Mercedes 300SL
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Mercedes 300SL
after looking at my stash of kits for a while i decided to build the Mercedes 300SL, the parts are spread over 5 sprues, the chrome parts are beautiful in this kit they are the best i have seen, i usually dechrome them then use alclad but i dont think i will have to with these as they look just right, looking at them Tamiya also thought of the attachment points as they seem to be where they will not show, i have also bought a photo etch set for this kit which gives me another 4 sprues, i have decided to do the body work in silver with a red interior which in my opinion is the only colour for it although customers could choose any colour combination they wanted
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Re: Mercedes 300SL
It's a beautiful car and looks like a great kit. This will be fun to watch.
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Re: Mercedes 300SL
I agree with David, this will be fun to watch.
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Re: Mercedes 300SL
I too am looking forward to this.
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Re: Mercedes 300SL
thanks guys work will start within the next couple of days
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Re: Mercedes 300SL
Another interested party over here
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Re: Mercedes 300SL
My goodness, did that MB have a complete tubular frame? I didn't know that.
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Re: Mercedes 300SL
hi David it did have a tubular frame and by the look of the cross braces it was quite strong, but like i said Tamiya has made it easy to put together, anyway on with the build i got carried away with building i forgot to take photos until i got the engine in the frame, this is going together well i have not come across any problems with it so far, the parts require very little clean up, in fact just a light sanding to give the paint something to hang on to and that`s all, the fit is excellent, so far it is the easiest kit i have built , but it has opening doors and bonnet so will see what they are like when i get to them which sometimes you need two pairs of hands for
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Re: Mercedes 300SL
Coming along nicely. My 2 cents, I'd go hub caps.
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Re: Mercedes 300SL
Looking great so far, and I agree, hubcaps look more the way to go
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Re: Mercedes 300SL
Looking good.
That's a tough choice between the hubcaps or knock off's, you could always use both as you can only see one side at a time
I would flip a coin if it was me
Regards Splash
That's a tough choice between the hubcaps or knock off's, you could always use both as you can only see one side at a time
I would flip a coin if it was me
Regards Splash
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
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Re: Mercedes 300SL
Have you seen this? http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/29/merc ... -mechanic/ it looks like the tubular frame works well if you roll a 300SL
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.