JollySipper Posted January 7, 2023 Posted January 7, 2023 Hello, fellow model builders! I hope it's okay to start a topic here..... I was just wanting to open a thread about anything to do with BMW. This thread can be a place to show both works in progress, or for completed builds. Anything to do with this lovely automotive company, from motorcycles, to full-on race cars, and everything in between! I guess I should get things going for us! I just got the Hasegawa 2002 tii yesterday..... This is a very nice kit! They have you start with the interior, since there's no engine to speak of. So far I just have the wheel and shifter done...... I'll be going with a tan and black interior, and hopefully silver for the exterior....... So, if any of you guys want to share either finished builds or progress on one, please feel free to do so!
stitchdup Posted January 7, 2023 Posted January 7, 2023 Nice job on the wheel mate, if you give the wood you've done a dusting of clear orange it'll be spot on for the nardi wheels that a lot of these get
stitchdup Posted January 7, 2023 Posted January 7, 2023 I'll play along. Kit is one of the nunu bmw e46 touring cars but I'll be making a stanced road car using a uscp interior kit with a front seat swap from a ferrari trans kit. Wheels will be custom deep dish 19" 5 spokes with the brakes from the ferrari transkit as well. Colour will be as close to the e46 green as i can get with a humbrol army green and tamiya pearl, possibly with another pearl from from duplicolour too.
Belugawrx Posted January 7, 2023 Posted January 7, 2023 (edited) 35 minutes ago, stitchdup said: Nice job on the wheel mate, if you give the wood you've done a dusting of clear orange it'll be spot on for the nardi wheels that a lot of these get I agree, a nice coat of Tamiya Clear Orange would make it POP I like Bimmers. I'll follow Edited January 7, 2023 by Belugawrx 2
JollySipper Posted January 7, 2023 Author Posted January 7, 2023 38 minutes ago, stitchdup said: Nice job on the wheel mate, if you give the wood you've done a dusting of clear orange it'll be spot on for the nardi wheels that a lot of these get That's what I was hoping the wheel could represent.... I need clear orange for the indicator lenses, so more than likely I'll put some on the wheel, too..... 1
JollySipper Posted January 13, 2023 Author Posted January 13, 2023 I can't really start on this in earnest until I get some primer, which should happen tomorrow........ The primer I have isn't behaving well with this Hasegawa plastic. It's too hot for it. In the meantime, I'm just doing small stuff for the interior....... I found something rather amusing in the instructions! I guess something is lost in translation......... 1
stitchdup Posted January 13, 2023 Posted January 13, 2023 13 minutes ago, JollySipper said: I can't really start on this in earnest until I get some primer, which should happen tomorrow........ The primer I have isn't behaving well with this Hasegawa plastic. It's too hot for it. In the meantime, I'm just doing small stuff for the interior....... I found something rather amusing in the instructions! I guess something is lost in translation......... if you follow the directions please dont share any photos 1
JollySipper Posted January 22, 2023 Author Posted January 22, 2023 Been working on the front end trim and bumper....... I even tried to get the lenses oriented correctly! I used Bruce's trick of poking the lens with a sharp #11 blade to handle it........ 1
JollySipper Posted January 24, 2023 Author Posted January 24, 2023 Some more progress! The tan is vinyl dye from DupliColor over Krylon primer..... I needed to prime everything because the front seats are molded in gray, and the tub and rear seat were white.
JollySipper Posted January 26, 2023 Author Posted January 26, 2023 Some more progress, the interior is done minus the steering wheel......... 1
JollySipper Posted February 5, 2023 Author Posted February 5, 2023 Working on some of the suspension bits.......... 1
JollySipper Posted February 8, 2023 Author Posted February 8, 2023 Kinda messing around with this wheel/tire combo....... What do you guys think? 1
PowerPlant Posted February 10, 2023 Posted February 10, 2023 (edited) I think those wheels suit it perfectly! In fact, I am curious where you got them because they look great. You might want to consider some wider wheel arches however, that would be extra badash! ? Edited February 10, 2023 by PowerPlant
JollySipper Posted February 10, 2023 Author Posted February 10, 2023 Hey, Matija, Thanks! The wheels are from a Fujimi BMW kit (the 635CSi) and the tires I got in a trade........ I'll have to remove some width from the wheels if I do end up using them.
89AKurt Posted February 10, 2023 Posted February 10, 2023 Just because I have this kit plus detail parts, I will be lurking. 1
JollySipper Posted February 10, 2023 Author Posted February 10, 2023 9 hours ago, 89AKurt said: Just because I have this kit plus detail parts, I will be lurking. Cool of you to join in, Kurt! This is a delightful little kit......... Do you have the door cards, too?
89AKurt Posted February 10, 2023 Posted February 10, 2023 1 hour ago, JollySipper said: Cool of you to join in, Kurt! This is a delightful little kit......... Do you have the door cards, too? Yea, and the Alpina wheels too. ?
JollySipper Posted February 11, 2023 Author Posted February 11, 2023 6 hours ago, 89AKurt said: Yea, and the Alpina wheels too. ? Cool! I wonder if anyone makes a decal set for Alpina graphics? I want to get another one of these kits and at least the under hood detail stuff for it...... I wanted to get a feel for the kit first, but now that I have it, it's such a good kit that there wouldn't have been any problems with the detail-up stuff....... 1
stitchdup Posted February 11, 2023 Posted February 11, 2023 9 hours ago, JollySipper said: Cool! I wonder if anyone makes a decal set for Alpina graphics? I want to get another one of these kits and at least the under hood detail stuff for it...... I wanted to get a feel for the kit first, but now that I have it, it's such a good kit that there wouldn't have been any problems with the detail-up stuff....... I think spot model have the alpina graphics and a few others for this kit and the e30s 1
JollySipper Posted February 22, 2023 Author Posted February 22, 2023 Taillights and rear bumper....... Each light is four pieces. I just hope I got the lenses in correctly! 1
JollySipper Posted February 24, 2023 Author Posted February 24, 2023 We're in primer! There was pretty much zero prep needed on the body. I did carve the door lines some and gave it a good scrub before primer....
stitchdup Posted February 25, 2023 Posted February 25, 2023 Looks like a great kit TJ, I'm hoping to get mine moving soon now the bathroom is finally done
JollySipper Posted February 28, 2023 Author Posted February 28, 2023 Just wanted to show you guys how the silver looks that I'll be painting this......... Just need to let the clear dry, then I can proceed.
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