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Tamiya 1/24 Mercedes SLR McLaren

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Post by kpnuts Sun 17 Jun 2018, 7:33 pm

Hi all well I've decided to start this one, it's supposed to be a see through model but I didn't like the fact that the roof of the clear body had the Tamiya brand moulded into it which you could clearly see so I decided to spray the body a solid colour.

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Post by john2308 Sun 17 Jun 2018, 7:45 pm

Looks good and I like the body color. Tamiya 1/24 Mercedes SLR McLaren  3887228019
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Post by RetiredMike Tue 19 Jun 2018, 3:33 pm

Tamiya 1/24 Mercedes SLR McLaren  1817768433 Never did like the clear kits, either. I've got a couple of nice ESCI Crystal kits, but they have injection marks that look to be too much work to correct.
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Post by GaryDainton Tue 19 Jun 2018, 4:22 pm

Colour looks great. Tamiya 1/24 Mercedes SLR McLaren  1705482731
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Post by kpnuts Fri 22 Jun 2018, 8:11 pm

Hi all here is the next update

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Post by kpnuts Sat 23 Jun 2018, 5:33 pm


I'm really enjoying this kit, being Tamiya everything is a great fit, I'm loving the clever way they designed the rear and front windscreen, no gluing all push fit and I like that they supply masks for said windscreen anyway here's the next lot of progress.

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Post by KatsZenJammer Sat 23 Jun 2018, 6:31 pm

Gorgeous work! The level of detail is astounding (but a see-through body requires that I guess). Tamiya 1/24 Mercedes SLR McLaren  1705482731
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Post by Mr Hirakawa Sun 24 Jun 2018, 12:33 pm

I'm impressed at how quick you're knocking this one up.
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Post by GaryDainton Sun 24 Jun 2018, 12:52 pm

Great progress and lovely clean building. Tamiya 1/24 Mercedes SLR McLaren  1705482731
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Post by Geezerman Mon 25 Jun 2018, 3:38 pm

Cool looking car !
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Post by kpnuts Thu 28 Jun 2018, 8:50 pm

More progress on this one, I must say I'm really enjoying this one.

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Post by RetiredMike Fri 29 Jun 2018, 2:12 pm

Nice operating doors. Tamiya 1/24 Mercedes SLR McLaren  1705482731
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Post by KatsZenJammer Sat 30 Jun 2018, 4:13 pm

Beautiful! Tamiya 1/24 Mercedes SLR McLaren  1705482731
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Post by Mr Hirakawa Tue 03 Jul 2018, 5:50 pm

An excellent piece of work.
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