Converting the BMW M1 Protour into a Ferrari Daytona 365 GTB/4 LeMans

[gionc]

Dammn dammn I noticed now the pict's sticker LOL

[Hiroboy]

Looks mighty fine

[RallyRaider]

Brilliant stuff Captain, decals and paint (if there is there any to be seen ) look seamless.

[klutz_100]

UPDATE:

Thanks again Gents!

I have moved into the cockpit.

Fist of all I used the kit fire extinguisher and not the turned metal one in the scaleproduction set

Painted and cleared, straps from BMF, added a nut from a slice of hex rod and made some kind of plumbing with solder. It's pure artistic license on my part




Next was the centre console. Painted with a mix of Vallejo Black and dark grey (as is all the interior) and cleared with Vallejo Satin. Drilled out some holes to add some extra switches and painted the knobs



Added switches with some pieces of wire and added a p/e main engine cut of switch



This is how the kit exhause pipes looked - pure crap!




I actually managed to putty and sand them into good shape and painted them up but they didn't fit well.

My new ref photos shows that the CdF car in fact has a huge single tail pipe so I scratched a new set up with alu tube, some of my beloved wire boots and painted them matte white for a more competitive look (IMO anyway



More to come when I get rid of an awful cold - sneeze!!

[Martin S]

whoa !
Missed a few of the updates here. The decals are really looking great !

[gionc]

Originally Posted by klutz_100

made some kind of plumbing with solder

ah, someone lurk uh?

great job, buddy

[MidMazar]

So anxious to see it done!!

[klutz_100]

Update.

Exhaust is finished and fitted in place. I imagine I will daub some weathering over it.




References showed that the exhaust train is suspended on a spring sling so I added a facsimile even though it won't be visible (as usual )




This is a reference of the interior of an M1. Apart from the main cut off switch, there is also a rather visible pull-toggle-thingamy-whatsit (please excuse the technical jargon).




I decided I had better add this too as it would make a nice "eye hanger" in the cockpit. Made of styrene rod, card, wire and a sharpie pen.




Put together my first p/e six point harness and I'll be glad if I never have to do another one on my life!!! What a pain in the a$$!!! Thank goodness I am not doing a cabrio and it won't be easy to see what a dogs dick I made of it





Getting close now.... Thanks for looking in (if you did )

[voyageur]

Looking great!

I like the detail your putting in...especially the non-visible parts (exhaust spring...).

Cheers
SEB

[gionc]

Originally Posted by voyageur

I like the detail your putting in...especially the non-visible parts

LOL if this isn't be badass... LOL

Quite nice!!! The engine is comming superb, and I guess at naked eye is even better. Great job on the seat's harness, very BRAVO!

[robrex]

Excellent!

[MPWR]

Spectacular stuff!

My friend, your skills are continually improving by leaps and bounds. I can never guess your next surprise, but you never cease to amaze.

I might guess that the red pull knob is the fire supression system? Either way (to pick a nit), it seems like it might be mounted a bit far back. The pic seems to have it mounted even with the shift lever.

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by MPWR

...it seems like it might be mounted a bit far back.

Not "might be" - is be
I noticed that I had placed it incorrectly afterwards but I thought "oh, sod it!". I didn't want to make a mess of the console by remounting it

I am seriously giving thought to doing the harness again though....
The glue stained the ribbon in places although I suppose I could convince myself that M. Pironi spilled his coke on a particularly sharp right-hander.....

[sjelic]

WOW, so much learned here.

I love it.

[godfather23]

The exhaust is simply amazing. Nice attention to detail. I researched for my build and never figured the difference about the exhaust out. Well, Thanks for showing off

Robert