nostab Posted April 6, 2010 Report Posted April 6, 2010 Thought that since I registered, have the lay of the land so to speak, that I should show my latest completion. This is Aoshima's Mercedes Benz SL63 AMG. I chose the hardtop, but in rality if you don't glue it to the car you can also have it as a convertible. My assesment of the kit: Aoshima's foray into Mercedes land with this AMG SL63 is nothing short of phenomenal. It may seem like a simplified curbside but you'd be wrong. The most appreciated part of this kit is that it can be built either as a hardtop or convertible. Or as both, just remove the hardtop. Although the engine block is only a few pieces the engine shield covers up most of the intricacies. If you take the time to loo at the actual engine and detail it you'll be amazed at how well the engine bay looks. Aoshima makes such a plethora of wheels that exchanging the stock wheels with one of their aftermarket sets is a breeze. Although the suspension, which works with real springs, seems a bit wobbly once the wheels are on. The engineering done with the headlight to bumper attachment is truly appreciated and of ease to assemble. Proper care of gluing this together is of importance though as there isn't a lot of material to glue together. I rated this kit as a 5 star simply because once you finish this kit you'll have a beautiful example of a beautiful car. Ease of assembly and engineering of parts is very high. Hardly any mold lines or seams. I hope that Aoshima continues with the line of kits as they will only get better. Highly recommended! Here is my car painted in Scalefinshes.com Diamond White, a factory color for this car. Wheels are Aoshima Leon Hardiritt 20" Bugel wheels. Interios is Tamiya Dull red and Navy Agressor gray w/carbon fiber bits on doors and console. More can be found at my Fotki: My Fotki
JayMesawitz Posted April 6, 2010 Report Posted April 6, 2010 Nice. White looks great. I'll have to give scalefinishes a try.
MikeH Posted April 6, 2010 Report Posted April 6, 2010 (edited) Is that the brand new tool that's out? Nice looking factory ride. White is a hard color to pull off, and yours looks great. I used to be able to get aftermarket Aoshima wheels here, but all the sources I've used have quit or they're not available. Where did you get your wheels? Edited April 6, 2010 by MikeH
nostab Posted April 6, 2010 Author Report Posted April 6, 2010 Thanks for your comments guys. The car is a pearl color by Scalefinishes called Diamond White. I know that the photo's really make it look white, but if you were to see it in person you'd see the pearl. Mike, I've been going direct to Japan at HWJ.com and getting my wheels. They are cheaper to get from Japan and I like SAL shipping so getting a bunch ordered and shipped still keeps the price down. Shipping usually takes 12 days from the time they ship and arrive at my door. Nothing new has come out yet, but they usually put new ones out in summer. I always pre-order them or they sell out too fast. Chris
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