Tamiya's Mercedes Benz 500 SEC Lorinser *PICS*

[crispy]

I really love these old school Benz's. This was one that caught my eye besides my favorite 190E's.
This is painted with Tamiya white primer, Tamiya Pearl White, Tamiya Pearl Clear and Tamiya Clear. I haven't polished it yet and I'm not sure if I want to.
Anyway, it is being built box stock. Not even changing the wheels. I also painted the center of the wheels in flat white.
I'm stumbling on the interior color. The sheet says for a white car it should be black interior. I just don't think that will look right. I'm leaning towards desert sand. Any one have suggestions?

Still have the lower panels and spoiler to add. Lots of little body details. Got to do the window surrounds in black and chrome trim, as well as the emblems.
I'm not really happy with my front grille, but I'll work on it a little more.
Some pictures:
http://images14.fotki.com/v370/photos/9/95430/4271589/merc8-vi.jpg
http://images20.fotki.com/v373/photos/9/95430/4271589/merc7-vi.jpg
http://images14.fotki.com/v370/photos/9/95430/4271589/merc9-vi.jpg

More at MY FOTKI (http://public.fotki.com/73superduty/my_completed_model/2006_works_in_progress/tamiya-mercedes-ben/)

Chris

[Firehawk]

Looking very smooth, great color scheme for that car. Yes I'd go with the sand color interior, I went that route on a 350Z that I painted the same pearl white, and it looks very good. I'd be tempted to go with gold wheel centers but I'm kinda known for that.... and it might turn it into a Lorenzo instead of a Lorinser (Bob D will know what I'm talking about)...

[Eric Cole]

Paint looks great Chris. I agree, sand colored interior..

[Zoom Zoom]

Lookin' :cool:

I built one back when it was new; sits in a box somewhere. Did the stock version too. Mine is definitely not a "Lorenzo" :D as it has black centers.

[BRE350Z]

Can not wait to see this one finished. Wayne

[crispy]

A little update:
Took some time today and got the body on the Mercedes 500 Lorinser wet sanded and polished. This is my second time polishing, first color was black, so I learned my lesson the hard way. White sure is much more forgiving.
The hood and I had a problem, it hit the cement floor and chipped a chunk of paint off. So, I've already got the "spare" hood primed and wet-sanded. Just need to get it painted and polished.
Anyway, this kit is almost completed. Just stuck in the interior right now.
My results:
http://images14.fotki.com/v386/photos/9/95430/4271589/merc12-vi.jpg
http://images14.fotki.com/v386/photos/9/95430/4271589/merc13-vi.jpg
Here is a shot of how it looks with some of the body kit:
http://images20.fotki.com/v366/photos/9/95430/4271589/merc6-vi.jpg

Chris

[Eric Cole]

That paint looks awesome Chris! Great job on the polishing.