BMW E30 315i Racer

da_ashman

05-09-2013, 08:01 PM

r33nz

05-09-2013, 08:46 PM

Awesome project, looks like you are off to a good start

da_ashman

05-29-2013, 07:44 PM

Hey Guys

Some more progress pics

This is the interior coming together, an example of how wide the Enzo wheel arches are & how much needed triming!
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/9370C94C-FEE2-4915-9AFB-BFF50C84043D-612-0000019F1F8530E1.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/6668F844-E871-4BDD-84D3-B0B1554E24DC-612-0000019F33FD4097.jpg

This is the detail for the rear section
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/DADBF0A5-43DD-4498-B766-67DF919BD083-612-0000019F508F0D22.jpg

& Attached
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/B7A1241B-0A54-437A-AF62-025D4451AD61-612-000001A003152C66.jpg

The interior just needs some putty & sanding now, then to start building the rollcage!

The Dash - these are all the cuts i have to make to convert to RHD
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/6C079F86-1721-4116-8DCF-DE7A83C6F40B-612-0000019F87D112C2.jpg

All seperated out
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/6CE7C809-D964-4319-9CB0-AEC1CF554D74-612-000001A011FF038F.jpg

& the Jigsaw puzzle ready to be put back together
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/C2987DFD-E385-49FE-8FA3-047B3279FEBC-612-000001A023C4AE6B.jpg

Lots of work left to do on the Dash!!

Thanks for looking
Ash

ChristopheB

05-29-2013, 10:28 PM

Interesting WIP and great work so far.

da_ashman

07-10-2013, 07:53 PM

Hey Guys

Some more progress on the BMW racer!!

The Roll Cage - Out of the box
Did not fit well at all, it was far to low down & too far forward

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/345D4EC1-9BEF-47D7-9F67-D595052D5F8E-2737-00000591018C3A64.jpg

The Completed Roll Cage
This monstor has taken me quite awhile to piece together, my local hobby shop was out of styrene rod but had brass in the right size, its nice to work with, holds its bends but breaks jewellers saw blades quite efficently. It does also add some weight to the model which is nice. In total theres well over 1m (3ft) of brass tube, which would be approx 24m in the 1:1!!
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/1287A09C-2708-47B5-9A07-004FED3BF8E5-2580-000004D927D6FDEF.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/B7D7D295-0709-4258-B3E8-1A6C5AAC8AB8-2580-000004D92079EA62.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/AB0717FB-9E18-4692-A7E5-0CA1017792B1-2580-000004D92C166259.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/033932DF-C196-4654-A759-74FDCD5B92AC-2580-000004D92F2EC253.jpg

The Re-constructed Dash
Still abit to do but most of the major componets are back together & looking promising!
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/3F721E66-9AAF-4C7C-869E-9D80D2FDAAF2-2580-000004D90FE3E793.jpg

The Wheels
The centre caps needed removing so round to dads to use the drill press.
Pretty happy with the result just a little cleanup & some more detail then its good to go!

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/8594C3F4-581C-4A58-A60E-65537D8DC3E0-2580-000004D913D980A7.jpg

Paint - Finally ive managed to get some paint on (forgot to get a pic of the bright orange before it was masked up but that looks pretty damn cool)
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/2AA6426D-64FE-45F3-BEA2-C2922DFB528F-2580-000004D936A6439E.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/25D940E2-0824-4579-8637-FF109CD2F830-2580-000004D9332E9062.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/BACF0D10-006F-44E3-B541-58D4A3ADF3AB-2580-000004D93B358DC3.jpg

Still abit to go with the body painting, Silver this weekend & body colour & black to go. Then semi gloss black & chrome.
After being stuffed around by a Decal printer in Europe for months I finally gave up & started searching again & managed to find someone who can print these locally (only a 10min drive from my house, which is a hell of alot closer than the otherside of the world!!) so should be picking these up next week, yay!

More progress soon, thanks for looking!
Ash

tonioseven

07-11-2013, 02:26 AM

This looks great so far!!! That rollcage is awesome!!! :sunglasse

potsie

07-11-2013, 10:57 PM

Agreed, that roll cage is a thing of beauty.

da_ashman

07-17-2013, 07:53 PM

Thanks Guys!

