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Been almost 6 months since my last completion. Moving everything will do that. This is my first project done at my new location. Mengs 1/24 BMW Z4 M40i. What a wonderful kit. Everything fit to perfection. A joy to build. color is Alclad 711 Candy Indigo over Alclad 701 silver and 122 Mirror gold. Only problem here was the clear coat. Alcads own clear just didn't make it. Finally resorted to Krylon latex clear. Advantage to this is the solvents in this clear do not etch into the base coat. Disadvantage is this takes a month and a half to cure before it can be sanded and polished. But it dries rock hard and polishes to a very hi shine. Other than seat belts and a lot of paint detailing this was done box stock. Particulars are in the captions below the pictures. Thanks for looking and comments welcome. Trying out a new background and photo location. Like the stance of this model rear shot shows off a lot of the detail Meng put into this kit. It is also the best phot to show off the two tone effect that was achieved with the airbrush side veiw and a little better view of the background. This kit came with an optional soft top in the up position. I omitted the side windows. Had a lot of fun with the interior. Color is Tamiya LP34 which is a light grayish blue. Insert color was done using Tamiya LP to match the exterior. Tamiya brown panel liner did the dark accents. Another veiw of the interior and the great effect the Tamiya panel liner had. Gotta luv this stuff.

Couldn't wait to get this kit. I had already done the three liveries that came with the kit so I ordered the Andretti/Bianci version from IndyCals. Paint is Tamiya TS-55 Dark Blue. The fit and finish on this kit is amazing. But I will say this. the body fits together very well but I got complacent and didn't check fit it with the engine, firewall and dash in place. This caused me some problems at the end of this build. Other than that everything else fit very well (that includes the glass) . There is plenty of room for extra detail which I may add later since the rear deck comes off easily. And I did buy another one so I will be correcting some of the issues that I had on this one. See captions under the pictures for extra details. Comments welcome. Engine detail was amazing. I added spark plug wires. This was before the firewall and seats were added. Other side veiw of the engine. Those exhaust pipes looked and fit well. Color is Alclad burnt iron over copper. Had to do a little carving with moto tool fine bits to get it to look better. Finished kit on its wheels. Body had to be glued and clamped in place but there still is a little gap. 1/64 minature is a Tomy slot car body on a pull back chassis. rear view detail. PE screen came with the kit as well as the tire decals. Had to cut the rear hinge pins so the body would snap in place. Not real crazy with the ride height but it looks OK. going to fix that too on the next one. Mario Andretti and Lucien Bianci drove this car at Lemans in 1966. They only completed 92 laps before retiring.