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Thanks for the good wishes. I guess you watched the latest episode to know about my upcoming knee op - or you have spooky foresight. Also thanks for finding this episode, it reminds me how much quicker and easier it was to fix the same problem when I made the same mistake 88 episode later

​@classiccarclips3292 yes u did I commented on the wrong episode...best wishes

@jamescoxall322 thanks. If I didn't show my fuck ups then they would be pretty short videos 😉. I am not getting paid for this so I might as well be honest.

@classiccarclips3292 iv found it very interesting keep going can't wait to see it finished

@@jamescoxall322 It is getting close. I spent an hour before work today filling the pin holes in the filler on the wings and bumper. I can almost see the end of 'fill,sand,fill,sand,fill,sand....'

Thanks. I hope the expoxy and glass works for what you want to do. I am glad someone is getting something useful from these videos :-)

Thanks - hoping to finish the details quickly now. Just had an idea on improving the airdam which might featurei n the next episode...

Thanks. It feels like the end of this first, and most time consuming phase is in sight. The next few episodes will (hopefully) see big steps forward

Thanks! Making progress on finishing the bumper, wings are pretty much there. Hopefully get all the buck complete in the next episode.

Cheapest place I could find to get reasonable quality. When mixed with the glass baubles it forms a really nice hard surface you can sand really smooth. Loads of white dust when sanding but hopefully it will be worth it.

@@classiccarclips3292 yeah they have some good products. Good to know🙂 I have not used the glass thickening bubbles before 🤔 I am using the moldless carbon fibre method 👍

Thanks for the info but I think (hope) I won't be using much more from now on. Worth knowing in case I do though.

Nice, I am using polystyrene sheets on mine 🤔 was the cheepest stuff I could find since I splashed all the cash on carbon 😂

@@UKBUILT I will check out what you are building if you have the videos up. I used polyurethane (PU) boards from B&Q rather than polystyrene as I was worried the resin would eat into it. Also PU sands to a nice smooth finish. Only a little more expensive but I hadn't realised how much money this project would eat! Good luck with yours.

@@classiccarclips3292 yeah makes sense, I am using a release film to prevent the foam melting. I am following easy composites guide for moldless carbon fibre parts. Yeah I decided to record this one, I am new to youtube 😎 Yeah they can be costly things to make but you will have your dream ride when it's done 😍 Thank you for your support👍

@@UKBUILT I have watched the video of the sled being made many times and was 50:50 between making bucks and a mold or going for mold free. I decided to make to molds so I could learn the process, this is my first time doing anything like this, and hopefully it will make it easier to go back and repair or modify when things go wrong.

Thanks, will do!

Thanks 🙂 I keeps me amused

@classiccarclips3292 great to watch very interesting to see your wins and fails .

@@jamescoxall322 Like and subscribe if you haven't already to see many more wins (and fails)

I enjoy making it. I have never done anything like it before so it is fun learning.

Your comments are most welcome and I agree with the points you are making. I am doing the bumpers right now. At the moment they have quite angular corners because they are just 2 straight bits of foam joined at an angle. I plan to round them so the sweep around the corner rather than jut out. You should see those in the next episode. The amount of headlight sweep is partly limited by the Porsche donor but I think once the headlight inners are in place it will look more correct. If you check out Vlog 25 at about 1:35 you can see a genuine DS I went to look at for reference. When you get up close and start measuring things, you realise it is a lot boxier than it appears as it glides by. Thanks again for the comments and please continue to share your thoughts.

I am really not sure at this moment. The original plan was to change the back end as well but this car is in a lot better condition than I expected to be buying so I don't want to start cutting panels. Having said that, there is still quite a lot of scope for modification by simply removing tyhe rear bumper and replacing the engine cover and spoiler. Did they make a Ducktail DS?

Peut-être devrais-je passer ça à la radio ? ruclips.net/video/WG7igu11C-Q/видео.html

I am building it mainly for the experience of building it and as long as I am happy with the result then the world is a wonderful place. You can count the f*cks I give about the haters opinions on the fingers of one leg ;-)

If you watch back a few episodes, or the compilations, you will see that I drastically shortened the distance between the front wheels and the front of the car already. If I try to get the lights further back then they will have to go higher, as the originals were, and I will lose the DS nose style that I am aiming for. It is difficult to get a proper side shot to show it properly because it is stuck on my drive and there is limited space. With the camera so close, it distorts the perspective quite a bit. I might try and drive it near to the road and get some better all round photos once the airdam, wings and bumpers are basically done - hopefully next episode.

:-) I try to drop a few little 'easter egg' comments to keep people listening

Thanks - as you can probably tell, I am not really used to this whole RUclips thing so really rely on viewers comments. I will aim for 10-15 minutes rather than 5 - 6 for the next one. I have just looked at the car in ther dreary rain and seen all I need to do to move forward. Nice comments help keep me motivated.

