BMW 316i compact progress

[Slo_Snipe]

BMW comes from beating a wanderer in the game.

After first time of sanding:


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


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!
Side plates are complete but I will glue them on only after the glue on the legs are dried.

[mike united]

Sweet, nice kit.

Mike

[stisnan]

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

[Slo_Snipe]

The rear bumper is going to be stock.






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.

[CamaroSSBoy346]

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

[ImolaEK]

Originally Posted by CamaroSSBoy346

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

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.

[stisnan]

Lookin' good!

Originally Posted by RB26DETT-GTR

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

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.

[Towelboy80]

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.

[deedlit]

Looks nice so far. Good job on front bumper

[Tikiman]

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?

[Slo_Snipe]

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.





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.

[stisnan]

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!

[ImolaEK]

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!!!

[MidMazar]

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.

[tonioseven]

Dayum!! I'm glad I looked at this thread!! Extremely creative and well-executed modifications!! Keep up the awesome work!! Green=x10!