Cool looking Mercedes

[Mr mopar]

https://janluehn.com/cars/1994-amg-mercedes-benz-c-class-dtm/

I can see myself building one of these soon hint the paint !

[Jim B]

It is a cool looking DTM Mercedes.  Do they make kits of these cars?

[Mr mopar]

2 minutes ago, Jim B said:

It is a cool looking DTM Mercedes.  Do they make kits of these cars?

Yes they do by Tamiya and others .

Edited July 6 by Mr mopar

[Russell C]

14 hours ago, Jim B said:

...  Do they make kits of these cars?

More or less that same one, actually.  https://www.scalemates.com/kits/tamiya-24143-amg-mercedes--122891

[Jim B]

Looks like Tamiya haven't made these kits since 1995, so it'll probably be difficult to find one.

[Mattilacken]

I believe Fujimi or aoshima also made these. Super simple kit though.

Edited July 7 by Mattilacken

[iamsuperdan]

The Fujimi kit is incredibly simple. It was originally a motorized kit, so that should tell you the level of detail the chassis and interior has!

The body is good though, and makes for a nice looking display piece.

 

I've been looking for reasonably priced versions of the Tamiya kits for a while, to go with my Alfa 155 kits, but they are unobtanium.

[89AKurt]

I considered using one for the chassis with a 3D body of a '61 190 sedan, but no engine or any worthy detail.

[RancheroSteve]

The Tamiya kit is (naturally) a joy to build. Here's one I did about twenty years ago:

[Russell C]

18 hours ago, Jim B said:

...it'll probably be difficult to find one.

Yep, but patience can pay off. I had an idea around 6+ years back for a non-DTM car done up as a DTM car (ironically in the similar vein as my Mercedes NASCAR build), but in searching on eBay for these, I was immediately disappointed to see them routinely going for close to 3 figures if not more. I'm too poor for that. Kept an eye out nevertheless and one day spotted one partly built with trashed decals (was planning different livery anyway), where the seller mislabeled it and I ended up as the single bid winner at 15 bucks. Now, if I only had time to get working on the whole project ……