Heres some pics of the half painted body, just body colour & Black to go.
Colours so far far Tamiya TS6 Orange, Lamborghini Grey Metallic & Silver
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/94D2342E-1711-43C3-8C0F-4DE9E9F2F876-5322-00000A8C7F58FF4B.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/63BB533C-C62D-4B6E-A4A4-4781656771DE-5322-00000A8C7B7CE9B8.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/DE1A7013-7FCC-4B62-A032-2C41B71EB539-5322-00000A8C82A9117F.jpg

The Decals Arrived!!! & they look great, nice detail, nice & clear & Local!! The Postman did their best to try & damage them but they seem undamaged.
If your in NZ (or anywhere else) & need some custom decals printed check out www.electricdesigns.co.nz (http://www.electricdesigns.co.nz) , Very helpful, very quick & competively priced.
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/7264A3E3-E25B-4836-8BD1-B82B9C98D0B7-5322-00000A8C6E933B18.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/837EA406-E53B-4E5F-A35B-8C3E52B8C2B7-5322-00000A8C73236842.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/2071DBD0-6375-40B3-8D1F-C0D22A1A4981-5322-00000A8C770DAAC9.jpg

Now comes the tricky part, signwriting the vehicle, which you would think would be easy for a signwriter, but its completely different!

Thanks for looking
Ash

ChristopheB

07-17-2013, 08:21 PM

Great work. I like the roll cage.

MagfedLove

07-29-2013, 11:09 PM

I can't wait to see more! Great work!

r33nz

07-30-2013, 03:54 PM

Thanks for the tip about www.electricdesigns.co.nz, will check them out

circuitR

07-30-2013, 07:30 PM

Thanks for the tip about www.electricdesigns.co.nz, will check them out

Yeah cheers for that! I'll bookmark them for the future. Although I have some blank decal sheet left over from ages ago.

da_ashman

07-30-2013, 07:48 PM

Thanks Guys

Disaster struck. I was cleaning the roll cage ready to be painted when a moments distraction & it slipped off the counter & onto the tile floor. Turns out its not an overly sturdy roll cage... Good thing the driver wasnt in it!!!

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/1B7E1DAA-D148-4CEE-A605-9AA3D5001EA1-2373-000004DDFECCCBE4.jpg

So I'm working on piecing it back together & tweaking it slightly

Thanks for looking, more re-progress soon!

D_Durst

07-30-2013, 08:04 PM

i hate it when that happens!
Why did I never think of using foil for masking before????? I am going to have to give that a try on the next car.

malscar

07-31-2013, 03:24 AM

Ouch, I usually do that with ones in 1/43 scale.

A couple of questions regarding the decal printers -

What did he hit you up for cost wise?

How is the fine detail in their print?

da_ashman

08-01-2013, 07:35 PM

Thanks guys

Why did I never think of using foil for masking before?

It works pretty well, cheap, paint doesnt bleed through but tears easily...

Ouch, I usually do that with ones in 1/43 scale.

A couple of questions regarding the decal printers -

What did he hit you up for cost wise?

How is the fine detail in their print?

Hey, I had a price of 30 euro from a printer in spain using the same equipment & this was still cheaper! he charged me $40NZD(So thats about the cost of a coke in Oz with our terrible exchange rate...)
for a full A4 sheet, & it was full, vector file was 23Mb & i didnt leave much space between logos. The sheet is also pre primed with decal spray so you can cut & apply straight away. Its best to get white shapes printed & then apply the decal down over coloured surfaces etc.
As for the detail, its better than i expected, Its not Cartograph quality but it is pretty damn good! my iPhone doesnt take the best macro shots so hard to show detail.

