WIP: Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR Sportswear

[Entau]

Hi guys, started this kit last few months ago, this is going to be my 1st kit with engine details

details on the kit:



quite alot of mold line, and its actually quite thick



nice & sharp details

decals:


solid colors are sharply printed but pics of the girl & guy not that sharp, but it fine

after a quick dryfit of the kit:



fitting looks good though not really perfect, there's some gap around 1mm

closer look at the body:



circle in RED are seam line need to be cover
circle in GREEN are panel line too shallow, need to be rescribe
circle in BLUE are spure mark & WTF, compare the box art, a lot of work need to be done
also a BIG gap circle in RED


i initially plan for an OOB built and also how to apply large decal, i never did any racing cars with large decals, but after googleing a while, found some nice engine details, and i was tempted to try some wiring/plumbing later




chassis sink holes and seam lines fixed



rear cowl seam line fixed, panel line rescribe



chassis prime for error check



front cowl mold line remove, panel line rescribe
also i fixed the front opening/intake funnel which is 2 part
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seamline all fix and putty

[Entau]

after some touch up and prime, i think its ready for base coat by this week

[kingkai]

Nice work you have done so far.
Yes the mould lines etc. do take a lot of time and effort...

Keep it up

[mrawl]

Great start! The small vertical seams below the door (that you left partially unfilled) - did you have a reference showing that?

[jano11]

Very nice start to this project!
Looking forward to see it after a layer of color.

[Entau]

mrawl: u mean the gap circle in red? actually there shouldnt be any gap, just that the body didnt align properly with the chasis, i accidently move it when turning it around , notice the little hole in blue circle, it shouldnt be seen when the body and chassis is align


this is the reference i got

[sam01contact]

Great start!! And thanks for posting those engine shots!!

[kans0002]

Awesome job so far...I am going to follow this one closely!

[mrawl]

I didn't mean that gap, but I see you filled the gaps I was referring too anyway So yeh - no gaps below the doors looks right.