Everything is
in 1/24 scale. The building structure and loft are scratch
built. The 3 cars are Tamiya kits. The GT3
(painted in the colors of the German flag) was first lowered,
and then I added Aoshima 19in Volk Racing wheels.
I
used Tamiya smoke paint to tint the windows and all the
decals used on this kit are from my decal pile. The blue
GT2 was a very involved project, I started by cutting the
driver's door off and I used the Renaissance resin door
and door jam I got from Strada Sports. The hood was then
cut out and everything under the hood was scratch built
including the fuel cell with Detailmaster braided lines
and Model Car Garage provided the photo etch hardware for
the fuel cell and Scale Motorsports photo etch hardware
was used on the brake rotors.
Decals from my decal pile were also used on this model.
The 959 was meant to look like it was being restored with
newspaper on the windows and primer on repaired panels.
To develop my diorama I collected a lot of reference pictures,
I drew on my own experiences in various shops and I also
added a few of my own ideas. Below is a list of all the
parts used in my diorama. All of the parts used came unassembled
and unpainted, and almost all are resin.
Fujimi- tools, welding tanks, figures, shelves
and miscellaneous parts
Porsche
917: The Winning Formula - The super-fast Porsche
917 dominated international motorsport in the early 1970s.
Designed to win the world-famous Le Mans 24 Hours race, the
917 became the focus of obsessive ambition for all connected
with its spectacular existence. Here, from a Porsche expert
with unprecedented access to company records and the engineers
involved, is the full story of the 917, which in 1997 was
voted the world's greatest racing car. Includes coverage of
917 development, the 1970 Le Mans 917 win, the 1100bhp racers,
and drivers Elford, Redman, Attwood and Bell describing racing
in an era when mistakes could so often prove fatal. Must-have
literature for your racing library!
Porsche
911: Perfection by Design - The story is matched with
superb photos. As is often the case with images captured by
Leffingwell’s lens, many are the kind you’ll pore
over before turning the page. Porsche 911 lovers are in no
way lacking for printed reading material. A glance at the
average bookseller’s shelf may turn up more Porsche
books than any other marque. It takes a great deal to set
a new 911 book apart from the crowd, but a near coffee-table-sized
format, stylish design and beautiful magazine-style photography
do the trick.
Superdioramas
- With a very suitable title, this book highlights the work
of two very accomplished and ambitious modelers, Lewis Pruneau
and Bob Letterman, both of which were inspired and befriended
by Francois Verlinden early in his career. Francois immediately
published this first book dedicated to their work in order
to introduce them to the rest of the scale modeling community.
The book focuses on only three pieces of their work, but in
reality a book could easily have been made for each of these
massive pieces. The first piece, entitled The Paris Gun, is
a 1:35 scale monster of a German railroad mounted gun built
from scratch by Lewis Pruneau. Depicted in a diorama
as it appeared during construction in the factory, this piece
is comprehensively detailed from every side to a very high
level of realism. The next piece, also by Lewis, is of a dry-docked
German experimental U-Boat undergoing maintenance. Again,
the entire piece is built from scratch, with many photographs
taken during construction. This piece truly illustrates the
talents of this bold modeler. The final article focuses on
a miniature city in 1:35 scale by Bob Letterman. Depicting
a French city undergoing liberation from the Germans by Pattons
forces during WWII, it truly must be seen to be believed.
Although the main theme is clearly shown in the form of U.S.
Army convoys moving past columns of German P.O.W.s in the
city, seemingly countless details can be seen, from individual
vignettes on street corners, to different European architectural
styles. This book is a must for every modeler, artist, military
enthusiast, and history buff.
