BMW 316i compact progress

Hi this is my second BMW ever built. It is the hatchback version of the E36 3-series. I think the original front bumper looks too thin and doesn't match the rest of the body so I started modifying it first thing.
The bumper design comes from the style in the PS2 game Tokyo Extreme Racer 0.
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Im also planning to put a GT wing on it. Otherwise the rest of the body would be kept stock unless I find some better looking parts.

The shape is made with styrene boards and soon many areas will be filled with epoxy putty.
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Nice! Who makes the kit?

Yeah, who makes that? It looks like a revell kit, but IDK.

Good work! Hope to see it finished soon!

do you have game shark?

Oh man that bumper is looking so good! Im building the same kit right now. Decided on a color yet? For the people that dont know, its a Dragon kit. Dragon also has an M3. Hope to see more progress! Btw mine will be either blue or red.

Looks to be very promising, keep us posted on the progress!!

Have fun with the kit and can't wait to see it finished :smokin:

Kewl project!!! :smokin:

ui have that game too, no thats not game shark.....you get that much money when you beat parts of the game. bimmers are my passion cant wait to see yours done!

I Can't Wait To See This Car Done!!!! I Have This Car In 1:1!:d:d:d

It is the dragon kit, but some parts seem to come from Revell since their sprues have the Revell logo molded on.
This is the only one I could get my hands onto. They seem non-existence around where I live.

Milliput was put on shortly after the boards are glued on. I think I will paint the body a somewhat deep metallic green. I've mixed the paint already and are in a bottle ready to use. It will be close to the color of my civic sedan as they are leftovers from the project.

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Thats a very cool and unique kit man! Can't wait to see it done. Im sure it will be flawless like your Civic Sedan.

I really like how its coming along.

Nice buils, keep it up

6 million dollars wooooohooooo ive played for about 50 days and only haveabout 60 grand guess i suck as a driver ..come to think of it i havent even seen the bimmer as an option for me to purchase :( coming along ncely so far

BMW comes from beating a wanderer in the game.

After first time of sanding:
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And almost near end of sanding, flaws are present but minimal. I polished it shiny but it shouldnt have mattered because it will be covered with primer anyway. I felt like wasting extra time with the bumper :P
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Been building a GT wing that mounts on the edge of the trunk. It is inspired by the back of a FC3S in TXR3. The legs of my wing is complete with brackets so small and spent 1+ hours glueing them on. Might not look as good as SAS photoetch wings but Im still proud of it! :D
Side plates are complete but I will glue them on only after the glue on the legs are dried.
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Sweet, nice kit.

Mike :smokin:

The wing and bumper is looking great. Are you planning anything for the rear bumper or will it be stock?

The rear bumper is going to be stock.

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Both bumpers had primer after doing puttywork with them. Front bumper will need a little more work.
I am going to ditch the stock mirrors in favor of the smaller, more aerodynamic efficient racing mirrors. They came from my parts box and need to be repaired using paper clips as the original legs broke off.

Do you think I also need to primer the body just like the bumpers to get a uniform color when spray painting? I plan to paint the body a dark metallic green.

This is coming along nicley. I like the idea of using an european car as a tuner. Doesnt happen often. But. IMO, i think this car would look killer in Lemon Laub yellow. Its a VW Color, and its the color i used for my M3 in TXR0

This is coming along nicley. I like the idea of using an european car as a tuner. Doesnt happen often. But. IMO, i think this car would look killer in Lemon Laub yellow. Its a VW Color, and its the color i used for my M3 in TXR0

Yea either that, or the M3 blue which i dont know the name of the color :lol:

As of your primer question. I would primer the whole body just in case. Atleast just a light coat. The bumper looks awesome by the way. Great work.

Lookin' good!
Yea either that, or the M3 blue which i dont know the name of the color :lol:

I love M3 blue and its called Alaska Blue if Im not mistaken. I plan to do my Ti in either that or red since im replicating my friend's car which is red.

