Pro-Markt DTM Mercedes

[Tommy Kortman]

Modelers,

I present to you for your viewing pleasure. (and constructive critisism) The Tamiya Pro-Markt DTM Mercedes.

I really liked the color of the molded plastic, and i wanted to see if I could produce a model built without painting the body (like when we were kids) and still have it come out OK. I am generally pleased with the outcome. I dont know if it will ever see a contest table, but it should look great on my shelf. In hindsight, if I were to try this method again on such a light colored plastic, I would probably prime the inside of the body with white primer. This would remove any transparency in the plastic, and brighten the color just a touch.

And heres a link to some of the other photos.

Fotki - ProMarkt Mercedes

[Romell R]

Excellent job on the plastic polishing i did a black model like that years ago and I really liked the way it came out. Job well done on the entire build... bravo!

[Guest old man]

WOW NICE JOB

[vizio93]

Great job Tommy !!! I love DTM cars, and this one is really really nice.

[Tony T]

I like what I see in the pictures! Gotta love a racing 4 door sedan!!

[935k3]

Looks nice but keep an eye on the decals, they don't stick to bare plastic well and sometimes come off after time. I find this with window decals on race cars. I started putting some Future under them, it keeps them glued down well.

[Harry P.]

Modelers,

I present to you for your viewing pleasure. (and constructive critisism) The Tamiya Pro-Markt DTM Mercedes.

I don't see a whole lot to criticize here...

[MyBradKeselowski]

Super ! ! !

I like it you did a good job on polishing the molded color, as it looks painted to me B)

I'll confess, as I to usually leave them in the molded colors if I like the color and just give them a polish

myself...

[horsepower]

Looks very nice, I did the "polish the plastic" deal years ago on the AMT Copperhead snap kit, I was astonished how well it turned out after removing all of the mold lines. The hardest part wast painting the windshield frame to match.

Edited August 5, 2010 by horsepower

[Tommy Kortman]

Looks nice but keep an eye on the decals, they don't stick to bare plastic well and sometimes come off after time. I find this with window decals on race cars. I started putting some Future under them, it keeps them glued down well.

You are so right. I did have some trouble with a few of the decals. You can see the small ProMarkt decal in the nose folded when i was applying the clear. I used Tamiya clear, and then polished that as well. Thanks to everyone for the kind comments.