[MOC] Porsche 911 G-series

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Hello Porsche and Speed Champions fans,

The Porsche 911 G-series (1973–1989, often referred to as the Porsche 911 Carrera during its production period) is one of the most iconic generations of the legendary 911 lineup. Known for its distinctive "impact bumpers," introduced to meet U.S. safety regulations, the G-series combined classic 911 design with modernized features. Building instructions are available on the following lins:

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-212616/_TLG_/porsche-911-g-series

It is a studless build in the new, 8 studs wide Speed Champions style, and can be built with or without the rear wing. I wanted to create a sleek model which is as accurate as possible in this small scale. I prefer the brick built solutions to keep the flexibility of the used parts in further builds, therefore only a standard vehicle registration plate sticker, a Porsche logo sticker and two types of simple, triangular, black stickers are used, but the model looks decent without any stickers too (see picture 8).

My intent was to keep the width-length-height ratio of the real car and this size makes it possible. The model contains lots of details: for example the iconic headlights, side view mirrors, door handles, a rear wing, rear seats etc.. Maybe the most challenging one was to recreate the tilted hood with the air intake. I tried to fill every unnecessary gaps and therefore some tricky build techniques are used.

The model has space for one minifigure. I suggest to use a small or middle sized hair or helmet. The instructions and parts list files do not contain the minifigure shown on the pictures.

Thanks for visiting,
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[brickphisto]

I really like your model a lot. It is instantly recognizable and would easily beat many of the Speed Champions set if it was an official model. The one detail that bothers me are the headlights. They are a little small and should be slightly angled. Apart from that it is a really great model and I do not think it can be improved significantly. I feel tempted to go for a 8-wide RUF Yellowbird now. ;-)

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@brickphisto Thank you, I am really glad you like it and your avatar looks cool! I know the headlights could be a bit larger, but unfortunately it is not so easy in this scale. They are now 1x1, and the 2x2 is too big. There is an 1.5x1.5 round trans-clear part, but the curvature can't be continoued in that size. Maybe the car could be 7 studs wide instead of 8, but that is not Speed Champions scale, or only the front could be 7 studs wide and the rear 8 studs wide, but that would be less clean. I preferred to design a clean build and keep the Speed Champions scale. Thanks for the feedback!