Brat_R

08-11-2013, 01:41 PM

Great subject and I see it's comming out nicely. Good work!

da_ashman

08-26-2013, 07:51 PM

circuitR

08-26-2013, 08:15 PM

Nice! The paint looks great. I didn't know that HiroBoy shipped to NZ. I thought it was a euro only. Looks like I'll get my 787B paint from him.

da_ashman

08-26-2013, 09:00 PM

No they still dont, but Spotmodel.com has them & does ship internationaly, but the risk is up to you! They also do custom orders like mine & dont seem to charge too much extra for it. But expect it to take awhile, I ordered at a bad time, they both went on Holiday at similar times & delayed it...

sam01contact

08-26-2013, 10:09 PM

Gorgeous work! I can't wait to see the finished model!

da_ashman

09-01-2013, 07:39 PM

Hey Guys

Great weather over the weekend so managed to get some paint down.
Its finally starting to look complete
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/E069C94E-5D74-44EF-A27B-47428BDD323C-1025-000002E2FF02AEF9_zps11f39b76.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/D8612684-DA5A-4460-8FB1-C40AE8EF3BB2-1025-000002E3050B5D62_zpsd4653912.jpg

Tried to get a shot in the fading sunlight
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/A1AD2358-5DC4-41BA-80C0-1DF85176DBD3-1025-000002E301DD8DF2_zpsf3279789.jpg

But im kicking myself, after removing the masking I missed a bit!!!:banghead: & only after Id just finished cleaning out my airbrush:banghead::banghead: So will have to get that painted before the clearcoat!
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/AAAFEFB3-EDBD-44C9-B0C2-186153784D56-1025-000002E2FB860210_zps177fe929.jpg

The Wheels & interior parts all got a nice coat of Gloss Ali
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/6CA2B283-F3F4-4AA0-BA14-824CD63ECC16-1025-000002E30B44B2EA_zps9588af28.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/486A8019-4B35-4261-ADA7-7B4E8FEED530-1025-000002E30F271D4D_zps65a19802.jpg

And Finally, couldnt resist putting the wheels under her whilst drying above the fireplace! Starting to come together!!!
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/E14EB660-64BD-4104-942D-2E750974BF6D-1185-000003086BD0ED14_zpsf4f4e9c0.jpg

Will be Clearcoating this weekend & then Ive even got a week off work so will get the signwriting done & some other bits & pieces!
Cheers
Ash

GTRfan01

09-01-2013, 08:36 PM

looks great.
love the roll cage, what did you use to glue the peices of brass?

thanks for the link to the decal printer too that might be handy, only over a small bit of water to me too :cool:

da_ashman

09-16-2013, 07:48 PM

GTRfan01

09-17-2013, 06:56 AM

ok thanks mate.

good to see the progress, its looking good!

i have a similar BMW kit to build up as a group a racer from the '80's so thank for posting this WIP. very helpful for when i do mine.

r33nz

09-17-2013, 06:17 PM

Hey Ash
The build looks awesome
How did you find the decals? did you need to use any solvents etc?

da_ashman

09-17-2013, 07:43 PM

Hey Ash
The build looks awesome
How did you find the decals? did you need to use any solvents etc?

Thanks!
The decals were pretty good to deal with, I did do a test on another build before i applied these ones just incase & to get familar with how they feel.
They dont take much more than a dip in water to seperate from backing paper, they are pretty strong considering too!! I tried to tear one & took more effort than i thought it would, the one issue i did incounter with the decals is they tend to fold down on themselves & become difficult to seperate, so I'm glad i did a test on another build first so i was prepared for that when it came to the Beamer. Was very glad I doubled up on the decals. & if your doing some its best to do 2 layers esp with white, makes it alot crisper too!
The decals do need to be handled with kid gloves though, I damaged the black on a few decals with my fingernails & also a steel rule. Oh thats the other thing, every decal needs to be trimed around closely as theres no carrier film overtop, that took Hours!!!

da_ashman

10-08-2013, 06:40 PM

Hey Guys

Small update just been working on the interior & mounting wheels etc

Heres the Chassis with some detail painting done, as you can see at the rear theres only a tube molded to the chassis to hold the wheels on. As this kit didnt come with any brakes or suspension detail at all I had to fabricate up some simple mounts (which I forgot to get a photo of)...

