Cars I can never own

terry35

I must say that I had to take a couple of looks to be sure that that was a model, very real looking, your photography skills are excellent.

Easily one of the best model cars I've ever seen.

 

Terry.

 

Thanks very much for your complement Terry. I was really inspired building this model. I must say I put more effort to it than with my other builds.

I must say that I had to take a couple of looks to be sure that that was a model, very real looking, your photography skills are excellent.

Easily one of the best model cars I've ever seen.

Terry.

427 Cobra

OK, I've had my leg pulled long enough - you can take it back to the dealership you stole it from!   Actually, I too - thought it was a real Mercedes!! I'm so embarassed. None of my cars look that good, even the ones that I thought came out good! I'll post pics of what I've built in recent past - I just keep forgetting to.

                                                                                    ~ Cobra Chris

Wow thanks Chris! That was a very inspiring complement. Aside from enjoying building cars, I enjoy photographing them. I think they deserve good pictures after all the effort we put into our builds. Thanks again

Noli

OK, I've had my leg pulled long enough - you can take it back to the dealership you stole it from!   Actually, I too - thought it was a real Mercedes!! I'm so embarassed. None of my cars look that good, even the ones that I thought came out good! I'll post pics of what I've built in recent past - I just keep forgetting to.

                                                                                    ~ Cobra Chris

Beautiful model!

Great build and thanks for sharing!

constructor

I've had this Tamiya model of the Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren fro a while now and I just to finish it last month. I painted it with my favorite MB color, silver, of course. Not a complicated model but not an easy built as well. The metallic applique of logos and names added to the authenticity of the model. I was just dissapoined that the hood was a little bent. It was too late to do anything about it. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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WOW!!!!!!!!!!

At first I thought it was a real Mercedes.

I can remember that in my earlier years in scale modelling, Revell or Monogram came out with classics like an elvis pink cadillac and I even built a metal Ford  Mattel using screws. And I think up to now they have the surfing woody. Nice to talk about it.

Ah yes...the old classics   I've got to chime-in again now that the thread has changed gears to the cars that I longingly "can never own".

Although I will always appreciate, and find time to build, competition cars that interest me...and the odd modern 'supercar', such as the SLR McLaren, that is worthy...my first love was with the elegant luxury cars of the 1920's and 30's. There's just something special about cars of that era...they oozed class.

My sediments match you guys...it would be very nice if all the manufacturers would market these vintage cars! I'd be in heaven to see modern-tooled kits of Duesenberg's, Auburn's, Cord's, Cadillac's, Mercedes' and the plethora of other examples of motorized art.

Cheers

Those are the classics cars I'm talking about. It would be nice if the oher manufacturers can come out with their own versios of these cars. It would be interesting to see how they will treat the classics. 

That is a beautiful work of art and you're right about the models too! Thanks to Monogram, and a couple others, I go in the other direction; cars from the 30's! Duesenbergs, Packards, Rolls Royce, Mercedes, etc.! Back then, they were moving works of art. It's nice to see that the MacLaren brings some of that back!!!

I agree with you 100%. Some models specially classic cars that are no longer on the streets are only seen on pictures and better yet as scale models beautifully built by dedicated modellers. Thanks to models makers like Revell and Monogram who continue to come out with these classics.

not only is it a nice model, it's also very well photographed. :cool:

you may never own one, that's the great thing about modelling. i've noticed that rarity of a car is inverse to the modelling community. eg a Yenko Camaro is very rare in 1:1 and stock sixes are plentiful. now the reverse is true in modelling. models of 'mainstreamers' are also rare.

I can only echo the comments of those before me: very nice clean build and shown-off perfectly with excellent photo's...

Cheers

Thanks for all your comments guys!

Excellent build & excellent pictures!

Griffin

That's a beautiful model you have there. It looks like photos you'd see in a real-life sales brochure. Great job.

That's a beautiful model you have there. It looks like photos you'd see in a real-life sales brochure. Great job.

Top shelf job.

nice dramatic pics,

a few shots against a neutral backgrounf would help bring out the detail for us hard of .... something....

For scale effect, you should add a few drool-marks from those who could never own...