Revell 1/24 Nazca BMW M12

[lechatnoir82]

Awesome, I just bought this kit a couple of weeks ago and I have a broken Tamiya 300ZX lying around as well! Must be fate! I'm following this closely!

[ScottForster]

I had one when I was 15, but lost patience with it, after seeing this, where can I get one???

[p9o1r1sche]

Nice start. Keeping things clean will enhance the look at the end.

[lechatnoir82]

Originally Posted by ScottForster

I had one when I was 15, but lost patience with it, after seeing this, where can I get one???

ebay, that's where I got mine

[Schnitzermann]

Originally Posted by Verminator

Nice progress, I built this kit years ago and had trouble with the lift up roof sections, are you going to have them working?

Thanx alot guys for your comments, keeps me carry on with this unusual italdesign car!

verminator, I intend to have them working but had to do a new layout for the hinges of the lift up roof sections.

Not much for an update but the most of the engine is done.



Completed the interior aswell. Some cleanup of things needed...



Frontend.



Rear milled subframe.



The whole chassis assembly.



Also, if someone here has some pics of the enginebay, firewall and some chassis pics I´ll be most gratefull. I had searched with no results.

/Schnitzermann.

[Martin S]

That rear subframe looks spectacular ! the exhaust and the engine is also very nice
Very interesting model. Had no idea there were models of the nazca beemer..

[voyageur]

Stunning build. I like how you build it - makes it so much more realistic. The weathering on the engine is just right.

[Schnitzermann]

The build goes on in a slow but steady phase.

The headlights assembly has been stripped from chrome and painted.


Headlights in the shell. I painted the edges of the glass with Tamiya X-18 semigloss black for a more realistic finish.


This is how the chassis look like now. The front tires, witch came from a Tamiya Nissan 300 ZX kit, are cut to fit the smaller rim.







And then the screens. Polishing is a must to make them clear!


More later on.

/Schnitzermann.

[DerXL]

I've been watching your build for some time.
This is truly a work of art. Very detailed and very beautiful.

Nice touch with glass for the headlights. It looks very realistic !

What do you use to polish the screens ?

[white97ex]

you are doing a GREAT job on this thing. Can't wait to see the finished product

[rsxse240]

huh! my M12 came with smoked glass. I like the clear though. fantastic job on the build overall. very crisp, and it appears you are paying attention to all of the finer details of the kit.

[Schnitzermann]

Some update.

The interior is completed.




The rear window, right behind headrest, looked very toyish, so a bit of semigloss paint at the edges get it a more slimmed effect.



I also notice that the airducts, witch goes from the airfilterboxes to the inlets just before rearwheels, are missing in the kit. Easily done of a sprue and some copperwire wounded to replicate a flexible hose.




Not much left to complete her now. Still some work with the bodyshell.

The engine used in this model, BMW M70 V12, made me glance into another Revell kit with a similar engine. It´s a Revell Premium BMW 850i and I had allready started that one of course but will start a separate thread about that model shortly.

/Schnitzermann.

[D_LaMz]

man thats beautiful!

[bigfrit]

Well, well , well !

I am simply stunned by this model, and by all of yours!

great pictures that show superb modeling!

I would love to make one of these myself... Thanks for inspirational build, and please show us more!

Oli

[voyageur]

This is looking absolutely nice. Great attention to details, I especially like the airducts.

Keep building like that!