Rear horseshoe chrome trim

[Brennie]

Can someone enlighten me as to how this chrome trim attaches please?
Does it just push on?

[Brennie]

As seen here…

[Brennie]

Apologies for the plagiarised photo..

[David Robinson]

Brennie
There are clips that you put on the body first. The trim sits onto them.


https://www.sls-hh-shop.de/main/en/mercedes-230-280sl-w113-/75-88-trunk-softtop-box-bonnets-lids/75-c-softtop-box/clip-hood-boot-cover-strips-front-trim-p-134450

[Brennie]

Excellent…thank you..
How many are needed do you think?

[Pawel66]

A 113 988 01 78

You need 12.

About EUR 1.2 at Mercedes dealers including VAT.

[Brennie]

Thank you yet again Pawel…
I’ve ordered them already from the SL Shop here £1.08 ..
by the way..

[Pawel66]

I built HMS Victory years ago.... I have a picture of Royal Sovereign at hand. You also see the stern of HMS Bounty.

[Brennie]

Wow!

[rwmastel]

I assume those are NOT Lego builds!  LOL Amazing work.

[lreppond]

I have my “horseshoe chrome trim” off my car for polishing.  What I thought might have been pitting was just crud that had built up over the years. They look gorgeous after a little work.   For the heck of it, I looked them up on Authentic to see if they were available.  I was shocked to find each section listed at just a few dollars shy of $1000! $2000 for the set!   (This is not that a typo either.)

As for Pawel’s model ship: Unbelievable! Such beautiful detail especially those riggings which must have taken forever to construct.  Your talent never ceases to amaze me. 

[Pawel66]

They are NLA at Mercedes, but about EUR 280 at SLS or Niemoeller, so a bit better probably when shipped to the US.

P.S.
Thank you! The rigging is based on a book on rigging of English men of war I bought in the Maritime Museum in Greenwhich in London, years ago...

[Brennie]

I now have the clips to secure the trim.. 12 in total.. is there a formula for placing them or is it just common sense?
Ps Pawel
Have you visited here on your trips to London?

[Brennie]

Ok
So now I have the clips to attach the trim..
My question is ..How?
Is this the correct way to fit them?

[Brennie]

Hi
I’m still needing to know which way around the clips go to secure the chrome trim.. it’s not obvious it appears..
Thank you

[Pawel66]

Maybe here:

https://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=32626.msg237426#msg237426

[rwmastel]

Panel,

Youre extremely helpful, but at some point it is more helpful to teach a man to fish.  Share the Search terms instead of the results.

[Brennie]

Pawel and all
Thank you once again for all your help and guidance.. I think I now know how they fit( although the pictures in the links are rather blurred) I hoping when I get to actually fitting the trim it becomes more obvious.. with the clips being “barbed” I have a feeling that once you install,if it’s wrong, you might have a problem getting them off again.. measure three times, cut once..  it costs nothing to ask..