1/43 Mercedes Benz 190/220SE taxi. - Printable Version

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1/43 Mercedes Benz 190/220SE taxi. - Lloyd.L - 18th-May-19

Anyone who followed this year's Pronomag 1/43 proxy, run, as always, by Peter in Austria, will have seen my dainty little Mercedes taxi.

Having a fairly heavy brass chassis, this car was never going to win any drag races! But, as I have recently found on my new routed 'Little Snett' track, it handles beautifully and will lap smoothly and consistantly all day long, and is fun to drive.

I started off with a chassis that I had previously made for another car a few years ago, but cant remember what it was, possibly a Torino. It uses an FF030 motor, mounted as a sidewinder with Ranch Design gears and rear wheels, and has front axle mounts made from electrical connectors and has a Pfuetze guide.

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You will have noticed that at some stage I removed chunks of the floor in a feeble effort to reduce weight!

The young lady driver previously drove a Leyland Sherpa van, so has definitely moved up in the world!

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At this point it was still going to be a 220SE but I lost the headlamps!

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So it became a 190, at the front at least! Photos and track by Peter Pfister.

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Regards, Lloyd.

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RE: 1/43 Mercedes Benz 190/220SE taxi. - Scuderia_Turini - 18th-May-19

Very nice job Lloyd.
The 190 look is pretty good.
Driver must be an early Uber type...


Leo

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RE: 1/43 Mercedes Benz 190/220SE taxi. - Lloyd.L - 22nd-May-19

Thanks Leo, not many taxi drivers like that round here!

Lloyd

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