Been a while, but I’ve finally managed enough bench time to make some progress on my Bimmer.
1st up was finally finishing the rear wing. I painted it semi gloss Black then a single carbon fiber decal wraps around the entire wing including what I still call a Gurney Flap. The M8 has a BMW sponsor decal on both the top and bottom as well as red side plates.
Top
Bottom
Next up I started the chassis and both front and back suspension which are basically just the upper and lower wishbones to hold the wheel/brake assemblies and the shocks. The bottom of the chassis was primed with my mixture of Tamiya LC primers then 3 coats of Tamiya LP Semi Gloss Black.
I still need to apply the carbon fiber decals if I want to go that route.
the front twin radiators and housing got assembled next and the radiator fronts and backs had PE ones added.
I painted it Matt Black then painted the radiators Metallic Gun Metal to better replicate a new radiator.
Next up was the 4 disc brake assemblies which I used polished PE parts for the discs. For some reason Nunu in their detail up set decided that there’s no reason to include the PE discs for the backs. Makes absolutely no sense to me.
Here’s a quick picture of how the disc brake assembly will look inside one of the wheels. The wheel is straight off of the sprue tree at this point. I gotta admit that I do like the overall look.
One strange decision by the designers was to include the rear end, the back half of the drive shaft, and the two rear axles. So I primed, painted, masked and AB’d Steel on all three shafts that I found out can’t be seen from any angle once the interior tub is glued into place.
This is as far as I’ve gotten, and with my 1st surgical procedure this coming Monday, not sure just how much I’ll get accomplished next week.
joel