Greasefinger Posted May 14 Posted May 14 (edited) Mercedes 300 SL was produced from 1954 to 1957 as a two door coupe (called "Gullwing" for obvious reasons) and from 1957 to 1963 as a roadster. A total of 1200 coupes and 1858 roadsters were ever built. The roadster came originally with a soft top, in later years an optional hard top was also available. I built these almost back to back a few years ago. The Tamiya kit is still in production whereas the Italeri kit was harder to find. Both kits are quite accurate in detail, but the Italeri kit from 1988 had some frustrating fitting issues (warped bonnet, windshield fit not quite accurate). The Tamiya kit was one of the best, if not the best quality kits I have built so it was really a joy to just paint and put together. The exterior colour of the roadster is Tamiya TS-8 Italian red and the Gullwing is Tamiya TS-42 Light Gun Metal. Kit chrome in the roadster, Alclad and BMF in the Gullwing. Edited May 14 by Greasefinger 10
Kit Basher Posted May 14 Posted May 14 Beautiful models! The interiors on both look really good, especially the roadster. I like the darker color for the gullwing, instead of the regular silver. I have both these kits, currently in "someday" status. I'll have a hard time reaching your standard.
Roger U Posted May 14 Posted May 14 Two very nice models. The paint and interiors are beautiful on both.
70 Sting Posted May 15 Posted May 15 Beautiful pair. Interesting colour choice on the gull wing. It’s like I’ve seen it somewhere before.
Greasefinger Posted May 15 Author Posted May 15 9 hours ago, 70 Sting said: Beautiful pair. Interesting colour choice on the gull wing. It’s like I’ve seen it somewhere before. Thanks, just realised where 😄 1
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