2016 Mercedes AMG GT3

[jhedir6]

This just arrived today.



So, having today and the next two days off as well I decided to jump right into this one. It's going to be pretty much OOB. I plan on doing CF on the rear wing and front spliter and maybe some aftermarket seatbeat harness' the rest I'll leave as is. Colour will not be the grey metallic, although I do have several shades I could use, I have an order from Gravity Colors coming in this week so I think I'll use the paint on this instead of the build it was originally intended for.

Quick mock up, I'm sitting in my living room, infront of the 55" tv, watching the 24hrs of the Nurburgring and building this.




I'll head to the paint booth in awhile and prime and start painting the sub assemblies.

More later tonight.

[afx]

Body right out of the box is impressive.

[robhart]

Where did you buy the kit?

[jhedir6]

Oct 29, 2017 11:25:40 GMT -8 robhart said:

Where did you buy the kit?

I actually got it from a Canadian online hobby store. Unbelievably, the Canadian distributor got them somewhere around Oct 10, the store I got them from got them in Oct 13, ordered mine on the 15th, had it on the 20th. 

I have a couple more pics to post, but PB is giving me issues today. More soon I hope.

[jhedir6]

Update...got PB working...again...for now....

Car is painted. Paint is Gravity Colors 2017 Red Bull Matte Blue. I decided to do a "faux" IMSA livery, so the #4 decals I stole from a Vette, the rest are from the parts box of left over decals. Wheels are painted Gravity Colors OZ gun metal and tire decals are also from the Vette.





Quick mock up, more decals applied, tire decals are from Powerslides NASCAR tire sheet, just cause.



Kinda stalled atm, been working lots and trying to get some final outside things done when weather permits before winter. Hopefully I can get at the interior some this week.

More soon...I hope.

Thanks for looking in.

[robhart]

The body and wheels look really good. I may have to invest in some of the Gravity Colors Gunmetal paint. I'm surprised that a Nascar decal sheet would include Michelin markings.

[Art]

Looks good!

I think he is saying just the location designation, like LF-1, etc are from the Nascar sheet, and the others were from the Corvette sheet.

[robhart]

Oh, okay, now I get it. Doh!

[jhedir6]

Nov 7, 2017 7:44:12 GMT -8 Art said:

Looks good!

I think he is saying just the location designation, like LF-1, etc are from the Nascar sheet, and the others were from the Corvette sheet.

Thanks. 

Correct. The Michelin decals are from the Corvette kit. The LF-1 etc and the coloured bands are from the NASCAR sheet.