maysula Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Hi This is a well known very bad Revell/monogram model. But I got one to a very good price so I decided to do it the easy way. I made a curbside. Only one door can be opend. The body parts is divided in a upper and lower part so there will be nasty joints on the front and rear fenders, I don´t know what they was thinking when making this kit. Someone on the net cut opened a big hole in the lower part and put in the interior pice from the bottom, so did I and it worked rather well. The grill and the rims are modified , the dash and interior has a little extra too .Decals from the sparebox, old style German license plate printed out from the net. Painted with Tamiya spray can white and clear. I thought it would look like an old Targa Florio racer so this is it. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o-man Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 I like that a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 GREAT work on a terrible kit -- so good you can't tell how bad the kit is. Fixing the grille star makes a huge difference – what was your technique?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maysula Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 GREAT work on a terrible kit -- so good you can't tell how bad the kit is. Fixing the grille star makes a huge difference – what was your technique?. Hi Skip and thanks :-) The grille was awful! I used this tool on the picture, maybe it´s called a scriber ?! I gently cut off the star on the top and bottom, and also replaced the middle grill "wings" with plastic card. Also I used a saw to make the star cylinder shorter the I put mesh behind it, I hope you understand what I mean :-) Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 (edited) Got it, thanks for showing what you did. Do you have more interior pictures? Also, very smart move to use knockoff wheel spinners to replace the hubcaps, which are just as bad as the grille. Edited April 2, 2017 by sjordan2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maysula Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 Just a few interior pictures, the spinners came from an old bburago kit, locked nearly as the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawrx Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Another beauty Thomas !Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Great interior – I see you replaced the ridiculous snaky shift lever. Just wondering about the placement of the parking brake, which would normally be located between the driver seat and the door sill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maysula Posted April 3, 2017 Author Share Posted April 3, 2017 Hi SkipThe shift lever is scratched with a alurod and leftovers from the scrap box. And you are right regarding the parkingbrake ! As I said, a real sh*t model !! The manual said it should be between the seats, but when lookingat my refs I can see it should be to the left of the seat, I wasn´t aware of this at all :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Bartrop Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Talk about making a silk purse out of a sow's ear! A great job on a not so great kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagercr Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Great looking Merc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Nice as allways!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Hi Skip The shift lever is scratched with a alurod and leftovers from the scrap box. And you are right regarding the parkingbrake ! As I said, a real sh*t model !! The manual said it should be between the seats, but when looking at my refs I can see it should be to the left of the seat, I wasn´t aware of this at all :-( The whole kit reminds me of the old story about the blind men describing a camel to each other. The shift lever, for example, looks like someone's description of the original gooseneck long shift on the first 50 Gullwings, only at a teeny scale; the original shift lever was mounted directly over the bell housing and ran back more into the interior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) This is sweet!!! I like the mods you did in the interior and you certainly went the extra mile for the body details I applaud your efforts Edited April 5, 2017 by Twokidsnosleep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f1ford48 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Well Done-interior is SUPERB - the shading on the seats a very nice touch-it just goes to show-''its all in the paint'' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 (edited) The only other thing I would mention for the benefit of future builders is that the luggage rail should really be in 2 parts – the curved upper part is its own piece and goes around the rear upper part, and the horizontal rail is a separate piece that mounts to the floor of the baggage deck, and goes up & down. Edited April 8, 2017 by sjordan2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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