AMG Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II Debis - FUJIMI

[AAlmeida]

Unbelievable, it's raining again, three weekends in a row, I can't start the clear cote to mercedes Promarkt Zakspeed, so I decided to begin another project.

AMG Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II Debis - FUJIMI
This is my first Fujimi kit, sorry people from Fujimi but this kit is awful.
The box is beautiful, isn't? Ok, just the box... let's go

Decal sheet in excellent shape. I will use this to enhance the kit

I scribed the panel lines and fit test.

I will change the regular black seat for the race one

Preparing the ugly floor for the new seat

The control panel have marks and it is not smooth, putty and sand.

This two pieces are unbelievable inaccurate, weird, bizarre, what else? On the left we have a radiator, one hubcap, cables (they can stand there when the piece is glued in place). On the right we have a lot of things and, believe or nor, one wiper (what?)

Lets remove everything, next victim the radiator...

This is suppose to be the exhaust, can you believe it?

Chrome stripped from the rims

The dashboard is pretty good

The Mercedes logo was sanded, the real car has a decal.


Help me on this...

[gasdriverca]

I hear ya on these Fujimi kits! I built the Mercedes 190e also but it had the decals promoting the 2000 Olympic games for Berlin and that kit was the same with a standard car seat etc.
I'm also a big DTM fan with a couple of Opel Calibra's(UT Models which are out of production now) waiting in the works...can't wait to get started on them.
I look forward to seeing the end result from this kit and also your Promarkt-Zakspeed kit.

[DerXL]

Woohoo. Another DTM WIP from you.
And it seems you're taking on quite a challenge. Only experience I got with Fujimi is their more recent (first release) Ferrari F430. And that one is pretty decent.
But I've already read in other threads that their BMW and Mercedes DTM kits are pretty crap...

But judging by the work you've already done on the ProMarkt Merc, I have no doubts that you'll pull this one off very nicely.

Too bad about the weather over there. Just to rub a bit salt into that wound, we have nothing but great weather here in the Netherlands (for a change)...

Good luck with this one. I'll be following your progress closely !

[astonut]

i cannot agree with you more, soon you will realise if you build standard stock car kits that alot of Fujimi chassis for the cars are the same... i was trying to quick build some jap cars FC rx7, old supra and old starion... all their chassis, interior are exactly the same with the poorest detail and fit ever! so they turned from WIP to RIP :P

[M-Tuning]

I also made a Fujimi DTM car:



The decals were pretty nice to work with.
But the body shape isn't correct and the interior is rubbish (same as yours)

But this model has only cost me about 10 euro's including paints, and is pretty nice for that price.

[AAlmeida]

gasdriverca - wow, those UT models are very difficult to find it, isn't? I heard they are very well done. Hope to see it here soon.

DerXL - actually is a lot of challenge here and there.The Promarket is my first kit since 80's and this is the second one. Today is totally sunny day hope to get a free time to clear cote the yellow Mercedes. Thank you!

astonut - "so they turned from WIP to RIP"... don't give up!

M-Tuning - I agree, it is pretty nice for that price. Mine wasn't expensive too. Can I have some WIP pictures? I would like to see the cockpit pictures. thank you!

Here some progress, first I trashed this piece, it is useless...

Working on this part

Need to make the steering wheel beam

almost done and ready to primer

to divert attention I am going to use this driver


Thank you all

[gasdriverca]

Tha kit you have there is the car Michael Schumacher also drove,i think he only done three races in that car then he went to F1 and the rest is history.Do you have Schumi's name there on the decal sheet?
And for the UT models I fought hard for them on e-bay but i have the two Calibra's(bye bye KeKe,Hasseroder) but i am savouring them just now and looking for interior detail but you building these Mercedes kits are inspiring me,keep it up.

[evil_hanzel]

i have a lot of old fujimi kits. yes, the chassis is horrible for its the generic fujimi motorized chassis that they are using. i have the non DTM version of this car.

[AAlmeida]

gasdriverca The Zakspeed Mercedes team was 18-Giroix, 19-Asch, 20-Schummacher and 88-Schneider, but the decal sheet is only for Asch.
Hope you start the UT Models, I never saw one finished yet.

evil_hanzel I had no ideia of the quality until open the box, I will finish the best I can.

[SCORPIONFB]

Hi AAlmeida. Your 190E looks good so far. I have 2 of those and I don't know when I'm gonna star to work with them. I found a short video that might help you a little bit........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgTVV...eature=related


Good luck and keep posting your progress.

[AAlmeida]

SCORPIONFB Video downloaded... now I am awaiting to arrive the styrene sheet I bought to detail the internal floor of the car... more to come soon. Thank you!

[gasdriverca]

Hi AAlmeida,i have a picture of the 190e interior for you if you want,here it is

[AAlmeida]

gasdriverca I have this one, thank you anyway and also these following pictures, but I am a little confuse about the year of the pictures, this one is pretty much 91

and these are from 92

[SCORPIONFB]

AAlmeida, you have a very nice pic. references......Where did you find them?.....

[AAlmeida]

Originally Posted by SCORPIONFB

AAlmeida, you have a very nice pic. references......Where did you find them?.....

Tourenwagen Story '91 and '92 books and internet research.