Fleischman Porsche 906 conversion

After performing my Alfa Romeo conversion, I began looking for their version of the Porsche 906.  I found a thrashed one on eBay and paid a paltry sum for the complete car.  Ok, not complete, it was and still is missing the mirrors, but I digress.

The  Porsche 906s ran against the likes of GT-40s, Chaparral 2D and 2Fs, Alfa T33/2, and Ferrari 365 P2/3 cars in places like Sebring, Targa Florio, Monza, and Nürburgring.  

eBay pictures of the auction 

Upon getting the car, I found it to be in pretty poor shape.  Not only was if filthy, but the roof and nose had been cracked and badly repaired at one time.   To make matters worse, the poor thing had been painted with a shade of pink nail polish!  The tires were dirty and gummed up, but were nice and flexible. 

I began by disassembling the body to give it a thorough washing.  Then I soaked the entire assembly, minus the motor in Wesley's Bleech White to remove the paint.  

Woof!  This thing is dirty!

I used a small amount of Novis polish to buff the glass out, but the light covers were too far gone to save.  Those I sanded, primed and painted black. 

As with the Alfa Romeo, I realized the stock guide would never work on my Scalextric Sport track, as it was too deep and too wide.  I used a small hobby saw to cut about 2mm off the guide before filing the guide blade to be thinner.  That problem solved, I again found the stock motor to be a complete dog.  There was no way this thing would run with the group of cars I wanted it to.  The great news is that this is a sidewinder setup, similar to the Scalextric GT-40.  Having a few spare motors from those, I test-fit the new motor, noticing that the front of the motor pod needed only a minor trim to have the motor set right into place.  The Dremel sanding drum that I had is the EXACT diameter of the Scalextric bell, so I gently and carefully sanded away a very small amount of material from the pod.  That done, I placed the motor into place and added a small amount of hot glue to keep it in place.

 Turning to the tires, I cleaned them, lightly sanded them, and ran them over tape.  I did clean them with WD-40 as this usually works well in removing stubborn build up.  The tires look brand new!  

I repaired the previously mentioned cracks before priming and painting.  I used Duplicolor automotive paints for the entire project.  The decals roundel and stripes are from Rob's Modeling I gave the body two coats of Future and a quick wax job before running it around.

So, how does it drive?  Wonderful.  Very much like the cars I want it to run with.  Total time invested; about 6 hours.