Here’s some pics of my finished BMW 507!
I’m quite happy with how the build turned out! One of my best car builds to this date! 🙂
BMW 507 – Revell 1/24 – final reveal
BMW 507 – update 3
I cast a copy of the steering hub axle part. Not entirely perfect, but with some work it became usable.
The instrument panel got some decals.
The steering system was assembled.
I accidently fastened the steering in a fixed position, and to reflect that I glued the steering wheel in a turned position.
The tires was assembled.
The instructions says the brake plates should be glued to the rims, but that would prevent the wheels from rotating. So I glued the plates to the axles instead.
Then the wheels was glued in place.
And then the instrument panel, completing the interior.
The hood and body got a clear cote.
My intention was to do one more clear cote, but my curiosity had me trying the body on the chassie. As it turned out, it wasn’t all that easy to just slip it on. So to avoid breaking anything, I decided to let it sit where it was.
I then started adding parts for the final assembly.
A few more parts to sort and add. Then there’s some decals and glass parts that needs to get on, as well as license plates. Then it will be finished.
BMW 507 Cabrio – update 2
The inside of the body got some primer as well.
Then I painted some aluminum inside.
Then it was time to do the same on the outside. I first had to set it up on another piece of styrofoam, just to better reach lower areas of the body.
Jag fick dessvärre lite väl blöt färg på ena sidan.
I got a little too much paint on the door which created runnings. Barely visible on the pic, but still there and needs to be sorted somehow. Possibly by sanding/polishing after it has cured properly. I hope I can make it look good and also give it a clear cote without messing up.
I also painted the inner rims, including the one I got printed for me.
The printed one doesn’t look very nice, but with the brake plates on, it looks ok.
I think it will look ok and it will not be very visible once I got it on the shelf!
Shelby series 1 – update 2
A little black on some parts.
According to the instructions, some parts are supposed to be painted silver, but after looking at some pics it seems like most of them have a polished steel or chrome look.
So I decided to try my chrome colour in the airbrush for the first time.
It turned out looking a lot better than I had expected. I need to paint some of them on the other side as well, and I might give the tank a few more layers.
Actually not very much colour used to achieve this look.
More painting! This time aluminum.
Engine and transmission sits together in one pice, and I just have to work with that.
I started assemble the engine parts just to notice that I hadn’t got paint everywhere it was needed, so I had to sort that before I could continue.
The oil filter needs a decal that I’ll put the when the gloss blue have cured.
Speaking of decals, the interior have quite a few.
Getting the decal on the stick was quite fiddly!
The body frame needed some more paint and I also masked and painted parts of the exhaust system with chrome.
The exhaust system was touched up some and the tape removed.
I decided to add ignition cables so I’ve drilled holes for them, but I need to figure where the other end should go. According to the pics I’ve seen it seems like they go somewhere under the black boxes on the valve covers.
I’ll also continue assembling the chassie once everything else is in place.
Shelby Series 1 – Revell 1/25
I bought this kit some time ago, just because it looked cool and had Shelby in the name.
I wasn’t aware that Shelby had constructed a car of his own, but evidently he had.
Anyway, I thought it was cool, and put it on my planned build list.
I order to do this kit justice, I decided to have something to practice on, and that’s why I started the BMW 507 Cabrio. That build have partly come to a halt, due to missing pieces.
I will still try out the metal paint on the body, and hopefully I’ll manage to get it good enough to try it on this one as well.
As usual it start by preparing parts, and on this I started with both engine and interior parts.
Some parts needed a mix of black and gold.
It’s only about 5% gold, so it’s barely visible except maybe that it has a slightly different hue.
Then it was time for some aluminum.
Then some steel/iron.
On some parts the instructions called for silver, but after looking at the pics on the box, it looked more like chrome or polished metal. So I decided to try my chrome colour in the airbrush for the first time.
It turned out better than I had expected, but I think some parts need another cote to look real good, and also some parts needs to be painted on the other side.
It might not fully look like chrome, but good enough to look like polished metal.
The instrument panel and the panel for the gear shift was masked and painted dark grey.
Tape removed.
Seats and side panels was painted.
After some detail painting the interior parts looked like this.
Some decals needs to be added to complete the interior.
I’ve started assembling the engine and painting parts needed for it. Also some other parts will be sorted and painted before assembly. Many parts will be painted in aluminum.
More about this in the next update.