Completed - Porsche 928 by Koenig Specials

[Matt Wadlinger]

I present to you my latest Porsche. This is a Koenig Specials 928.

The kit is by Fujimi, and is curbside. The only addition I made was some Scale Auto Style resin Recaro seats. I added some MicroScale Kevlar carbon fiber decals to the seatbacks.

I painted this car with Cobra Colors Millenium Yellow, a Corvette color. The interior was painted Tamiya light grey and black. The wheel centers were painted Polyscale scale black.

I plan to add some yellow seat belts to the seats, after I order some PE buckles.

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That's a knockout! Painted wheel centers a big improvement, they do trick they eyes to make the wheel diameter look a bit larger.

[Eric Cole]

Looks great Matt. The kevlar on the back of the seats is a real nice touch.

[freakmech]

That is excellent! Rims are awesome on that Porsche. About time someone gave the 928 some balls. Nice work Matt!

[crispy]

That is the best looking Koenig car I have seen.
Nice job Matt!
Chris

[GTmike400]

Im speachless, the first thing that came to mind was "GORGEOUS"!

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Im speachless, the first thing that came to mind was "GORGEOUS"!

No kidding; I doubt that word has ever been uttered before in response to any 928. Honestly I was looking forward to building mine this year, but now I don't know. I think the color scheme on this one makes it and I can't think of any other color scheme for mine that will satisfy as much. Maybe I should just put mine on the back burner and work on something else. Perhaps the B + B targa showcar instead. Hmmmm...maybe a B + B Koenig :eek: ....damn, why does this always happen :rolleyes: :D

[Steve_L]

Matt,

That's a really nice build! The car looks fast and mean just sitting still. Super job!

Steve

[Pauley Sty Reen]

Another nice, clean build, Matt. Unique color for this car.
I'm just curious - is the back of the hood scoop supposed to be open also? It looks to be cut off vertically, which seems odd if its closed up.

[Matt Wadlinger]

Thanks guys. I'm really happy with how this one turned out.

Ken - The scoop is closed in the back. I only found a picture of one Koenig 928 that actually used that hood. Most of them have the stock hood still intact. I was never thrilled with how that scoop ended in the back. It looks odd as it doesn't go all the way to the back of the hood. Maybe a small black decal on that will make it look a little better.

Heres a pic showing that flat part from the inside.
http://images16.fotki.com/v300/photos/4/431166/2864991/Koenig2-vi.jpg

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Not that I have much to go by, but I think Fujimi made the scoop a bit thick/blocky compared to the real thing. I think I'll give mine a good blocksanding/reshaping to thin it out and make it concentric w/the hood and taper at the back, or at least improve the radius.

Or I'll install a Viper hood.

Not :D

[willimo]

Looks great! Those are some serious tires. No replacement for rubber against the road (too bad that doesn't rhyme). Very nice car.