Riley Motorsports #33 Mercedes AMG GT3

Here is my first true, completed sports car build using the Tamiya Mercedes kit and a set of decals from Slotfabrik. I couldn't have picked a more challenging selection to get my feet wet with sports car building. The Tamiya kit is excellent but the paint scheme and decals were the challenging part. First off I had to paint the body three times to finally get the best looking color match for the matte finish blue. Secondly, the overall finish was difficult because part of the paint scheme is matte and the rest is gloss. And third, never having used these decals before, I was in for a battle as they were a huge headache to get to lay down over all of the contours on this body. The passenger side was easier to do as I learned from my mistakes on the drivers side and found out that the larger panels went on better if you broke down the decals into smaller segments. 

For the money I spent to complete this build the results could have been better but I'm still reasonably pleased with the outcome.