Merit 1/24 Vanwall VW5

[whatisdeletrazdoing]

Hi all,

It's been a while since I've done an F1 car, and it feels great to finish this one up. It's a Merit Vanwall VW5, which I bought from raceworks 66 from this very forum about 2 years ago.

The Merit hit was a whole lot of fun. Good fit overall and impressive quality given the kit is from 1957. It needed a little sprucing up on the detail side, so I scratchbuilt an interior and borrowed some wheels from the Tamiya 1/20 Lotus 25 kit. Paint is from Gravity Colors. I used some decals from Pattos Place. They weren't spectacular, but they got the job done.The little exhaust cover is from a San Pellegrino can (prickly pear flavor - the best!).

Glad to be back. Hopefully I'll have a Merit Ferrari D50 finished up soon as well.











Thanks for looking,
Jake

[MoFo]

Very nice.

[stubeck]

Thats awesome! I have an old Bugatti I gotta build some time.

[lezdep]

Looks cool ! Welcome back !

[CK]

Hi Jake,

It is a very cool build. It is not easy to find kits for this era of F1 cars.

Thanks for sharing the beautiful VW5.

[vekkuli]

Nice !

[smirkoff]

So simple and so beautiful! Looks like a lot of fun. Congratulations!

[marlborored]

Nice build!!

[gtziaf]

Wow!. Looks nice...

[MarcoSaupe]

Very nice, I'd really wish someone would make a couple plastic 1/20 kits of 50s F1 cars; something like Tamiya Lotus 25 quality and detail level would be perfect.