curt raitz Posted June 24, 2012 Posted June 24, 2012 I really like these old Matchbox kits excellent subject matter and nice detail for 1/32nd scale thanx for lookin'...
cobraman Posted June 24, 2012 Posted June 24, 2012 Wow ! That does look good. I never would have thunk it. Nice job.
peter31a Posted June 24, 2012 Posted June 24, 2012 Curt, That's a cool little vintage racer! Nicely built little Merc. Love seeing pre-war stuff built like this.
Harry P. Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 Beautiful little model! Did you drill out the lightening holes in the frame rails or were they already that way out of the box? I'm guessing it was all you...
Harry P. Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 BTW... the "K" in SSKL stands for "kompressor," which is the German term for supercharger. And the "L" is for "leicht," which is German for light... as in lightweight. Just a little trivia for you...
sjordan2 Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 (edited) BTW... the "K" in SSKL stands for "kompressor," which is the German term for supercharger. And the "L" is for "leicht," which is German for light... as in lightweight. Just a little trivia for you... The K in SSK and SSKL in those days for this series meant "Kurz," or "short," referring to the shortened chassis. The K in 500K, 540K and today's SLK stands for Kompressor. So there. (Beautiful model, by the way. Clearly well researched, and a stunner at this small scale.) Edited June 25, 2012 by sjordan2
Harry P. Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 The K in SSK and SSKL in those days for this series meant "Kurz," or "short," referring to the shortened chassis. The K in 500K, 540K and today's SLK stands for Kompressor. So there. (Beautiful model, by the way. Clearly well researched, and a stunner at this small scale.) I stand korrected, Herr Jordan!
sjordan2 Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 One little detail note. One thing I've seen on the real cars and scratchbuilt museum quality models, but never on model kit builds, is the fact that the brake drums on the S, SS, SSK and SSKL had copper-clad brake drums (that helped to dissipate heat).
curt raitz Posted June 25, 2012 Author Posted June 25, 2012 Beautiful little model! Did you drill out the lightening holes in the frame rails or were they already that way out of the box? I'm guessing it was all you... I did not modify the frame rails...straight outa-da-box only modification I did was the wheels, the wire wheel inserts are from Herb Deeks
robertw Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 I love it when someone builds one of these kits that everyone has either forgotten or considers too old to build. I was a fan of Matchbox in the '70s because they were willing to do kits of vehicles / aircraft that no other company would ever consider doing.Good job and well done!
Eric Macleod Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 This is a really beautiful model. Can you tell me more about the wire wheels? I am always interested in the source of such things. Once upon a time I built one of the Matchbox models but can no longer remember which one. It did not look nearly as nice as yours. Well done and great choice of colors. Eric
curt raitz Posted June 26, 2012 Author Posted June 26, 2012 This is a really beautiful model. Can you tell me more about the wire wheels? I am always interested in the source of such things. Once upon a time I built one of the Matchbox models but can no longer remember which one. It did not look nearly as nice as yours. Well done and great choice of colors. Eric Herb Deeks makes and sells photo-etched wire wheel inserts for 1/25th and 1/32nd scales he can be found at: http://stores.ebay.com/Herb-Deeks-Retro
GTMust Posted June 28, 2012 Posted June 28, 2012 Great work Curt! I've got a couple of these to build and I think you just inspired me to get started!!! 1/32 is my "Scale of choice" now..... as I've run out of shelf space for the bigger stuff, and the selection of antiques and classics from Matchbox, Pyro, Airfix, etc. is much larger than 1/25 scale. And the dios to set them in take a lot less space as well. Please keep these little gems coming...... Tony.
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