Porsche 917/30: Front chassis

Front tubular chassis bits follow the usual excessively complex MFH approach. 

Progress was slow but steady. Making sure every little 0.5 mm socket is drilled out is critical.

The main flaw is the rack, which should have gone in earlier, is bent and the mounting pin i not quite entered into the left side socket. 

 

Front wheels are test-fitted and it all looks nice and square. 

 

Rear suspension and brakes also went on in order to get it sitting on all four as quickly as possible. 

The chassis is essentially complete and sits nice and square. The front clip fits nicely but some work will be needed to get the engine lid to sit on it properly. Stay tuned!  

Porsche 917/30: Rear chassis

The engine is now installed in the chassis and all the chassis tubing bits are done. This includes the turbocharger piping and a few other bits and bobs. This was all surprisingly easy compared to my recollections of the dreaded 908/03; and maybe this reflects the experience I've acquired in building 25 Model Factory Hiro kits since that 908/03, 17 of them at 1/24 scale. Time to dig out the 1971 version of 908/03 kit out of the stash, perhaps?

Next: front tub details, and rear suspension bits. Stay tuned!

Porsche 917/30: Engine

This is my second MFH 917 motor at 1/24, third overall if you include the 908/03 which is quite similar. So I'm getting better at it knowing what to expect -- photo-etched throttle linkages and two plugs per cylinder among other things. The semi-transparent yellow plastic for the fibreglass bits is lovely. Here is the injector wiring going in, with injectors pointing up into the airstream, a first for me:

The engine is clearly wired up as a pair of 6-cylinder inline motors, where the cross-over exhaust piping in the 908 engine shows it was wired up as a pair of flat fours end to end.

First bank of wiring done. I used Detail Master 0.016" red plug wire for this, because the provided black wire is both too flimsy and too hard to see.

This is the hard side to do, with the injection pump in the way.

The other side (right side of the engine) has less stuff in the way of the plug wiring. 

 

Next: Plunk this all in the chassis where it will never be seen again. Stay tuned!