iamsuperdan Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Starting a new one. Something a little different. Old school Mercedes G-Wagen from ESCI. I really like these old ESCI kits for some reason. Unfortunately the EBay pricing is insane on most of these. But every now and then, you can find them for a steal. Which is what happened with this a couple of years ago! The kit itself was factory sealed. Upon opening, everything was there, as expected. The brown plastic seems to be a little more brittle than the black, as quite a few of the brown pieces had come off the sprues. No damage though. no warping or damage to the body or any other pieces. Decals haven't even yellowed yet, so we'll see how they work out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intmd8r Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Cool - should be interesteing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffs396 Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseldawg142 Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 (edited) ......... Edited May 10, 2018 by dieseldawg142 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Been wanting to get another one of these kits, played with one when I was teen, it was the fire version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorincebu Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 That is a cool kit. I would really like to get one . I will be following this thread to see what you do with it. Be Well Gator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perspective Customs Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 What direction are you going to take with this? I was able to find a complete and unopened one on ebay for a very low price a few years ago. Been working on it off and on trying to make it a G55 AMG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted September 25, 2016 Author Share Posted September 25, 2016 I absolutely HATE the new G-Wagens. Street tires and low hanging exhausts? Catering to the soccer mom, trophy wife, and sad old men crowd? No thanks. Mercedes should keep the G-Wagen as a real off road machine, and leave the other half dozen SUV models in their lineup for the street driving folk. Maybe that's just me though. Will be building this one as bone stock truck. Manual transmission, steel wheels, no leather...as it should be. I have two of these kits, may build the second one to be slightly modified. Lift, racks, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Neat kit...is this the same tooling that has been released by Revell of Germany in various forms over the years? I'd like to see a modern AMG version tooled up.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perspective Customs Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I absolutely HATE the new G-Wagens. Street tires and low hanging exhausts? Catering to the soccer mom, trophy wife, and sad old men crowd? No thanks. Mercedes should keep the G-Wagen as a real off road machine, and leave the other half dozen SUV models in their lineup for the street driving folk. Maybe that's just me though. Will be building this one as bone stock truck. Manual transmission, steel wheels, no leather...as it should be. I have two of these kits, may build the second one to be slightly modified. Lift, racks, etc. I hear you but anything that can do this and this and this is ok in my book. I'll be watching this build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 Got some primer on the body. And then managed to shoot some colour. No sanding or clear on there yet. Got some colour on the interior pieces too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjracing Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Nice start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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