Tamiya Mercedes Benz 300sl 1/24

[Marc Stock]

That is some fine work Marc.......Looking really good.

Thanks mate.

[Marc Stock]

Brilliant choice of colour and the grey upholstery to go with it will look perfect. Glad you went for that shade of blue, rather than a darker shade and it wouldn't have suited yellow. I have one of these kits in my stash and I think I will use the same colour, when I get round to building it.

I just hope I don't mess it up right at the end. Like getting glue all over the glass or something...


I'm glad I went for this colour choice too. Often find if you trawl through the Web you can get a good idea on how you want your car to look.

[Marc Stock]

Ok another test fit with the satin coated seats. They do look like real leather now so I'm happy with that. I'm glad I did another test fit as some of the paint has made it very tight and I had to do a bit of filing to get it to fit again.

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[Guest]

You are right Marc, those seats do look like leather, with that satin finish. Once you have the blue on the body, it will show them up even better. Nice job Marc.

[Marc Stock]

Yay something I did turned out exactly as a wanted woo. :P

[Guest]

Satin seems to be a great finish. Using it on carbon fibre decals also looks great!


Looking very nice so far.

[Guest]

That's looking great, keep up the good work

[Marc Stock]

Thanks guys. I sent an e-mail to zero paints about mixing me up the colour and I haven't even got a response from them...

[Guest]

Zero paints or hiroboy?

[Marc Stock]

Zero paints or hiroboy?

Zero paints is hiroboy. I spoke to the owner today and hiroboy is the company that is jointly owned with zero paints under the same owner.


Very knowledgeable chap, I have me colour choices now so will be making an order when I get back from my holiday.

[Marc Stock]

Zero paints now have the colour choice I need.

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[Guest]

Zero paints is hiroboy. I spoke to the owner today and hiroboy is the company that is jointly owned with zero paints under the same owner.
Very knowledgeable chap, I have me colour choices now so will be making an order when I get back from my holiday.

That's cool, I thought hiroboy was a distributor!

[Marc Stock]

Hiroboy is a distributer, a separate company; zero paints is a separate company; both companies are owned by the same person though. So hiroboy is the retail arm for zero paints, along with models etc etc and other branded paints, and zero paints is a paint mixing business which operates through hiroboy to distribute its product.


Very good way of operating.

[Marc Stock]

Haven't had much opportunity to do any more on the model. Apart from the matt coatING on the bulkhead inside and pedals. Work has gone bananas and I'm not going to get back on the kit until mid September now i might be able to do some small bit's and bobs loke hand brake and gear lever..

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[Guest]

Haven't had much opportunity to do any more on the model. Apart from the matt coatING on the bulkhead inside and pedals. Work has gone bananas and I'm not going to get back on the kit until mid September now i might be able to do some small bit's and bobs loke hand brake and gear lever..

Snap, it's something to look forward to though mate