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08/01/2023 3:25 pm
I'll always be grateful to CMC for turning me on to the classic German designs of the AutoUnion group, and Mercedes. The 1936 Horch 853 Sport Cabriolet was a luxury Autobahn cruiser powered by a 105hp 5.0 liter straight 8 offering mid-80s speed with a wallet taxing 11 mpg. With all the luxe appointments it was a fairly heavy car weighing in at almost 5800 lbs. CMC replicates all that sumptuous leather and wood trim as well as a realistic fabric top. The paint scheme and finish is as good as it gets.
08/01/2023 6:04 pm
Have the top up and sorry I never bought the top down version.
08/01/2023 6:14 pm
An amazing model, or at least it was. My green one has developed significant rash. My closed version in red has developed diecast-rot and has begun to disintegrate in many places. My open red version is or at least was, in excellent condition the last time I looked at it.
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
Rich Sufficool reacted
08/01/2023 7:53 pm
@jcarnutz John I had that problem with my Red/Burgandy top down version. It was in A-1 MINT perfect condition. It was packed away. Some 4-5 years later I took it out for a look and was horrified!! The left rear wheel was laying in the box, both doors didn’t close and were warped badly, the rear body section started to crack when I put my hands on it. The only still perfect part was the hood/bonnet. Even the top mechanism was cracked in 4-5 spots!!! I contacted CMC and sent pictures etc. they did offer me a replacement at I believe 1/2 retail but they wanted me to send my defect back.
To this day this all still annoys me! I shouldn’t have had to send back a model I paid 170 for to get a new one at reduced price. I regret telling them no I’m keeping
my defective model as I paid for it. Had they “given” me a replacement free I might not have minded
08/01/2023 7:58 pm
Richard I have the LE top up black/silver Horch and Burgandy top down version. Both are great and beautiful models. I bought my LE one from Bruno I believe in Australia second hand. It had minor rash in a few spots that I polished out to almost perfect. That was about 23 years ago! It hasn’t gotten much worse or degraded thank God. My replacement top down Horch which was obtained about 13-15 years ago is almost perfect aside from a slight spot showing rash on the drivers door. Thank God that one hasn’t suffered from the diecast rot like my original one!
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Topic starter
08/01/2023 10:15 pm
@phil-r "Bruno from Australia".... that brings back memories. I bought a few CMCs from him too. The silver LE was courtesy of Jay Olins who managed to secure a case of them direct.
I'm shocked to hear about all the problems with the metal and paint on these models. I guess I got lucky. (Knock on wood!)
Tony Perrone reacted
10/01/2023 1:23 pm
No rash problems in the Netherlands with these cmc's until today 😅 Could it be possible that problems are caused by temperature changes when displayed or stored in a box? If have them displayed in a room with a temperature between 16-24 C and no direct sunlight....
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10/01/2023 4:39 pm
sorry to hear about the issues with these models. You've described an appalling example of service Phil. Clearly it was CMCs manufacturing process that caused the problems.
There is a couple of much rarer color examples of the Mercedes and I think the Horsh? A blue and yellow Merc and silver and black Horsh.
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