1/35 ICM Daimler Benz G4 Staff Car

[CarolsHusband]

Nearly there, battled the gloss paint to a satisfactory conclusion. Just a bit of finishing up ( including the wheels !) and I'll get it loaded up & strapped down.

I'd like to say I've enjoyed it, but I haven't. Whether that's down to my ability or the kits complication, I'm not sure. Bit of both, maybe.

It's gone together well enough to play its part in the life of my FAMO but I wouldn't recommend it.





/ what a grouch !

[Tim Marlow]

Ooo, shiney :thumb2: Seriously though, looks good to me. Should contrast well with the Famo….tyres may need dulling down a little though.

[CarolsHusband]

tyres may need dulling down a little though.

Yeah, I know. They're on the " Oh Gawd, another thing" list. That or I could say a keen driver had been at them mit der Reifen Schwarz.

Fear not, it will be sorted.

[Tim Marlow]

No fear mate, though there is tyre treatment around that glossed them up like that…..not sure if it was around then, what it was, or even how it worked?

[CarolsHusband]

Bit of boot polish maybe ?

[CarolsHusband]

Well, it is with relief, though also with a heavy heart, that I report that this kit will not get finished. It's got too many mistakes on it & when I mocked up the completed FAMO set up earlier, it just annoyed me. It looks awful. My excuse ? It's an overly complicated kit,. A lack of skill and, it turns out, inadequate eyesight (first visit to the opticians in 30 years last week) have conspired to end the build.

Better come up with something fresh for the FAMO payload I guess.

I may give the G4 to our 8 month old Sprocker and see what she makes of it. Obviously I'll film the results !

Say Auf Wiedersehen !



edit It looks even worse this big !!

[Tworrs]

That is very sad Dan, but I do understand your sentiment.
I think, as we are so used to cars, and the fact that they are, in real life perfect, we expect to achieve the same level in a model, which I am finding is nigh on impossible.
ATB
Garry

[CarolsHusband]

Thanks Garry. You live & learn. I'll stick to real cars & 1/35 military stuff, As the great Harry Callaghan once said....

"Man's got to know his limitations"

[scottie3158]

That's a pity after all the work you put in.

[CarolsHusband]

That's a pity after all the work you put in.

I know. I know.... Still sometimes you just have to stop, eh ?