Mercedes 450 SLC

[Koellefornia Kid]

Hi guys,

once again it was the artist Steve Stanford who inspired me to turn one of his sketches into scale reality. I found his drawing of a Mercedes 450 SLC in the depth of the world wide web…

…and realised that Italeri offered a kit of this car. I just had to add this one to my collection:

The kit included only the driver‘s side mirror, so I robbed the mirrors from a die cast.

Jay‘s resin wheels provided the perfect rolling stock:

Other than Steve Stanford I  didn’t use custom door handles. Just shaved the stock ones along the emblems and lettering for a more smooth and clean look.

Apart from the wheels, stance, engine wiring and the light shaving the kit was built box stock. As a  little homage to Mr. Stanford the license plates show his signature:

That‘s it from my first non-american model car.

Hope you like it. comments are welcomed and appreciated!

greetings from Cologne, Germany

[espo]

Like the aggressive look and paint finish. 

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[XYHARRY]

You really captured the look of the artwork with this cool Mercedes, well done Oliver. 

Cheers, 

David. ??

[ncbuckeye67]

That's beautiful! I picked up a rebuilder of this kit at a recent show (for $15 or $20(?) and regretfully traded it away.....

[ChrisR]

Cool!

[rv1963]

Well done you nailed the drawing perfectly.

[Rattlecan Dan]

Did a great job of capturing the look. Nice work.

[Koellefornia Kid]

On 9/30/2024 at 2:59 PM, ncbuckeye67 said:

I picked up a rebuilder of this kit at a recent show (for $15 or $20(?) and regretfully traded it away.....

Too bad, it‘s a really nice kit. Had a lot of fun it!

[ncbuckeye67]

13 hours ago, Koellefornia Kid said:

Too bad, it‘s a really nice kit. Had a lot of fun it!

Yeah, I'm on the hunt for another one!

[slusher]

beautiful Mercedes Oliver!