Tamiya 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT3

[Jim B]

What an absolutely gorgeous car!  When I was this kit, I knew I had to build it.

The kit went together with the expected Tamiya quality, and the only problem I had during assembly was the tail lights.  They were really finicky to get into place, but I managed to get it to work in the end, somehow.  The mirrors gave be trouble, too.  Go figure.  The car is built out of the box and represents the car that Mercedes-AMG took on the Car Show Circuit in 2016 prior to teams using it in IMSA, WEC, and other series.  When researching photos of this car, I found that most photos showed the car with black wall tires just like the kit.  While accurate, it's kind of boring.  Several photos showed cars with yellow line tires. A little better, but I didn't have yellow-line tire decals.  Then I found a photo of the car with Pirelli P Zero tires.  Those decals I had, so I added the Pirelli tire decals & the BBS wheel decals from the Modern Sports Car Tire Decals from Mike's Decals.  Dresses it up a little.  Body color is Tamiya Semi-Gloss Gun Metal TS-100.

Edited July 19, 2023 by Jim B

[Mittagskind]

Yeah, looks great. The tire decals go well with it.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[Jim B]

Thanks, guys.  I appreciate it.

[slusher]

Great looking build!

[bbowser]

Beautiful job!  

[Jim B]

Thanks, guys.

[Bruce Scully]

A really nice build . well done . I have built two of these . great kits .

[Jim B]

Thanks, Bruce.  I agree, great kit.  If I build one again, I think I'll probably splurge & get the EVO conversion from LB Productions

LB Production LBTK14: Transkit 1/24 scale - Mercedes Benz AMG GT3 Evo - for Tamiya references TAM24345 and TAM24350 (ref. LB-TK14) | SpotModel

& some actual racing decals:

LB Production LB24087: Marking / livery 1/24 scale - Mercedes Benz AMG GT3 Evo sponsored by WeatherTech #79 - Maro Rene Engel (DE) + Jules Gounon (FR) + Daniel Juncadella (ES) + Cooper MacNeil (US) - 24 Hours of Daytona 2023 - for LB Production LB24087 reference LB-TK14, or Tamiya references TAM24345 and TAM24350 (ref. LB-24087) | SpotModel

Edited July 25, 2023 by Jim B

[70 Sting]

Not sure how I missed this one.  Great looking build.  You should definitely build a second one with the EVO conversion. Just imagine how nice these two would look sitting side by side on display. 😎

[Jim B]

Thanks, Harry.  I just might have to. 😁

[Rich Chernosky]

Jim...not sure how I missed this.  Great job on this.  The tire decals was a nice choice. Tamiya kits area dream to build...I agree.  Yah...you should do another one. The second one always goes better than the first. 

[Jim B]

Thanks, Rich.  As for the second one, we'll see how it goes.

[Lobo2me]

Cool choices on body color and tire decals. Agree it needs to share garage space with an EVO! Very well done!!!!

[Jim B]

Thanks, Steve.  Yes, it would look nice next to the next generation EVO.

[Lobo2me]

On 8/10/2023 at 4:04 AM, Jim B said:

Thanks, Steve.  Yes, it would look nice next to the next generation EVO.

I'm inspired and just might build one of these babies someday. 

[Jim B]

1 hour ago, Lobo2me said:

I'm inspired and just might build one of these babies someday. 

I'm glad I can be in inspiration to someone! Go for it.

[Paul Waymouth]

Love this kit and you’ve done an amazing job! Good idea to add tire decals to this version, makes it pop

[Roy L Frost III]

real nice build, I have done 2 of them. Those dive plane wings decals are pretty tough. 

[Funkychiken]

Cool racer! And I too think the yellow tyre decals look better!

[Jim B]

Thanks, guys.  I appreciate it.  Yes, the tire decals add a little to the box stock build.  As I mentioned earlier, I would like to do a GT3 EVO version of this kit.