Bill Eh?

Mike, thanks for your excellent pictures of the CKM NNL. Looks like some awesome entries on the tables!

What a great way to pass the evening... looking at excellent quality pictures, of excellent entries, in I am sure was a fantastic NNL. Many thanks for posting!

I like the subject matter. Basically the painting appears okay, but it is kind of hard to tell. Is there any way to get some additional shots that are a bit more in focus. Nice to see you posting here. Bill Eh?

Fiirst off, welcome aboard Moray. This is a great place to hangout! Is the colour you are looking for "AMG Imola Gray Metallic"? It is shown on this link: http://www.automotivetouchup.com/choosecolor/choosecolor.aspx?year=2011&make=Mercedes-Benz&model=SLS%20Class The following link is a reference page for matching Tamiya, Humbrol, Revell, and Vallejo paint colors: http://scale-models.nl/cc-search.aspx Looking at the Revell colors, it looks like the color, Iron 32191, might be in the ball park. It is a metallic as well. I did not look at the other paint charts. You might see something else from Tamiya, Humbrol, or Vallejo that is a better match. Good luck with your Mercedes SLS. Cheers Bill Eh?

Eric, another outstanding build. Just finished looking at your C6R. This Mercedes couldn't be any cleaner. A question, if you don't mind. Do you decant Tamiya sprays and airbrush them when you paint? I can't get that kind of result straight from the can. LOL.Great work!

Beautiful build. Paint and decals are excellent. Your carbon fibre work under the hood is outstanding. Congratulations on a wonderful build. Really like the fact that Ron Fellows is one of the names above the door!

This is over-the-top crazy in the best kind of way! I'm diggin' it.

Congratulations to Finland for a great victory. That is one of the slickest puck handling moves that i have ever seen!

Patrick it looks like you have a cool tri color fade going on here. A couple of more pics might help. Good work on the homemade side dump exhaust. I'm liking what I see so far.

A beautiful, clean build. I'm really liking this one!

That means they will probably start showing up on eBay at a minimum of double triple the price :lol:

That's definitely a kit that is worth a happy dance!

Kijiji is a buy/sell online marketplace. I believe it is run by the same fine folks behind eBay. It is a cash only setup. People advertise what they want to sell. You respond and arrange a time and place for the in person sale. I usually check it out once a day. Still deciding on which kits will be keepers!

Thanks for the feedback on the kits guys. Seeings how my daily driver is an '85 Caravelle, albeit a rust bucket, maybe I'm destined to become a Mopar guy!

I have to confess that I don't know a lot about Mopars. Mostly being from a Ford family. However, I saw the following in a local Kijiji ad and couldn't pass them up. I paid about $7.85 per kit, all except one still in the shrink wrap. Did I do okay at that amount paid for each? Here are the kits:

Looks like 1990 something on the NNL sheet under the model. Definitely a very cool salt flats style racer. I don't think the prototypes in the background have cigarette advertising. They are two Tamiya kits, the Tom's kit and the Minolta 88 CV I think.

As far as Canadians not being able to enter, it has nothing to do with Revell, Stacey David or Gearz. It has everything to do with our Provincial governments and their multiple levels of bureaucracy. That is what precludes us from participating in this contest. On a more positive note, I love watching Gearz on Saturday morning as I brew the morning's first coffee!

Excellent tutorial, with easy to follow steps. Thanks for posting.

Flawless paint and a beautiful shade of blue. The carbon fibre treatment under the hood and on the interior accents really adds to the impact. Very nicely done!!

Mark, thanks for all the updates on this project. I was just looking at the front and rear suspension sub-assemblies and wondered why you painted the edges of the brake disks red. Excellent work. Your excellent freehand painting of details is something I aspire to.

Greg, I caught that too. With all of the OP's protests about misinterpreting his message, this kind of shed some light, in my mind anyway. My first thought was, "Isn't this a little pretentious?" But then again, it depends on the value of the bottles of wine and whiskey

I went to my first F1 Grand Prix races in '76. I saw the Canadian GP at Mosport and the US GP East at Watkins Glen. To me, choosing the 1/12 version of the McLaren M23 was a no-brainer. I just hope it would be the James Hunt version.

Brian, there used to be an eBay seller that sold a variety of 1/24-1/25 scale dogs under the plastic model car section. I can't remember the sellers ID. They only list occasionally, so you might have to check listings for a while.

I really like this build in every aspect. Please, do not let the lack of responses deter you from posting. Great quality models, no matter what the type or style, are always appreciated!

As has already been said, excellent build! That interior colour adds a 'rich' feel to the whole build.