Mercedes CLK-GTR Team CLK Sportswear WIP

[Rickard_Olsson]

Here I am of for a start at the Tamiya Mercedes CLK-GTR Team Sportwear.. the same on Mickbench is doing.. But mine is ofcourse not going to be half as nice as his

Anyway.. here are the parts



















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Rickard

[nugundam93]

can't wait for the project to be done

side question...were these the infamous flying CLK-GTRs in le mans? if they are, i'm definitely picking one up from the local model shop soon.

[Rickard_Olsson]

but the flying ones I think drove in the 1999 Lemans.. they had some problems in the front aerodynamics if I´m not wrong..

[nugundam93]

i see. thanks!

hmmm. lookiing at the box again, seems that my local hobbyshop doesn't have this specific one...

[Rickard_Olsson]

Maybe your local hobby shop has the D2 Privat version?

[freakray]

This is not the famous 'Flying CLK' Mercedes from LeMans.

[Rickard_Olsson]

noo not this one.. they are 2 years later version.. this one ran in 1997 and the famous flying ones are 1999 versions..

[freakray]

The CLK in any shape or form has never flown, the CLR is the 'flying Mercedes'

[Rickard_Olsson]

first update.. howbout that? hehe

I don´t know what you guys think but I think that I have been starting to work abit slower.. a year back and this one would be done today :roll:

STILL I´m trying to figure out the best way to simulate CF pattern without bying any.. I tried the mesh-version.. didn´t go that well :/ What if I spray silver and lay down some light mists of black on top?

I have painted the body with TS-17 and this is how it looks with 2 coats of TS-17 and 2 layers of clear..











I also wheatered the the engine a bit..



the front brakes has been finished.. still have the some things left on the rear ones..



I have dremeld out the hole on the rear airducts to make them look abit more realistic.. here is how it came out.. *NOT FINISHED





I have also finished the wheels.. did some markings on them too.. don´t know if they are accurate though :roll: :P LOL





That´s it for now.. stay tuned for more updates
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Rickard

[nugundam93]

the brake cooling ducts are a nice touch!

what did you use to put those markings on the tires? a correction fluid pen?

[Some_Kid]

no offense but it seems that you applyed the clear coat or possibly the ts-17 too heavly causing what i call "definition", meaning that panel lines and certain contours of the body are darker than the others

[Rickard_Olsson]

okey here is the update for today.. finished decaling.. the women in the front was a hard one :shock: But I think I did preety well.. I still have to work with models to call myself great I think.. But at the moment I´m not trying to think negative.. Just want this WIP out of my head so I can continue with the Ferrari :-?











And here is my "CF".. It´s flat-black and to REALLY make the cf stand out I press some against the "thing" when is has ALMOST dried..







And for those of you that has been following my works troughout the years KNOWS that I LOVE mockups just to see how it looks :twisted:













and THIS happens whenever you give Rickard too much time and nothing to do :P This looks like a toon car.. hehe





And this are some nice Le Mans pics I took with my C5R.. only that the C5R drove in the Daytona 24h :-?












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Rickard

[patoffspyder]

Nice one, this is one of my next models too :-)

By the way, for your tires marking, you got two left front tires and no left rear :-P

[Rickard_Olsson]

hehe I noticed that in the pictures after I posted them.. I have fixed that

[Rickard_Olsson]

okey I have an update for ya´ll !
I have been working on the front air-ducts and I have als made some heat stains on the exhaust and I did some heatshielding too..



















I putted some heat shielding on the rear cover too





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Rickard