Porsche 959 - Tamiya 1/24 - How to build the '80s 4WD Supercar!

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Hello and welcome to BOAB Models - today we will be building the legendary Porsche 959 in 1/24 scale by Tamiya.
Take a look at the other amazing Porsche builds over on Instagram by following the hashtag #porschegb22
The Porsche 959 is a sports car manufactured by German automobile manufacturer Porsche from 1986 to 1993, first as a Group B rally car and later as a road legal production car designed to satisfy FIA homologation regulations.
The twin-turbocharged 959 was the world's fastest street-legal production car when introduced, achieving a top speed of 317 km/h (197 mph), with some variants even capable of achieving 339 km/h (211 mph). During its production run, the 959 was considered as the most technologically advanced road-going sports car ever built, and forerunner of all forthcoming sports cars.
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Apologies for any background noise if watching with headphones - I did the voiceover in 35°c heat whilst on holiday so the air con was on. I guess it was louder than I thought!

[@TS-of6hg]

Thanks for directing me to your video from FB, great video 🔥

[@ThePudge1976]

Fantastic job, looks lovely too. Bravo.

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Thank you very much

[@propovednikTV]

Great job!

[@BOABModels]

Thanks very much

[@georgeclements2742]

A very nice build, as usual. The colour of the seats looks very good and authentic: I did think that the accuracy of the brushwork on the seats was not quite up to your normal meticulous standard, but realised that they would look fine with the restricted view through the windows. Thank you once again.

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I tried using some black panel liner on one but then realised it didn't look right so had to clean it with thinners. As you say, it's inside now

[@robertjutson4640]

Very nice build Thomas. I love the color choice.

[@BOABModels]

Thanks so much! I knew someone with a burgundy 911 and I always thought the colour looked nice on a Porsche.

[@DonutMotorsport]

Very awesome work, Thomas! It was really relaxing watching this one, I should say. Beautiful car!

[@BOABModels]

Thanks very much! It was quite relaxing to build actually too! 😁

[@michaelhintzmikesminiature1812]

You did a Great Job on your 959. Excellent Work Thomas!!!

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Cheers Michael, much appreciated

[@scottmckinley752]

REALLY nice to see this in something other than silver. Nice job sir!

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Many thanks, Scott. I'm happy to say I didn't consider silver for one moment!

[@mrraidamotovlog9970]

very nice work as usual

[@BOABModels]

Very kind, Richard 👍

[@user-gq6uc5hq2x]

Nyse build👍👏👏👏👏👏

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Thank you very much!

[@timothybracken1728]

thank you!

[@BOABModels]

You're welcome

[@CubejamF1]

cracking build! you chose a great scheme for this one. Never been a huge fan of that car, I think it looks a bit like a 911 gone wrong. A bit of filling isn't the end of the world, better to get something to do rather than a kit that just snaps together.

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Thanks a lot, Cube. You know, I watched Doug DeMuro review this car recently and he said exactly the same about it looking like a puffy 911! I think it doesn't look like it was the fastest car in the world!

[@miniporscheclub]

Nice build!

[@BOABModels]

Many thanks!

[@sujojojojo6090]

Love the colour. Thanks it's not silver😀

[@BOABModels]

Haha you're welcome! I only usually use silver if it's a race livery.

[@m4rkmk136]

!WARNING! if you arent careful you WILL break the rim pilon when placing them, its extremely fragile and it happpened to me, luckily i managed to glue it back whit one of the thick pieces on the part tray wich you can cut to size after removing all of the remainings from the old tire pole , you can glue it to the brake disk and the rim, i know but i couldnt find another way to glue it on and still have a car that stood up proprely, beside the fact that it doesent roll its pretty sturdy but you will have to adjust it since during drying it inclines in weird ways

[@Sarah-JaneR32]

A truly fantastic build, I like how you took your time on the body work which will always pay you back in the end result, getting the join line to disappear on the rear wing was very well done as well, great work Thomas.

[@BOABModels]

Thanks so much, Sarah Jane. The Revell F40 I made in 2020 had a similar issue and I messed around with putty and it took ages. This time I avoided the putty and I'm a lot happier with it.

[@tcandle695]

Nice car kit. It would a good come back to the hobby. It's inexpensive, simple in parts count but with Tamiya's quality. Bill Gates purchased one of this cars.

[@BOABModels]

I had heard that about Bill Gates! I think he had to fight the customs or something to keep it in the US. I agree it's a great starter kit

[@ogardiga6240]

nice build! One question, when you say that you painted it do you mean with brush or spray?

[@BOABModels]

Thank you! Usually when I say I painted it, it means by hand but sometimes I forget to say. The exterior is sprayed, the interior is hand painted although I then used a semi gloss clear coat spray can. Which bit did you mean?

[@ogardiga6240]

@@BOABModels You answered it very thoroughly!

[@danildunhill3627]

Привет из Украины 🇺🇦, подписался, спасибо за поддержку на аватарке

[@BOABModels]

Dyakuyu! 💛💙

[@jankarlsson5358]

Nice work, but It would have been black underneath, and actually preferably plastic to look like the real thing. I bought this model when it came out, but when comparing it to 2 real cars I realized that it was far too wrong in its shapes for me to want to see it built... so because of that for me the rating was 1 out of 5, the faults that what bothered me the most was the front which is as if inflated at the bottom, the turn signal part gets the wrong shape and everything looks very clumsy, which it doesn't in reality.... not a plastic model worth working on.

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Thanks for the feedback - the fitment is definitely a bit off but this kit was a real bargain so it seemed quite good to me. I have never seen the real car in real life so it would be interesting to judge how accurate it is in person

[@jamesunger8433]

lovely background music with the Erik Satie. I have the Tamiya 959. not sure what colour. I have testors red burgundy... but was thinking maybe I go for a light gunmetal or something. I find that many metallic paints have large metallic flakes and the finish is not realistic. I think a pearl might be actually better than most metallics. . the big dilemma.... body and interior colours.

[@BOABModels]

Thanks very much. I know what you mean about the metallic flakes. It might be worth looking at some 911 interior colours too for inspiration as the dashboard was taken straight from the G model.

[@bigben8057]

The front windshield doesn't fit well. A large gap is formed