1/35 ICM Daimler Benz G4 Staff Car

[The Smythe Meister]

Press on Dan.... NEVER SURRENDER!!
I'm currently trying to finish an AFV Gun Truck which is an awful kit,....but I'll carry on until the bitter end
Looking like you're cracking it so far mate
Andy

[Jim R]

Hi Dan
Some modellers are taken in by a high parts count. There is an assumption that a high parts count equals great detail. Only true up to a point. Often the detail is so small that it can't be appreciated or is hidden anyway.
Your approach is sensible and so far you are doing a great job.
Jim

[CarolsHusband]

Absolutely Jim. If one was going to do a workshop rebuild diorama It'd be perfect !

Thanks all, I nearly had a funny turn earlier & thought " No, b******s to it, I'll just paint it all dark grey and save myself the trouble"

I'm going to stick with the light grey/black gloss paint scheme though.

Been watching all 3 BTTF films over the past couple of days and I think I may be channeling Marty McFly.

/ nobody calls me chicken.....

[Tworrs]

Looking good Dan, great progress.

[Ian M]

You are doing a good job Dan. Have been tempted by this 'car' many times but have never succumb dur to there has always been a more tempting kit that got in the way.

ICM do make some great kits but they are very much kits that need building and not just putting together. Some are better than others...When they start to include microscopic parts in Photoetch that are impossible to either use or leave off, I think that they are taking the mic.
And yes there are many manufacturers that think more parts mean better kits. Sometimes true but most of the time.... not so much. Or they put tons of high detail in places that will never be seen and skimp the details on places that are sat right in front of you.

[JR]

Dan I often wonder If the manufacturer ever attempts to build a kit as detailed as this . Easily designed on a screen by an expert but extremely difficult to build when it consists of such small parts.Ive found chassis assemblies like that impossible.
The upper shots look great , good luck with the rest of the build .

[CarolsHusband]

Or they put tons of high detail in places that will never be seen and skimp the details on places that are sat right in front of you.

100% this. I sat there debating this very point last night. Why, oh why, 97 parts for the rear suspension that can't be seen and yet the floorboards of a convertible car are smooth ?

[CarolsHusband]

Dan I often wonder If the manufacturer ever attempts to build a kit as detailed as this .

They probably get some lunatic machines like scottie 3158 or Jakko to build it.

/No offence chaps

[Gern]

They probably get some lunatic machines like scottie 3158 or Jakko to build it.

/No offence chaps

... or Paul (minitnkr). Mind you, he'd probably hire some industrial lifting gear for parts that much bigger than the ones he usually deals with!

[Dave Ward]

I don't know if it is significant, but the ICM website has only renders of the 1/35 G4!!
there is one guy who managed to finish one :

Dave

[scottie3158]

Dan,
:smiling: Sorry late to the party. Love the fact I'm in the lunatic catagory, however you must now be included after dealing with the chassis. Great work so far.

[JR]

Dan,
:smiling: Sorry late to the party. Love the fact I'm in the lunatic catagory, however you must now be included after dealing with the chassis. Great work so far.

See Paul you've reached the dizzy heights in the modelling world of being in the Lunatic class:smiling3::smiling3::smiling3::thumb2:

[minitnkr]

Jib crane already erected over bench due to construction of 1/72 scale P47 for Red Ball dio now in hiatus.

[CarolsHusband]

I don't know if it is significant, but the ICM website has only renders of the 1/35 G4!!
there is one guy who managed to finish one :

Dave

I wonder if he appeared a little less unhinged before he built it.

/ Gonna finish it, even if it costs me my few remaining marbles.

[CarolsHusband]

Thanks to Eunice I was (mostly) safe behind battened hatches and managed to get a bit further on with this & the FAMO.

I still hate it, but not enough to bin it. It's been close though ! Weather's looking crap for tomorrow so maybe I'll get some paint on the body & fenders.