Fujimi BMW 5 Series Schnitzer S5

[Funkychiken]

The dash looks perfect. Would they have painted the steering wheel spokes blue or is that something you wanted to do ??

Well, the instructions say that the whole steering wheel is blue, however, it's a much darker blue. I did the outer part of the wheel in Black, just to make it look interesting.

[Funkychiken]

The Chassis is now complete, the only issue was the exhaust position, it was too high & offset to one side. I made a simple washer out of plastic & it sorted it out.

I conducted another spoon test. The photo is not good, but the spoon on the right is under-coated with Tamiya silver spray, and the paint has been filtered through some tights, and thinned with Lacquer thinner. There are some large dark spots, but it'll do...

The tyres' flash was removed with this dremel thing, it made a bloody mess everywhere, and I almost lost the thread.

A bit of diluted Indian Ink lifts the details on the wheels... just the body left now.

[Funkychiken]

Interior tub complete too.

Very basic, I didn't add any seatbelts or flocking this time...

[tmathew1us]

Coming along very nicely, you don't see a lot these kits completed. Looking forward to the finished product.

It looks like you are getting a lot of splatter and dark spots on your test spoons - is the paint being thoroughly mixed? Spraying at about 25 PSI? Just make sure to test again on the spoons before spraying the paint onto the body. 

Edited August 7, 2017 by tmathew1us
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[kelson]

That interior really pops!!

[geetee66]

Looks great!

That kit has nailed the shape of the Beemer, perfectly.

good wheel / colour choice, too.

I'm looking forward to seeing this finished ?

[Funkychiken]

The body shell has been a battle. I've been trying to deepen the panel lines, and ended up having to fill my mistakes.

You can see how it turned out in the sun roof... not great.

So I've decided just to paint it as is.

It's Zero Paints primer, then a couple of coats of Tamiya  spray can silver - with a light sanding in-between coats...

I'll let this sit for a few weeks then go over it with the boston green...

[Dann Tier]

I still think it looks good.......maybe the paint will help fill-in a bit and distract.

[simonr]

Excellent so far, my friend!

Simón P. Rivera Torres

[Funkychiken]

This is the body with the Boston Green Touch up paint applied.

It's Filtered through some old tights - due to heavy dark sediments. Not sue if that's part of the colour, or it's a defective mix.

It is also diluted quite a lot with lacquer thinner (Tamiya brand)

It has 1 mist coat, then 2 medium coats, then a few days drying, a light sanding with 6000 grit cloth, which went through to the silver substrate, then 2 more medium coats.

It's a strange colour, it looks really dark, but held up to the light and after a photo, it looks great. Not so great in real life, it's too dark.

The spoon is coated with Zero Paints 1K clear. It's had 1 mist coat & 2 heavy coats. Looks great to me. give it a week & I'll be applying the clear...!

Edited September 25, 2017 by Funkychiken
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[Dann Tier]

LOOKING GOOD!!!!

[Funkychiken]

So applying to a spoon is one thing, but on a body, an entirely different kettle of fish...

I tried to coat the 1K over the body, using the same technique as I did with the spoon, and it was a bit patchy. Plus I had a bit of dust embedded.

I tried to sand too soon, and ended up ruining the clear-coat. I tried to recover it, but it didn't work. SO I keyed the whole body again, and re-sprayed the body. a few shots of that to follow. Only need to clear coat again now... but it'd getting cold...

[Funkychiken]

And the final clear coat is down. 1 light coat and two heavy ones.

Looks like it will need a polish, I don't think I'll be trying to sand it out.

Would be good to finish one this year...

[Funkychiken]

Masked & sprayed Tamiya Acrylic Black, I lightly scuffed the gloss prior to spraying.

just the final detailing now...

[geetee66]

That colour came out well in the photos.

I've had a few cars that look better to the eye, than a camera and that's no good when I'm posting them here! 

You got a nice finish on the clear, too. Looks like a buff-up is all it needs ?

[kelson]

Nice looking paint job!,glad to see the masking came out nice and clean,i;ve had to repaint countless times because of bleed through.

[Funkychiken]

8 hours ago, geetee66 said:

That colour came out well in the photos.

I've had a few cars that look better to the eye, than a camera and that's no good when I'm posting them here! 

You got a nice finish on the clear, too. Looks like a buff-up is all it needs ?

 

2 hours ago, kelson said:

Nice looking paint job!,glad to see the masking came out nice and clean,i;ve had to repaint countless times because of bleed through.

Thank you sirs!

[Kemszi]

nice!

i like the color!

[tmathew1us]

On 12/10/2017 at 5:02 PM, Funkychiken said:

Masked & sprayed Tamiya Acrylic Black, I lightly scuffed the gloss prior to spraying.

just the final detailing now...

 

 

Masking came out great!

What is the white stuff you are using under the Tamiya tape?

[935k3]

8 minutes ago, tmathew1us said:

Masking came out great!

What is the white stuff you are using under the Tamiya tape?

I think it's the new flexible trim tapes from Tamiya

 

[Funkychiken]

On 12/12/2017 at 3:58 AM, 935k3 said:

I think it's the new flexible trim tapes from Tamiya

 

Yes it is, and they work a treat for me

[skid896]

Really impressed with that colour and the masking, nice build, I will echo the comments of everyone else 90s Bimmers awesome.  I used the same tape the other week but still got bleeding with brush painting.  I guess you get less pressure on the tape with spraying.

[Funkychiken]

Bought a  Molotow Chrome Pen (1mm) and used it for the chrome. It's not easy, but much easier than BMF.

 

[Funkychiken]

On ‎12‎/‎16‎/‎2017 at 9:35 PM, skid896 said:

Really impressed with that colour and the masking, nice build, I will echo the comments of everyone else 90s Bimmers awesome.  I used the same tape the other week but still got bleeding with brush painting.  I guess you get less pressure on the tape with spraying.

Thanks Paul! yes I've used brush before & has it bleed (on window frames) so I do avoid that and go with the AB.

[PatW]

On 26/02/2017 at 10:13 PM, Funkychiken said:

And thanks to  Mr Espo, It got me thinking, and I decided to go for Boston Green.

Got this little bottle off eBay for about a fiver.

The pic is the colour I'm aiming for

It's the same colour as our 7 series we had a few years ago, nice!