steering column and steering wheel ... the kit provided a steering column with a pin where the wheels needs to go ....
then i saw the steering wheel and instead of a hole i found a nother pin > pin + pin = fail :lol:
i could have made a hole in the back but i used a steel pin .

now the pin will be bondo-ed to the bullet in the middle and that way i can create a more shaped bullet in the middle



just a test with cloth electrical tape
now when i will make the final version the tape will sit under the edge .. but just to see how it looked i stuck it around the edge.. just to see how it looked



building the engine ....

primer time :mrgreen:

already supersmooth the extensive sanding on the styrene payed off , some minimal stuff but almost smooth as ....





with everything in primer the engine compartment now also becomes one









i closed op one triangle shaped opening in the x-cross in the chassis .. because you could see where the drive shaft gos in the tranny and well that looked horrible .. instead of reshaping the end of the driveshaft and getting the tranny end nicer i just closed it so you cant see



after primering the steering wheel i just clear coated it , edge will be white , when thats dry i can start chrome

interiour ..

well because the tub was one mold with the rear bench i just could not get the pannels masjed nicely , the shapes are all round and my hands where to big haha
so i decided to leave everything brown .. too bad the front bench was masked and ready for some spraying of the inserts ..

but well then did the top of the dash silver , later i could do that bodycolor and leave the middle strip and gauges chrome ..

painted the knobs and heater and radio chrome






scale idea

well i was a bit sad about the fact i needed to put in the dash due to the mods and could not tape of those bench and doorpanels .. and otherwise i think it would have been impossible to get my bog hands in that tub and tape those round shapes at the bottom .. much easyer wit a tub you need to assemb
le

so i tried this a band with a mexican motive where the bench should have been other material

its done but now i reconed i should have made the pattern smaller and print it a bit less sharp



and yes that mag is way to big i will make a new one for that

well just made new mags smaller but so you can still see what on and took more time and made actual pages with something on it

thnx guys ..

the mags are 1,13 cm wide en 1,55 cm tall

and yes the backrest is just printed paper and rubbed a bit to get it softer

i just gave those printed mexican designs a very very slight wash with darkbrown





and no these are not guitar plectrums the yellow on is the triangle aircleaner i showed earlyer and sanded to become thin , the white one i cut out of plastic card



how it was



if i do it like this with a bolt in the middle and filer material inbetween it should look alsmost like a real one

sprayed the chassis black today so i can start some chromework when that is dry

then washed the grille with black enamel , half way picture

the rough edge will be smooth , that will sit out of vieuw



then took a chrome part i wont use and tested something out , with a hand brush i brushed on a layer of high gloss varnish and loved the result so i did the chrome parts like that



and well so much more depth in the chrome and more shine



you can see me taking the picture in the bumper .. the blak is from my sweather



maybe i will do a nother coat and i will also do the wheels with the varnish

yesterday i sanded the body and gave it a last coat of primer , its smooth now ..

one problem i did not think of is the fact i changed the back / front and door windows and now i dont have any lines to do either bmf of black moldings .. hmmmm

so i wanted to get some green metallic ... now i'm thinking due to the molding issues i only can do like a high gloss black ...

i actually love the white from the primer , would be cool in gloos white with old skool scallops .. but again those moldings would not ....


dryfit everything on exept the rear wheels



dont mind the tailgate thats not compeltly down so the seem looks weird



gave the centers of the rims a coat of black

well looking at the black merc. i realised the window moldings are separate and the kit had molded ... like every kit ..i could try to make loose moldings !!!



started work on those spotlights and added steel pins to be able to move them into different positions and so when glueing them on i can rotate them so the position is great

whell i put some tape on the windows and traced the countours of the openings , the idea was to cut it and paint it





but then i realised looking at the taped windows i still had some insulation tape left , this is used to tape of seems after insulating your house ...
now this is real chrom like a mirror , much shinyer then bmf ... but not suitable to do like real edges like you can with bmf
but on a flat surface .. so i put that on the glass



then placed it in the body and traced it and then hand drawn a line inside teh trace line .. and cut it with a blade



sadly some white tape stuff was left on the window , i didnt have the nerv to rub it off knowing mostly you spread like the glue of the tape and ruin your window ..
so i took the yellow tape and put it on ripped it off and did that several times and all the white stuff came off ..

giving this result



then fitted it and hoped the cheomw line would flow nocely and .. it was all hand work , both the cutline drawing and the actual cut so chances where it would be uneven on places .. but no it looked great >



then tested a piece of the chrome tape if i could use polis over that and the chrome would not come of , it didnt so i polished the whole front window



and never expected this result it looks awsome ! even more realistic then a olded line with bmf becausse the real mercs also have the chrome inside the opening



next i have to do the back window the same way