edited by cinqster on Friday 22 February 21:23