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/332064F5-0756-4F12-9941-C94E47006EA0-550-000001E6CCA481A9_zps6b29b043.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/D95B6183-854A-4DCA-B8A7-057D58B58438-550-000001E6C84E035A_zpsb6be6a8f.jpg

Most of the little parts are ready to be installed
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/0BA9FCAA-4FAF-4C6B-92B4-B907A2F6B04D-550-000001E6D72FF5F5_zps1f3eb5eb.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/5C3A1904-B344-4A8F-ABDB-671F8AEB1C81-550-000001E6DD789E8E_zps27d9638d.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/F535AA3C-46FE-4108-BDEE-75AE8C84A3AC-550-000001E6DA3D38B6_zpsa6ee63e2.jpg

Everything is starting to come together & now come the fun part, piecing it all together.

Ash

GTRfan01

10-08-2013, 09:21 PM

Thanks for posting the update, Id really keen to see what you fabricated for the brakes and suspension, as im building a jim richards BMW based off the same kit and brakes etc are on my to do list!
cheers.

Boreham

10-11-2013, 07:33 AM

nice looking model topic.
315i ? NOT 316i ? never heard of a 315i

da_ashman

10-13-2013, 06:56 PM

nice looking model topic.
315i ? NOT 316i ? never heard of a 315i

LOL, yeah just noticed that, I keep writing it wrong everytime! The folder I kept the photos in was 325i, the decals are 318i & i think i named the photobucket folder 330i... damn BMW & there confusing Models

I found out the car is actually a 320i. Ive designed up a chrome badge to cut for the back, & hopefully the title will have changed if my edit works.
( & will go & change all the folders to the correct number)

Ash

Boreham

10-14-2013, 02:59 AM

phew..
Thanks for the reply..
I thought I was loosing my marbles. :-)

da_ashman

10-14-2013, 06:48 PM

phew..
Thanks for the reply..
I thought I was loosing my marbles. :-)

Nope I lost mine along time ago!

Heres a pic of the rear trailing arms for GTRfan.
Very crud & basic, but the kit chassis doesnt give you anything to work with & it is the underside of the model...

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/BD785EA4-4415-48EB-884D-FEC6D0647869-1100-000002FA9B3FDE8F_zps2554cb7f.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/9A61D576-A1C8-4080-B68E-0AAD2C138B32-1100-000002FA9F8741CD_zps4bf54ff6.jpg

Still needs a bit of work before its finished & I can attach the rear wheels etc

Ash

GTRfan01

10-14-2013, 11:39 PM

Thanks for that,
Did you get my PM?
I've been having a little trouble with the pm's and wasn't sure if it sent or not.

da_ashman

10-22-2013, 06:56 PM

GTRfan01

10-23-2013, 04:35 AM

nice work, good job with the interior make over and that cage is awesome.
great idea with the thread for cable ties too.:cool:

da_ashman

10-29-2013, 06:46 PM

dieteufel

10-29-2013, 11:49 PM

Hi

Again a nice and clean work !

Sascha

GTRfan01

10-31-2013, 05:31 AM

coming along very nicely!
just love that roll cage......

what have you used for the chrome parts? foil?

malscar

10-31-2013, 04:12 PM

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/E8430F30-7F62-483A-AB80-96397A69C13B-2812-00000596CA332074_zps33588c5b.jpg[/IMG]

Ash

Ash, I have used the rubber shrink tubing available in computer shops. They use it to bundle the wiring. You can use a very sharp scalpel to slice the tube so it will go around the bars just like you do in a car.

da_ashman

10-31-2013, 06:30 PM

Ash, I have used the rubber shrink tubing available in computer shops. They use it to bundle the wiring. You can use a very sharp scalpel to slice the tube so it will go around the bars just like you do in a car.

Hey Thanks! I did try some I had laying around the office but just didnt give me the thickness I wanted. The srink tubing is great stuff tho, I do use it heaps!!

da_ashman

10-31-2013, 06:41 PM

GTRfan01

11-05-2013, 05:26 AM

nice work mate, good to see it almost done.
mine needed raising at the front and lowering at the back too. just looks weird built as is from the box doesnt it!

cinqster

11-05-2013, 03:48 PM

Very nice job and looking far better than the box art! What is going on with that illustration...both the front and back wheels are pointing left!!! :screwy:

da_ashman

11-10-2013, 06:02 PM

Done

Completed Thread http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=7080916#post7080916

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/da_ashman/BMW%20E30/null_zps6a45cf45.jpg

Thanks for watching along!!!
Ash

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