Looks good. About the color, red or M3 blue or yellow are good on this car. You can also use the titansilber as my real car...

Keep us updated.

Looks nice so far. Good job on front bumper :bigthumb:

Nice wing. I can't see it well enough but has it got a curve like the real thing? If so, how do you get the curve?

RB26DETT-GTR: I decided to primer the whole body first before painting colors onto it. It looks pretty good now. Thanks for suggesting.

Tikiman: The GT wing deck has a small uniform curve just like how aluminum wings are. I did it by bending a large piece of styrene board (similar to folding the board but dont apply too much force), draw a rectangle surrounding a section of the bent line, cut along the rectangle, then sand edges smooth.

Thanks to the people who suggested me colors. However because I wanted to 1. Save the car a little conservative tone and 2. Use up more of the paint I had previously mixed myself, I decided to paint the car with metallic green, added a little bit more metallic blue to the color originally for the civic sedan to make the color less grass-like. This might not be the most flashy or sporty color ever on a car but I decided to paint it according to how I want it to be.

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Interior is partially stripped and added a half roll cage. Carpet will be put on around the front seats but leaving the rear part of passenger compartment empty (nobody is going to leech a ride off me from now on!) Im thinking of should I add stuff onto the dashboard (S-AFC, tachometer, gauges etc) Suggestions are welcome.

The back panel (grey part interior) will soon be painted with carbon fiber effect, just like the hood and mirrors.

Wow man that bumper came out great! As for the dash, I think a tach and a S-AFC would be fine. Keep on it man!

Wow that interior is hot! The color is real nice. I saw the M3 Coupe version at a hobby shop just about 10 blocks away from my house, it all looked very nice except the price...30 dollars!!!

Great beemer, nice custom work done to it. I ordered the same kit from ebay a while ago but i swear the dude beat me for my money. Lately i have been getting robbed, just bad luck i guess. My suggestion is to put some eye lids on it, keep us updated.

Dayum!! I'm glad I looked at this thread!! Extremely creative and well-executed modifications!! Keep up the awesome work!! Green=:sunglassex10!

A tach and S-AFC it will be on the dash.

Yay I thought green can't be too bad of a choice.

I got mine for $40 canadian.

Here is the body clearcoated and masking tapes peeled off. Im going to paint the hood and grill soon

Thinking door strips either body color or carbon effect. Which one should I choose? (white part on side are bare plastic I will apply glue on. Strips go onto it and are not in pics yet.)

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cool color. Nice model all together. Great job so far

I was thinking of doing my strips black but the carbon fiber would look cool, I say go for the carbon fiber.

i love txr0!!! i love your car all the same! i'm tryna beat txr3 now... have fun on this project!

What rims will be going on?

Hmm. 40 Canadians would be like around 30 dollar-ish. Man thats just like here. :uhoh: :lol:

Kool stuff, what rims are you going to put on it. :biggrin:

Sweet! Love all the work that you did.

Long time no see! :wave:

As I was trying to test my newly built spray booth, I brought this model out again to spray TS-13. Another reason for that was to also cover the parts of body where I polished past the clear onto the green paint.

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I lost my original F1-style mirrors after I moved, so I made a new set. It took me a long time to actually try to start work on it since I haven't touched the model for almost a year. Right now I need to relearn a lot of the building techniques I had been using.

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The aluminum wing was painted except the sides. Those will be painted carbon fiber, along with the mirrors, side stripes, hood, and maybe some interior pieces. For now I am thinking of using revell ITR stock wheels. It has to be modified for the bmw tires to fit.

I hope have enough will power to finish this model T_T. . . .

excellent work, i would go with a cf hood and door strips, keep the progress coming!!

bump for more progress

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pedals and Apexi AFC test fitted. Now I am thinking if a tachometer should be made and where it would go if made.

thank you.

Keep it commin'!!

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radiator and oil cooler, modified chassis to hold them, and to let to body be able to fit with the chassis

Carbon fiber many things

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