1/24 Porsche 907
Model, Text and Photos by Sam Grasso

After gathering my research material, I hit upon the idea of modifying the car to a 907 which wasn't a big stretch. In fact, modifying is probably overstating the case. The only modifications necessary to the body was the removal of the vertical stabilizers that held the rear wing assembly together. But what really got me going was remembering that I had in my stash of models an old Union kit of the 907/908. I had dragged the kit out more than once and played with the body components, all of which were intended to open and close. But this just wasn't going happen: the kit required too much work to make it look right.

In fact, while having a conversation with Paul Fisher, he explained that the reason the Union kit didn't look right was due to the fact that it was not 1/24th or /25th or apparently anything close to it. But, what it did offer was a very good rendition of a top fan motor with dual distributors, and even a fuel injection bank which was easily detailed with a few bent pieces of wire.

The beauty part of this project was that I could get away with modeling murder as virtually nothing but the top of the motor would show through the tinted rear window. I detailed the fuel injection trumpets with very small lengths of aluminum tubing, wired the two distributors, added some short lengths of hose that went nowhere in particular, and use some of the tube frame components from the Union kit, and painted up as the winning Sebring car.

I believe last kit bashing I had anything to do with involved a blown Chrysler Hemi and a Corvair body. This 907 project was just as much fun as Fishers models lend themselves to everything from a very satisfying build straight out of the box, or modifying them into something else, or even into very accurate slot car bodies.

Hats off to Paul Fisher and his unique approach to putting fun back into modeling.