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Man builds his own MB SLR

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Dudd

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Originally posted by: NogginBoink
Originally posted by: BatmanNate
Why?

For the same reason that I'm building my own airplane.

Have any pics? I saw over on another forum a link to a guy making his own 1:6 model Russian fighter (Su-33 or Su-27, maybe? I can't remember). What I want to know is, how the hell do you fly those things? Military level wireless control has to cost a fortune.
 

everman

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Nice job. Now maybe they'll get a job at a car company as designers or something, this certainly makes for a nice resume :) I'd assume that's one of the main reasons for doing it.

edit: of course this car is technologically inferior to what Mercedes can do.
 

BooGiMaN

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Originally posted by: Dudd
Originally posted by: NogginBoink
Originally posted by: BatmanNate
Why?

For the same reason that I'm building my own airplane.

Have any pics? I saw over on another forum a link to a guy making his own 1:6 model Russian fighter (Su-33 or Su-27, maybe? I can't remember). What I want to know is, how the hell do you fly those things? Military level wireless control has to cost a fortune.

or liek that guy that built that minuture ferrari that actually worked... 100% exact replica to minuture scale ..turned on with a lil key and everythign if i remmber correctly
 

SSP

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Oct 11, 1999
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Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: mfs378
At least appreciate the skill that it took to put that thing together.
Very skillful, but still quite lame.

I'd like to see you do that! This is not another lexus body kit. The car is in not in production, so this persion had to rely on photos and other little resources to build the car.
 

Tot

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Hmmm, are they going to crash test it?

I hope it passes the test.

BEER:mad:
 

BooGiMaN

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i love those rims on the real one...nice

the real one looks very aggressive...id love to drive this one around town and see the reaction on peoples faces :p
 

EvilYoda

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wow. WOW. He is my idol.

I'd pull it into an uber-fashionable town, find some new-money guy (or thug in the ghettos in the states) and sell it (pretend you stole it or something) for $150K or something. :)
 

adlep

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Mar 25, 2001
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The guy is Polish!
I am not kidding, look at the plates....:)
I am not sure if I want to be proud or embarrased :confused:
 

adlep

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Ok...
The entire car is hand made from '88 500 SEC.
The entire car is build from steel (heavy :Q) but some parts of the body are aluminum...
Edit: Will try to translate as I will read on...
 

Gunbuster

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Going to all that trouble I would design my own car, not copy a benz and end up with that ugly thing