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Welly 1:24 2014 Mercedes-Benz SL500

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Normally i'm not a big fan of vehicles that come from Mercedes-Benz.  Don't get me wrong that i'm not saying that I don't enjoy a few of them every now and then but to me personally I never liked luxury cars, especially in silver, and that's what a lot of vehicles from M-B are.  Then again, if its sporty and in red with AMG touches then i'm hooked, and that was the case with the SLS-AMG.  However, Welly's execution of the modern-day gullwing was less-than-stellar.  The surprise result:  The execution of this SL500. Click Here for Photo Gallery Mercedes Iconic Roadster Nothing says M-B roadsters like the SL family.  First born as a gullwing coupe and roadster back in the 1950's: both based on racing heritage and both extremely rare and valuable today.  The SL shifted course to a smaller and more visible roadster and coupe to be status symbols throughout the 1960's and 1970's.  By the 1980's the SL was starting to become

Welly 1:24 2005 Ford Mustang GT and Maisto 1:24 2006 Ford Mustang GT

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One of my most favorite modern Ford Mustang's is the 2005-2009 body style, yet as much as I like this generation I can never seem to find one with the proper details and dimensions of the actual car.  Well I finally found one from Welly, of course, but it needed some added flare, so once again the project of enhancing a 2005 Ford Mustang GT in 1:24 scale was underway. Click Here for Photo Gallery Long-overdue makeover By 2004 the Mustang has finally risen itself far past the dead after a near-miss being a front-drive sports car, which eventually became the Ford Probe in 1989 and it disappeared after 1997.  Still, it was old, the V6 mustangs looked like cheap plastic toys where the V8 GT models had some polish, the platform was old as well still dating back to the Fox body shared with the long-deceased Ford Fairmont.  It was time for a change, so the 2005 Ford Mustang finally did so starting with a new platform, the DEW 98, shared with the Jaguar S-type, Lincoln