[M Power] BMW M3 gt2 1/24 ...maybe..

[lovegt40]

The number of view of all threads about BMW's makes me think about how much many many modellers like these big and heavy german cars.

2 yrs ago I nearly scratchbuild the italian m3 racing into our Campionato Turismo Endurance and today I finally got the slot body from scaleauto about the official gt2 car.
The 2 cars are pretty different in shape,just they are lookalike (the italian one is finished in Italy by Rolandi Auto bmw dealer after Flossman body kit conversion),while the gt2 is the official (think still guys from AC Schnitzer, but not so sure).
Looking the front wheel arches u see one of the biggest difference between the 2 m3's.
I am only really happy the diecast base I used was really in correct scale, cause the 2 cars are nearly identical in size and proportions.
At today it is still not possible to buy only the single body (according to what I have been told, maybe overseas is different),so I was lucky to find a guy selling me a damaged body that I already fixed.
It is possible anyway to buy the Art Car done by jeff koons.I had it in my hands, and the tampo decalizing was quite welldone (surely better than ANY decal printed in alps).
Now i just wait some cool livery for this gt2 , but meanwhile....I have the car!







The body is moulded in a very nice,thin and very hard plastic, but some details as door handles and closed air intakes have to be fixed better for a static model



lucky they are same dimensions...







Rims are uncorrect for the Gt2 car.Unfortunately they dont match neither to the nearly-perfect-ever wheel as the BBS CSL2 is.
Shame, cause are very very thin moulded,maybe they can reused over revell's new DTM or over the C6R?



and very nice are also the PE grille coming with the model



..as well as the partial roll cage provided here looks to me way smaller than the real BIG one I saw into the italian m3.Probably is a mistake in the slotbody.





This is imho a very good starting base for a gt2 model,I just miss a "porno" livery still not available on the real ones (wonder if they will ever make something as the jagermeister car using this )

As well as I still miss a decent m3e46 to make the ADAC 24 rennen winner of the past,and its diecast to start with is hard to find and expensive here.

[MPWR]

Originally Posted by lovegt40

The number of view of all threads about BMW's makes me think about how much many many modellers like these big and heavy german cars.

Nah, I liked BMWs before they became big and heavy. Gimme a 2002tii kit!

[jano11]

They are not big (not the 3 series anyway) but damn heavy (even the small ones).

[endac]

I've always loved BMWs. It's a shame there aren't more kits out there of the more modern stuff

[oter]

cant say i like this bodystyle.

i think this look better:
http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...08-25-0007.jpg

i have the transkit from quick skins,so i can build this car,but i dont know if it would be built

[lovegt40]

Originally Posted by oter

cant say i like this bodystyle.

i think this look better:
http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...08-25-0007.jpg

i have the transkit from quick skins,so i can build this car,but i dont know if it would be built

The M3E36 gtr was one of the nicest ever (I prefer the classical bavarian Warsteiner livery btw).
Was only done as horrible die cast by bburago decades ago.To work on it to (try) obtain a decent model is an hell.
I dunno (and dont think) if somebody else did the gtr e36 in 24th scale.

Also I think all these racing BMWs would be a bestseller for plastic kit company (mostly in the past with a really better market).Is enough to think at the beauty of kits as the alfa 155 or the Calibra from Tamiya...

is this the tk u mean?:
http://www.slotracinglemans.com/newf...id=45&modid=74

[360spider]

Originally Posted by MPWR

Nah, I liked BMWs before they became big and heavy. Gimme a 2002tii kit!

TBH, I'm getting tired of hearing this, simply because I don't think this is relevant. Andy, have you driven new M3? Or even 135i Coupe? Yes, they are not as light as they used to be, but that's irrelevant. They are amazing cars, and they can do so much more even with their massive bodies.

And I'm speaking from experience. I had E36 M3 Coupe, and I still own Z3 M Coupe, the original "clown shoe". Both cars are very light compared to the current BMWs. I also own E60 5er and E63 6er, which are both very heavy cars. But their weight is irrelevant. They are better handling and performing cars than both E46 M3 and M Coupe. Their engines are better, their suspensions are crisper, their steering is more precise, their gearboxes are faster, and handling makes those old M's feel like Ford Model Ts. Not quite, but you get the point.

[oter]

Originally Posted by lovegt40

The M3E36 gtr was one of the nicest ever (I prefer the classical bavarian Warsteiner livery btw).
Was only done as horrible die cast by bburago decades ago.To work on it to (try) obtain a decent model is an hell.
I dunno (and dont think) if somebody else did the gtr e36 in 24th scale.

Also I think all these racing BMWs would be a bestseller for plastic kit company (mostly in the past with a really better market).Is enough to think at the beauty of kits as the alfa 155 or the Calibra from Tamiya...

is this the tk u mean?:
http://www.slotracinglemans.com/newf...id=45&modid=74

yes,that is the transkit i have

[lovegt40]

wow ! Alex is a bimmer !

Other, so to build it u need a Dragon/hasegawa/revell M3. They are quite rare and expensive today (also I saved nearly all the e36 I found around,including the ugly compact).
It is anyway a better base than burago brick.

[oter]

i have dragons 318is btcc as donor

[360spider]

Originally Posted by lovegt40

wow ! Alex is a bimmer !

I have been a bimmerhead for a long time. IMO, there is nothing on the road today, that can be beat as far as performance/value for your money. Yes, there are Porsches and Ferraris, etc but they are usually much more $$. I owned a Boxster and I will never, ever buy a Porsche again. It was breaking ALL the time, and there is not a single part on that car that is less than $250. I'm not kidding. Every single repair bill or part purchase was $250 or more. And there was a lot of them, for a car that only had 13K miles on it.

I had Z3 M Coupe for 4 years now, and I'm yet to fix anything on it. The car has 98K miles, and its 12 years old. It just works as it supposed to. Maintenance and wear parts are cheap too.

Used bimmers are such bargains! You get so much car for very little $$ and they do perform and rarely break. That's a good buy in my book :-) Maybe that is why I have not driven anything but BMW since 2001.

[ddtham]

Nice! Would love to see a built model of that M3.

Just to add into the discussion, my old 4.4 X5 breaks down all the time. Maybe it's a South Carolina thing...

[Mikezibit]

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...1017976&page=2

I have a Tamiya Mitsubishi Ev7 chassis with rollcage for the BMW






Mike

[lovegt40]

no, it is not a problem only for SC.There is a big discussion about such in italian bimmer forums.
The x5 (older serie) had serious quality problems,and being a top level SUV, the repairs are always quite expensive and not definitive.The most scary one is surely the automatic gear shifter, coming from GM and not done oem by bmw itself.
Consider down here was one of the bestseller suv ever,and today nearly disappear from the road.
Be really careful and change its oil very often,even if probably in Usa repair it will be possible (here nobody can repair an automatic gear shifter.They only change all the part)

[lovegt40]

I dream of a livery as this one, being the official M one of the most boring one ever seen on a bmw.Only a rendering for now...but maybe ...