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Post by JCON on Mar 16, 2022 20:44:27 GMT -6
This is the next to hit my bench. Going to make it a Luftwaffe Vehicle on the Eastern Front in Ukraine summer of 1943, broken down on the side of the road... it will eventually get a Black SS Citroën Police vehicle by it to see what is going on. All these parts for a car only 2" wide by 5" long and 4 figures.   |
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Post by Beekster on Mar 17, 2022 13:03:45 GMT -6
As a Mercedes-Benz enthusiast, I heartily approve!
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Post by JCON on Mar 17, 2022 13:45:52 GMT -6
I knew you would Beekster!!! Welcome aboard fella!!!
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Post by Beekster on Mar 17, 2022 13:53:24 GMT -6
The 170V was the car that saved the company in the wake of WW2. The tooling remained intact, and it went into production with a few updates from the pre-war model as soon as the Allies allowed new cars to be produced. As the entry-level model, it was really the only one marketable at the time; no one had money for the more luxurious models. Truck production resumed first as part of the plan to rebuild the country. The amazing Unimog was also developed in the late forties, as a farm implement. What's really astounding is that just ten years after the war the company produced the 300SLR racer, which became the Gullwing & Roadster models. Stunning leap in engineering for a company still rebuilding its shattered factories.
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Post by ogrejohn on Mar 17, 2022 15:10:18 GMT -6
Neat looking vehicle Joe! I'm in!
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Post by JCON on Mar 17, 2022 15:40:43 GMT -6
Nice history Beeks!!!
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Post by JCON on Mar 17, 2022 17:53:11 GMT -6
Worked on the engine and some of these pieces are ridiculously small at 1/35th scale!!! I put a 1/25th scale engine next to it and a number 11 xacto knife for scale comparison...   |
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Post by JCON on Mar 19, 2022 21:27:43 GMT -6
Started on the chassis and got the engine installed...  |
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Post by JED on Mar 20, 2022 10:39:25 GMT -6
Great start Joe, nearly had me choking scrolling down, I thought you'd done a custom job on the engine!!!
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Post by JCON on Mar 20, 2022 14:52:25 GMT -6
Everything is in the kit Jed!!!
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Post by reserve on Mar 20, 2022 16:39:43 GMT -6
Nice! Looks to be pretty fiddly do ya shake after a session with it?
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Post by JCON on Mar 20, 2022 18:06:01 GMT -6
Nice! Looks to be pretty fiddly do ya shake after a session with it? You got it brother... now where did that wine bottle go??? |
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Post by JCON on Mar 21, 2022 17:23:41 GMT -6
More fiddly bits...   |
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Post by Beekster on Mar 21, 2022 18:02:22 GMT -6
Coming together nicely, Joe!
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Post by JCON on Mar 21, 2022 19:54:36 GMT -6
It's a challenge for sure, parts so small I can barely see some of them and with paint I doubt you'll even see them!!!
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Post by ogrejohn on Mar 22, 2022 12:51:53 GMT -6
Nice work Joe! It does look too fiddly for me.
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Post by Dukemaddog on Mar 22, 2022 13:52:33 GMT -6
Brilliant work Joe. As for the tiny engine; I've done the same in 1/72 scale myself so I know how it is. Keep it coming man!
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Post by JCON on Mar 22, 2022 18:54:47 GMT -6
Thanks my friends for following along... put some color down and more parts on...  |
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Post by JCON on Mar 29, 2022 22:19:26 GMT -6
Got a bit more done on the Mercedes...  |
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Post by Steve Ski on Mar 30, 2022 4:43:59 GMT -6
Definitely tweezer work on this little buggy. It's amazing how small this is after working 1/25th, delicate too. Like Jed, at first I thought you were gonna supe up the Mercedes with a V8, HA! Now that would be a secret weapon. Looking good, Joe.
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