Kit: Tamiya #24195 Mercedes CLK-GTR 1/24 Scale
I vaguely remember putting this kit together for a friend many years ago, probably around 2007-2008.
My friend is into all kinds of racing stuff and hunted down this specific kit so for probably a birthday or Christmas gift I put it together for him. I had NO idea what this car is for or where it races. I’ll dabble into watching some NASCAR on occasion but this is some next level racing fandom.
As I don’t remember a whole lot about it, I’m presuming it went very smoothly. Tons and tons of decals over what I seem to recall the factory molded silver.
I know, that’s like taboo for a model builder, but you totally couldn’t see any mold marks or anything. It was a very clean and uber detailed kit by Tamiya.
Decals all went where they were supposed to, there were photo etched details, rubber wheels rolled smoothly, front wheels turned.
Even the chassis has decals and amazing details. The seat has a 5-point harness belt.
For something I didn’t fully understand nor have any particular interest in, I did a really good job!
Photo etched parts are really amazing. Can’t beat that for detail.
As far as I know my friend still has this on display somewhere all these years later.