Car from Great Britain (right-hand drive)

Car from Great Britain (right-hand drive)

Concept
We wanted to have a car from Great Britain on our model railway layout. Of course it is not enough to put British registration plates on a German model car - in the UK they have got their steering wheels on the right. We decided to convert a Mercedes-Benz SL-class car with open roof that will reveal our work at first glance.

We needed:
- HERPA Mercedes-Benz SL-class model car - black sprue from our 'might-be-useful-one-day' box - different REVELL paints - red and black insulating tape


	1. Dismantling the model car
	Just taken from the package the model Benz already looked quite realistic. The outside mirrors were separate parts (still on a sprue) and had to be glued to the doors later.

	After a glimpse at the interior with its steering wheel on the left there was no doubt: This car was made for continental Europe. But we would change that…

	Dismantling an unknown model car should start with pulling off the wheels with a tweezers. After that you can usually have a look under the wings to find out how the parts are held together by mortise and tenon. A bright lamp is often useful.

	The tail lights of most model cars have a tenon that holds together chassis and bodywork. We pushed the lamps carefully out with our tweezers like shown in the photo on the left.

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