Italeri 1/16 Mercedes SL 300

kpnuts Awesome Forum Participator Posts: 1,151	Italeri 1/16 Mercedes SL 300 Mar 1, 2021 16:10:15 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kpnuts on Mar 1, 2021 16:10:15 GMT -5 Hi all next victim is the italari 1/16 Mercedes 300 SL, first thing I don't like is the distributor and plug leads are molded as part of the rocker cover (I don't even know why they would do that at this scale)

fordrodnkustom Awesome Forum Participator Posts: 2,649	Italeri 1/16 Mercedes SL 300 Mar 1, 2021 16:52:24 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fordrodnkustom on Mar 1, 2021 16:52:24 GMT -5 Wow not much cooler than a vintage Merc SL roadster! looking forward to this one.
	Ron S. If you're not grown up by the time you're 60...you don't have to.

kpnuts Awesome Forum Participator Posts: 1,151	Italeri 1/16 Mercedes SL 300 Mar 3, 2021 15:46:53 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kpnuts on Mar 3, 2021 15:46:53 GMT -5 Hi all well for a kit of this age I can't believe how well the body goes together (considering all the complex curves) look how little filler ive used. i.ibb.co/XJJqthF/IMG-6080.jpg[/img

kpnuts Awesome Forum Participator Posts: 1,151	Italeri 1/16 Mercedes SL 300 Mar 4, 2021 16:13:32 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kpnuts on Mar 4, 2021 16:13:32 GMT -5 I was going to do this deep impact blue (I had a can of it and thought I would use it on this) not quite enough, but it worked as a good primer for this colour. Added some ht leads.

fordrodnkustom Awesome Forum Participator Posts: 2,649	Italeri 1/16 Mercedes SL 300 Mar 4, 2021 16:39:14 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fordrodnkustom on Mar 4, 2021 16:39:14 GMT -5 Looking good. I like the color you chose for it. The engine is coming along well too.
	Ron S. If you're not grown up by the time you're 60...you don't have to.

kpnuts Awesome Forum Participator Posts: 1,151	Italeri 1/16 Mercedes SL 300 Mar 6, 2021 16:06:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kpnuts on Mar 6, 2021 16:06:55 GMT -5 Hi all here is the next update just put together what I have so far

fordrodnkustom Awesome Forum Participator Posts: 2,649	Italeri 1/16 Mercedes SL 300 Mar 6, 2021 18:01:01 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fordrodnkustom on Mar 6, 2021 18:01:01 GMT -5 Looking good! I like the interior work. Hope the heat isn't on!
	Last Edit: Mar 6, 2021 18:01:42 GMT -5 by fordrodnkustom Ron S. If you're not grown up by the time you're 60...you don't have to.

kpnuts Awesome Forum Participator Posts: 1,151	Italeri 1/16 Mercedes SL 300 Mar 7, 2021 15:28:21 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kpnuts on Mar 7, 2021 15:28:21 GMT -5 No matter what angle you look at the front of the SL 300 she is sexy and beautiful. As a classic its got to be up there with the EType

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Italeri 1/16 Mercedes SL 300 Mar 11, 2021 16:07:06 GMT -5

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Post by kpnuts on Mar 11, 2021 16:07:06 GMT -5

So I ran into a small problem with the 300SL the track rod end and the top of the king pin were broken off I tried gluing them back on but they just kept braking off so I drilled out where they should have been and added some bent rod to fix it.
It doesn't look very pretty but is not really visible on the model so I'm not too worried about it.

kpnuts Awesome Forum Participator Posts: 1,151	Italeri 1/16 Mercedes SL 300 Mar 13, 2021 15:37:25 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kpnuts on Mar 13, 2021 15:37:25 GMT -5 More done on this

kpnuts Awesome Forum Participator Posts: 1,151	Italeri 1/16 Mercedes SL 300 Mar 14, 2021 15:59:26 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kpnuts on Mar 14, 2021 15:59:26 GMT -5 The 300 SL nears completion. Just the exhaust and the fuel tank to add to the underneath then time to add body doors and details.

kpnuts Awesome Forum Participator Posts: 1,151	Italeri 1/16 Mercedes SL 300 Mar 17, 2021 15:38:22 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kpnuts on Mar 17, 2021 15:38:22 GMT -5 Nearing completion now (tomorrow I think)

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