Tamiya Mercedes 300sl gullwing in Ivory/red

[baycolony]

Best engineered car kit I have built.  Painted in Gravity colors "Mercedes Ivory"  with red interior.  Embossing powder for rug.  Engine is plumbed and wired.  Not a bad turnout considering I broke the passenger A pillar after it was painted

 

 

[bbowser]

Outstanding replica!  I love the colors, neat and clean paint and foil.  I have to get one of these.

[MrObsessive]

Absolutely Gorgeous!!

If you broke the pillar I've never would have noticed save for you mentioning it! Super-duper clean build, and I like how you brought out the separation for the heat shield in the intake manifold.

[Randy D]

Looks great Gil,  love the colors !!!

 

Randy

[Ron Hamilton]

That's so nice.

[donb]

Looks great Gil,  love the colors !!!

 

Randy

I agree.  NICE!

[bondo bill]

beautiful build

[slusher]

Stunning!!!

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[Dominik]

Wow...a real Beauty! it must not be silver all time

[Foxer]

That's a real looker ... wouldn't expect ivory to look so good!

[PARTSMARTY]

Absolutely fabulous-awesome color combo !!!

[jaymcminn]

Beautiful. This was originally going to be the color of mine ( but with the green plaid interior) and it looks excellent in the ivory. Great work!

[crazyjim]

Sweet, clean, and SHINY

[Daddyfink]

Oh yeah, that is nice! 

[BVC500]

Very nice!

[sjordan2]

Superb work. You clearly have done your homework on this car, and made a great model. One thing that most modelers will miss about this kit – while there are radio speakers, there's no radio or antenna.

[Roger U]

Very nice! I've seen a couple of 1:1 300 SLs in the white and red colors and think they really look good that way.

[baycolony]

Thanks everyone!  The pictures to me look kind of compressed.  Must be the resolution. 

Here is a link to more normal looking pics: http://public.fotki.com/GilCosta/foreign_and_exotic/1955-mercedes-benz-/

I knew about the radio being missing and also the omitted luggage rail,  but I didn't want to get into replacing them.  As is also known about these kits, although perfectly engineered, the instrument panel, (single chrome piece), and the hub caps are a challenge to paint.  For the dash I first masked with liquid mask, trimmed, primed, and painted before removing the masking.  For the hub caps, I sanded off the embossed Mercedes emblems, made circle masks, primed and painted, then added photo etch emblems from the Hobby Design set after chroming them with a chrome marker.

 

Edited June 9, 2017 by baycolony

[Perspect Scale Modelworks]

Very nice! The Gullwing is one of my top 3 all time favorite automobiles.

[sjordan2]

Thanks everyone!  The pictures to me look kind of compressed.  Must be the resolution. 

Here is a link to more normal looking pics: http://public.fotki.com/GilCosta/foreign_and_exotic/1955-mercedes-benz-/

I knew about the radio being missing and also the omitted luggage rail,  but I didn't want to get into replacing them.  As is also known about these kits, although perfectly engineered, the instrument panel, (single chrome piece), and the hub caps are a challenge to paint.  For the dash I first masked with liquid mask, trimmed, primed, and painted before removing the masking.  For the hub caps, I sanded off the embossed Mercedes emblems, made circle masks, primed and painted, then added photo etch emblems from the Hobby Design set after chroming them with a chrome marker.

 

Those photo etched hubcap stars really save the modeler there. You seem to have made all the smart decisions.

[Zoom]

Looks great!

[Mike C]

Very nice build! You can't go wrong with Tamiya kits.

[Eric Macleod]

There aref several stunning SLs on the forum. I like them all but your colour scheme is a real stand out and looks very period correct.  What is the Ivory you used? Beautiful model.

[baycolony]

Eric, it is the actual factory Mercedes "Ivory" color.  Gravity colors offers it as well as other colors. I have an extra bottle that I will not be using.  PM me to purchase it if you want.