Mercedes 300SL - Tamiya 1/24

Hi chaps.

My first build on here which is probably a kiss of death for it.



First glance inside the box, Tamiya's usual shoddy presentation. ;)



Welcoming any interested parties...

Great subject, can't wait to see what you do with it.

Thanks!

As with all Tam kits, especially the new molds, the engineering is nothing short of fantastic.

Good luck with it Mence.

I've seen that kit in person and it's a fantastic kit. I'm sure you'll do it justice.

Good luck fella.

Sweet subject !

Looking forward to what you do with this.

Funny it took Tamiya so long to do one.  I see opening doors, this should be something special.

Thanks guys.

Update will follow pretty soon...

Chaps, we're off.

First twelve parts form the basis of the beautiful spaceframe chassis.

Despite its complex appearance, it all fits perfectly.



Cheers!

Looks good M.

That is a fine looking chassis. Waiting for more.

Space frames are an angular piece of art in themselves really eh?

Looks good matey

Cheers guys.

Just sitting quietly prepping the next parts for priming, back soon...

Snake wrote:Space frames are an angular piece of art in themselves really eh?

Looks good matey

Yeah, man. Looking great !!!

This looks great. Very nice chassis. This may be a model I might have to get, so I will be watching.

In my humble opinion, I think the 300SL gullywing is one of the best all time classic cars. I drool over one whenever I see one in person. Of course I used to work for Daimler, and got to sit in one in the lobby of the Styling department in Sindelfingen, Germany. I was in heaven!!

My heavens,  that's a beautiful chassis!  If one looks closely, the side tubes there for rigidity, and they are the reason for the gullwing doors. 
   It's my guess the convertible (with normal doors) probably has more metal and weight to get similar strength.  What a beautiful kit!

Thanks for your support guys.

Progress was made today but I have run out of decent light to take a photo so update tomorrow.

Very nice Mence, sorry I have been working away for last few weeks and it continues for the next few too..

I saw some of your builds on the site you mentioned to me and judging on what I saw, im sure this will look great when complete!!!

Looking good thus far! Stock build or modified?

Hi guys, thank you.

Webby, gonna be very boring and do a stock build, I would like at some time to get another and add different wheels etc. etc. but this time I'm just going to enjoy the build.

The only slight deviation will be the body colour, I haven't completely decided but it is likely not to be a Mercedes colour but it will be in keeping with the car.

I think a Janis Joplin porsche psychedelic design is called for!  YES!

Is there any color other than SILVER for a Mercedes?

When I had a C300 company car, it always had to be silver!!! Their Iridium Silver is just awesome in the sun.