Well our newest member 'Thorst' dropped these in my inbox and asked me to share them. The photo quality isn't the greatest (I've done my best to clean them up) but you get the idea.

This thing looks mighty impressive to me! :bigthumb:

http://a7.cpimg.com/image/25/09/33482277-420c-025801C2-.jpg (http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2004-4-12/2274155-Peloton25a.jpg)

http://a5.cpimg.com/image/23/09/33482275-929a-025801C2-.jpg (http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2004-4-12/2274155-Peloton25b.jpg)

http://a9.cpimg.com/image/27/09/33482279-440c-025801C2-.jpg (http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2004-4-12/2274155-Peloton25c.jpg)

http://a1.cpimg.com/image/29/09/33482281-31b8-025801C2-.jpg (http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2004-4-12/2274155-Peloton25d.jpg)

Click each photo for the original hi-res image he sent me. He has already commited to sending me better ones, so give us a day to work that out and get them posted.

>8^)
ER

nice pics , i like the interior shot......amazing.....

thanks thorst and peloton...

^_^

did you do the modifications yourself Thorst ?

did you do the modifications yourself Thorst ?



Yes,

I will be sending Peloton much better pics. tonight!



Hope you like them.



Thorst.

THAT IS RAD! Sweet!

So that the forum doesn't miss out on our conversation, I'll post the important bits here. I asked Thorst about the custom bits on this 1/12th scale car and here's his reply:

"Yes, I have manufactured and improvised many details on my custom drksilver.
See the rims, they're totally rebuild, not just painted, you wont belive how long it took me to get that quite right.
The downforce/spoiler set is also hand made by myself and I've added tons of detail which is difficult to catch with my crappy camera.
The wheelnuts actually have BMW emblems in them!
The color I choose for the interior olso makes it difficult to take a clean pic.
I've spent about a year building and rebuilding things to have it the way I like it."

RAD is a word I would use too. :bigthumb:

>8^)
ER

Wow. That looks excellent. Cant wait to see more pics!

amazing

More photos have arrived - again, I have cleaned them up a bit, but they are clickable for the originals he sent if you are interested. :cool:

http://a0.cpimg.com/image/A2/36/33507490-ed7c-028001E0-.jpg (http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2004-4-12/2275594-Peloton25a.jpg)

http://a6.cpimg.com/image/9E/36/33507486-acb9-028001B8-.jpg (http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2004-4-12/2275594-Peloton25b.jpg)

http://a5.cpimg.com/image/9D/36/33507485-e01f-028001B8-.jpg (http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2004-4-12/2275594-Peloton25c.jpg)

http://a0.cpimg.com/image/9E/57/33508510-8e0e-028001E0-.jpg (http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2004-4-12/2275725-Peloton25a.jpg)

And another attempt at the interior shot:

http://a5.cpimg.com/image/A3/57/33508515-5082-028001E0-.jpg (http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2004-4-12/2275725-Peloton25b.jpg)

Thanks also to mini magic for allowing me to host the hi-res shots in his SC.net forum. :thumbsup:

>8^)
ER

Hello,

congratulations Thorst!
It is fantastic !

I wait for your LM !

Ciao
Phil

A custom 1:12 LM would be beyond awesome.

wow. those look amazing

Hi there guys! :naughty:

Does anyone of you have a salvaged 1:12 or know of any??
I'm working on my custom LM and I'm gonna need a second car fro finishing it! :rolleyes:

Great job thorst.

No spare here, also searching for a silver and red one.


:disappoin

Great job thorst.

No spare here, also searching for a silver and red one.


:disappoin




There's been a silver on Ebay for some days now.....

Yup, I'm just finished with the work on my 1:12 LM and can't decide what color to choose!

Papaya is the "true" LM color, while the black LM is "mystical"...
What do you guys think??

I'm gonna have it professionally sprayed so it'g gonna cost a bit.

Hello,

if you cannot make two models, maybe humm in fact, the two colors would be fantastic !!

Ciao
Phil

Yup, I'm just finished with the work on my 1:12 LM and can't decide what color to choose!

Papaya is the "true" LM color, while the black LM is "mystical"...
What do you guys think??

I'm gonna have it professionally sprayed so it'g gonna cost a bit.

I'd go with the Paypaya for two reasons:

- First, more people will recognize the car for what you are trying to make it appear to be in that color. Very little info is out there on the 'mythical' black ones, and it's still often debated that the cars even exist. There's some credible sources that have confirmed them, but it's still not common info.

- Second, there's no reference material available to work from unless you have things that the rest of us do not. In trying to recreate something in scale this seems even more important than how many are familiar with it. I mean imagine spending the time and money to "recreate" one of the black LMs only to finish and a few weeks/months later actual photos appear of the two cars and your attempt doesn't really match up. That would certainly be disappointing im my book if that occurred.

Can't wait to check it out! :bigthumb:

>8^)
ER

my latest conversion

http://community.webshots.com/s/image2/7/26/87/176072687WEmYRw_ph.jpg

only had troubles with the mirrors :banghead:

what is known on this paypaya color???

redx

thanks christophe

my latest conversion

only had troubles with the mirrors :banghead:

Sweet man - that looks great. I can imagine how much extra work it would be to fit the wing mirrors, so don't feel too bad. It looks great!

>8^)
ER

thanks guys,

next one will be an orange one, the one of Mr Kennedy.

Also a dakaryellow and a white one is on my list.

And a black one

I wish I had the talents and patience of you and Mr Thorst. :thumbsup:

Please feel free to share each one as you complete it. I'm especially interested in seeing the yellow and your version of Kennedy's F1.

>8^)
ER

Sweet man - that looks great. I can imagine how much extra work it would be to fit the wing mirrors, so don't feel too bad. It looks great!

>8^)
ER


Wing mirrors, have I missed something, why should the mirrors be hard to be done right???

You mean like the high mirrors I made for my custom 1:18 I've sendt pic. of to you earlier E??

:screwy:

Sorry - I guess I should have written "I can imagine how much extra work it would be to fit the mirrors to the A-Pillars, so don't feel too bad."

>8^)
ER

Check your mail buddy!