Porsche 908/3 1000kms Nürburgring 1970 Nr.20


The basement:
I used the Targa Florio '70 version for my conversion. The 1970 models are very rare and hard to find, which made it even harder for me to get one.


The conversion:
The driver was replaced because the old one had a wrong helmet type. Afterwards I painted the overall in the Gulf design and made Jo Siffert's helmet.

Here you can see the detail-work on my 908/3. The color was adapted to the orange which Fly used.

The body was carved and all sponsors were removed. The white body was the perfect primer for the paintjob...

...in Gulf-blue. Beside that, I painted the mouth in green. But not in the same darkgreen as on the Targa Florio 1971 version. They used a lighter green for the Nürburgring race.

And I made the decals by myself again. I tried to use the arrows from Patto's Place but they didn't fit.

So I decided to paint them. The right arrow is already finished on the pic with the small decal stripes.

The finished model: