Eighties Contest Entry:Sauber Mercedes C9

Raceman · #1 02-12-2006, 12:43 PM

i was wondering why there are no entrys of the Mercedes C9,as no one is building this car i think i will give it a try.I am not to sure which version maybe the 24h Le mans car.This be be a full detail car but i am not to sure if i will make it in time,lets hope..

mattsmith · #2 02-12-2006, 01:46 PM

grrrrrrrrrrrrr, just started the engine on mine, but need to borrow my housemates camera before startin a thread. now your gonna put mine to shame

damnit, i'm also tryin a 'full detail' but don't think i'm gonna be able to do ALL the required CF work as i can't afford enough o the stuff! may have a sneaky way of avoiding it tho. are you using any PE stuff? if so, which one(s)?

matt

G-man422 · #3 02-12-2006, 01:48 PM

wow, that looks tough to put together.

Raceman · #4 02-12-2006, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by mattsmith

grrrrrrrrrrrrr, just started the engine on mine, but need to borrow my housemates camera before startin a thread. now your gonna put mine to shame

damnit, i'm also tryin a 'full detail' but don't think i'm gonna be able to do ALL the required CF work as i can't afford enough o the stuff! may have a sneaky way of avoiding it tho. are you using any PE stuff? if so, which one(s)?

matt

Sorry Matt,i dont think i will make it in time,so go ahead.
I will only use a few PE parts from Tripart.Good luck for your model.

mattsmith · #5 02-12-2006, 02:34 PM

i'll keep an eye on yours, hehe. it'll be my first time using PE and CF and detailing, so should be a laugh!

RallyRaider · #6 02-12-2006, 04:36 PM

Welcome to the eighties comp. I hope you can indeed get it built in time.

NissanSkylineGTR98 · #7 02-12-2006, 08:11 PM

Looking forward to seeing some progress, I hope you get it done in time for the contest, this is truly a nice car

Raceman · #8 02-15-2006, 02:03 PM

This will be the 1989 Le mans full detail version,the first thing i did was to cut of the frontend then i cut out the doors with the backside of a blade.Evergreen was then used to minimize the gap between the door and body.The thickness of the plastic was also reduced.

Enjoy,thats all for the moment.

Raceman · #9 02-18-2006, 02:01 PM

made my own folder for PE parts that i will use for this project,because i dont want to pay $65.00 for a Etch Mate,i rather spent the money on some kits.

freakmech · #10 02-18-2006, 02:34 PM

Looks good, can you make me one? in fact if you can produce a few of these for reasonable prices some people here might be interested! nice work!

Raceman · #11 02-18-2006, 03:43 PM

some progress done to the front.

Technoman · #12 02-18-2006, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by freakmech

Looks good, can you make me one? in fact if you can produce a few of these for reasonable prices some people here might be interested! nice work!

Agreed, looks very good. I might also be interested in one of those...

Raceman · #13 02-19-2006, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by freakmech

Looks good, can you make me one? in fact if you can produce a few of these for reasonable prices some people here might be interested! nice work!

Its a thing i dont understand,why are they so expensive.At the moment time is short,have to put my Ducati Monster 900 back together ready for the summer,maybe in a few months i will make a couple of Etch Mates for you guys but i cant promise anything.

Raceman · #14 02-20-2006, 08:05 PM

A bit of progress to the body done here as you can see,still a lot to do.Some areas have been sanded down to scale to give it a good fit,still have to do some putty and sanding work on some spots.Sorry about the bad pictures had to work with flashlight,hope you can guess what has being done.

Raceman · #15 03-23-2006, 08:14 PM

A little update of the parts i made,still have to be cut to length and cleaned up.Still a lot more to do.

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