Me too, but my fame and fortune hasn't paid for a new house yet so I am stuck for space. I will try and get something sorted for the next episode though. Thanks fort he feedback, always appreciated and more comments are welcome.

Thank you. It makes all the carbon fibre splinters worth while. They are as painful and metal swarf splinters - but lighter and cooler :-)

The project is about fun, not money. The original bonnet, wings and bumper are in my loft so can always be refitted if necessary to sell it. You are right that I could have used almost any donor but the 911 seemed to be 'right' to me. I am lucky that I can afford to waste my money like this rather than in other ways but it is never meant to make money. It is Art.

True, but they also have some way of taking the scale model and scaling it up. this is a similar reason that I didn't use CAD as I only have a toy DS and a full size Porsche. I did a number of pencil sketches and it looked okay with the wide front and side vents in front of the wheel arch but when I looked at it in reality it just looked wrong. I guess I have to live wite the tools I have but I agree with the idea that scale models would be easier to change about before building things.

Theres definitely 3d scans of both the porsche and Citroen available! ​@@classiccarclips3292

The original plan was a full rebody, but when I got a good 997 instead of a knackered 996, I didn't fancy ruining the bits I couldn't unbolt and replace. I know what you mean about the sharp 'beak' on the front but hopefully by raising it and creating a new, different air dam I will get a morte harmonious shape. I really am learning and making it up as I go :-)

I did think about this originally, especially for the headlight, but the DS wing is the wrong length, width, height proportion between the door and wheel arch, wheel arch and bumper and any other dimension you can think of. Plus they are about 4 X the price of even a Porsche wing but thanks for the suggestion.

Weird shit I can do. It is normality I struggle with.

@waynekerr5645 thanks. 7am the very next morning and I am working on the headlight support design. 😉

Good Luck!! Don't be scared about starting with a coarse grit, perhaps 40, to shift the bulk of the material if you are planning to skim and repaint but try not to get to the metal. Once the top stuff has gone, drop to, perhaps, 80 to remove the last bits and get rid of the 40 grit scratches. When you are building it back up with filler and primer then block sand with 80 to get it flat, 120 to get rid of the 80 grit scratches, 180 to get rid of the 120 grit scratches, 240 to get rid of the 180 grit scratches, 400 to get rid of the 240 grit scratches...... Did I mention that sanding takes ages?

@@classiccarclips3292 thank you , appreciate the tips. it is working in my favor that sanding gonna take ages i need to spare up some money for other repairs

@@MexicanBatman Yeah, I know about the money challenges. Saving for an engine rebuild/upgrade to add a bit more torque while trying to fund the consumables like bloody sand paper through my art work NicksArtStuff.com Not enough money, not enough time and too much sanding 🙂

Sort of, thanks. Remember that this is the plug from which I make the moulds, from which I make the panels that I then have to fit to make the car... :-)

Much appreciated

Thanks 👍

Thanks - If you want to come down and have a proper look around some time, just let me know. Probably worth waiting until there is more to see than foam and dust though.

I just thought - share a link to that podcast and we can cross promote like the proper social media giants we aspire to be. Then just wait for all that free stuff I was accused of getting to get delivered to my door :-)

Thanks. I think so too. I have spent several hours since then getting the left wing together and am pleased with how it is going. That will be in the next episode along with, hopefully something more than hours of bloody sanding

Yeah, I am a bit happier now. I have just come in from the dark having spent most of this evening adding more foam and then cutting/ rasping and sanding it back off the other wing. If you want to see a video oif that lot, let me know, otherwise just watch this one again but in a mirror :-)

Thanks. It is just after all the bloody sanding and filling and then taking a rip saw to cut it up, but this morning I have a cunning plan, I think.

@@classiccarclips3292 Ah you see, a good night’s sleep and all is well.

Great comment, thanks! This will hopefully now help people taking either side off. If you want to see what I am doing watch the teaser (ruclips.net/video/PlGSR6w2_hI/видео.html) or follow the vlog : ruclips.net/video/Q_RImHd5mQI/видео.html

Thanks for the encouragement. It helps. I have woken up on Good Friday with a plan....

Bonjour et merci beaucoup!

Not sure what that means but sorry to see a sad face. If it is a reference to the Citroen SM, I loved the idea but I never really l liked the front end styling as much as the DS

Hi, thanks for the positive comments. I was really expecting to get flamed by the Porsche purists but the feedback has been mostly positive. Puzzled but positive. There will be more coming soon as the weather is warming up a bit now.

Yeah, I am quite interested to see what happens next too 🙂