Mercedes Benz Sauber C9

[Scale-Master]

LeMans winner 1989. Another older resin Starter kit (from 1989). Tamiya Mica Silver with a sealer coat of Tamiya Clear.

[Scale-Master]

Two of the headlights were missing (pitfalls of these older kits). Since all four lights should be the same, I built up convex domes in the sockets with white glue and used decals for continuity.

[Haubenschild]

Exceptional work!

did you add any foil to the window trim?

and is this another 1/43rd kit?

[martinfan5]

Looking good Mark, I want to do this one, the 1/24th version

[Scale-Master]

Yes, it is 1/43rd. It will get flat black trim around the windows after it is clear coated.

[RANDY L]

hi

great looking model.Do have any problems with the decals in the old starter kits if so what do you do?

thanks Randy Ludi

[Scale-Master]

Yes, many times I have had problems with the decals in these older kits. (Fortunately this one has a nice usable set.)

Some can be saved by clearcoating before use, but some are unusable, and in some cases they are missing from the kit.

Sometimes I just use them and deal with the issues by touching them up. Other times I make replacement decals.

[Scale-Master]

Figures... I make a comment about how nice and usable the decals are before I had applied them all, and Murphy enters the issue to help all the window trim decals to crack and fall apart...

[RANDY L]

hi

sorry about bring up the subject.It kind of goes that way for me

Randy Ludi

[Scale-Master]

The cracked window trim decals were usable, just more time consuming to apply, like a floating jigsaw puzzle...

Interior is standard fare for this era of these kits. This one has dash decals as well as for the seat belts and fire extinguisher. (Earlier Starter kits often had nothing as far as interior decals.)