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

[godfather23]

Originally Posted by CeeElle

oh boy. looking at the decalling involved in that kit, i am SO glad i pawned it off.... er, i mean i'm sure you're gonna do a magnificent job, ski.

The decaling is the fun job on this kit. It really involves you and it´s not that hard when you do it step by step and side by side. I´m quite excietd about your color choice now, knowing that my M1 was painted with French-Blue (which suits in my eyes because of the name of the car: Map of France )

[klutz_100]

Small update on the fuel injectors.

This cost me a lot of blood, sweat and tears and I am not even happy with the results I really hoped that I could do it better and with more symmetry.

BMW beat me this time. As a friend said "Darn Germans, I bet they even like their spaghetti straight!"
(As someone with a German family name, I feel entitled to repeat that )

BTW at this moment in time, I have no idea what I am going to do with the lose ends of the fuel lines

This is a test fit only and it is held in place with blu-tack.





This is what it was supposed to look like:



Thanks for looking in

[rallymaster]

Hello Stevenski,

very well done with this fuel line !

Originally Posted by klutz_100

BTW at this moment in time, I have no idea what I am going to do with the lose ends of the fuel lines

I was wondering that too for my 1983 Gr.B car... but isn't the answer in the photo ?

[Jamme]

Nice work Steve!
I really like the fuel lines!


Jamme

[klutz_100]

Phil, you can see it even better in this photo.

My problem is "just" that there is nothing like this part on the kit pieces so I'm waitiing to see if I can "cheat" when the engine is in plce or will I have to scratch something

[rallymaster]

Mmm Ok I didn't understand your problem like that, I better see it now.
And thanks for the picture, great one !
a lot of scratchbuld seems to be required for this engine.
I started the 83 corsica Gr.B car few months ago but stopped in the middle of the (endless) engine work...

[gionc]

Come on Steve: you "just" have to do a fuel pump, where's the problem? I's almost likea distributor: steal from Ceelle dayto LOL
I hate you for the blue tack: can't locate nowhere

BTW: great job on injectors and fuel lines: neat.

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by gionc

Come on Steve: you "just" have to do a fuel pump, where's the problem? I's almost likea distributor: steal from Ceelle dayto LOL

=gioncI hate you for the blue tack: can't locate nowhere

You are such a pu$$y! I told you I'd send you some if you can't get it.
(or maybe less Remole before you go shopping will improve your search skills? )

[klutz_100]

UPDATE:

I decided to take a bash at the Gio "Gauntlet"

Here's where I am trying to go wit the fuel pimp:

Styrene rod and hex slices






While I ponder that one further I assembled teh painted shocks




I put down some Zero Racing White yesterday (creaaaaamy paint ) and am playing around with how to mask off for the blue color. I scanned and printed out the decal sheet. Maybe I will reduce and attach or maybe I will cut the edges off and "fade" under them....?



Catch you later

[sportracer02]

Hi Steve,

nice work on the engine - you made the fuel lines alu, might have been better to make them of fishing-rope (?), which is harder to bend, maybe you can tone it down a little bit

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by sportracer02

nice work on the engine - you made the fuel lines alu, might have been better to make them of fishing-rope (?), which is harder to bend, maybe you can tone it down a little bit

You are right Micha but I tried at first with fishing line and there as just no way that it would bend and stay in shape like wire.... so I decided to go with wire

I am planning to give everything a really heavy hand with the dirt when it's all together. One of the things that I do like about my short supply of reference pictures is that they show that this car looked like crap at the race!! It was beaten to sh*t and held together with Duck Tape!

So, I'm going to read all your and Phil's and Sean's and XX's threads again and have a go at weathering the car up to "race condition" (actually, it will be an excuse to cover any bads that I make )

PS How do you like your spaghetti?

[bigfrit]

Very spectacular model, it's shaping up to be one of incredible detail and care. I just hope you won't overdo yourself with details that will not be seen. Still, it's those things that make you even happier, it seems.

On your spaghetti question; I like mine bendy, thanks.

PS. Your air inlet & fuel pimp is just ballistically detailed. I Adore it!

Sweet sweet sweet!

Oli

[gionc]

Great job on the pump: I guess another solution for fuel line would be stretched sprue (if you have trouble just post a question on the general area!!!! ROFL, good memory UH, despite the age LOL) that you will bendwarming up

Decals: to me leave big, clearcoat and fade up would be crap if you cut wrong, bigger with overlap, shorter with....

[drunken monkey]

not sure about this but it looks to me that the silver object (behind the black cover) at the front of the engine is supposed to be the fuel injector

[CeeElle]

omg. those fuel lines! incredible stuff, ski! and the shocks look amazing.

i'll have an update by the end of the day.