Jason Bettis builds the German made civilian car with living supplies from Diopark in 1/35th scale.

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Thank you for the review and build log.

One question: How does the TAXI sign look/build? (Thinking about doing one as a classic german taxi in a REFORGER dio)

And one remark: The W123 was build 1975-1986 and was around in sizeable numbers in Europe well into the 1990s. So it covers a huge time frame. Even today there are > 15.000 in operation (having a licence plate and paying taxes) in germany

The taxi sign is a one piece affair. just glues on the top via 2 small holes, I think it would look the part once painted up....

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I guess the next question is, is there paint in that ubiquitous German taxi color?

Since 1971, a pale yellow/beige color (RAL 1015) has been the standard.



Before '71, they were all black.

It looks very nice in the black especially with that front chromed.....

Classical car ..good look

@ HeavyArty: I see they changed the front lights too. I like better the post '71 one. Indeed, that color is not easy.

Thanks for review - interesting

The cars in RAL 1015 "Hell-Elfenbein" (Brigh Ivory) and the one in black are different types of vehicles. The black one is

W110

The top one is a

Dash-8

and the middel one (like the kit) is a

123

Both -8 and 123 are relatiely common "youngtimers" in germany since spare parts are cheap and plentyful. AND the cars are easy to maintain - even sports-teachers can handle that.