BMW M3 1987 spec JPS livery

[ShawnS]

Hi guys,
I'm finally back building again. This one is the BMW M3 that Jim Richards won the 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship with. The kit is from Beemax with wheels from Scale Production and decals from Decalcas. I have back dated the model from 1991 DTM spec to 1987 Group A spec by modifying the front airdam and rear wing, I scribed a fuel flap, fitted a side exit exhaust and added detail to the interior door cards and modified the dash to analogue gauges. I have also changed the mirrors and moved the air jacks to match references of the 1:1 car. There was a fair bit of work to get it sitting just right because the scale production wheels are smaller than the kit supplied wheels so a straight swap leaves the car sitting on it's belly with JDM/tuner style camber on all four corners. Enjoy.

 

 

The Decalcas decals are some of the most beautiful I have ever seen they went on easily and have reflective gold graphics, I took some photos outside to see if I could get the reflective gold to pop

Thanks for looking

Cheers

ShawnS

[Roger U]

Very nice! A beautiful cleanly built model.

[FabbricaP]

Beautiful build! Always loved the John Player Special liveries

[martinfan5]

Very nice

[ChrisR]

Looks great!!

[peekay]

Great looking model.

[DeeCee]

I remember watching this one go around the circuits very well, and a SUPERB rendition too, the gold graphics really do pop.

 

Welcome back to the bench too mate.

[droogie]

Excellent model! What was your source for the decals.

[bbowser]

That's a beauty!

[espo]

Outstanding paint job, and the Decals really stand out. Something about the shape of the 3 series with the fender flares that I really like.

[Silver Foxx]

Great to see this build , super nice , looks so right .

[Atmobil]

Wow, a stunning finish and in my all time favourite livery aswell. Great job

[ShawnS]

11 hours ago, droogie said:

Excellent model! What was your source for the decals.

 

I got them from hiroboy.com earlier in the year but they are listed as sold out now, spotmodel.com do have them in stock if you are interested..

 

Thanks everyone for the kind words.

Cheers

ShawnS

[Terminator-Fox]

Wow that's an awesome build. I love the early M3's. Well done!

[Erik Smith]

Great looking model Shawn. 

[donb]

Super sharp looking car. It does look good in that livery!

[skid896]

Wow, fantastic detail on an awesome car.

[niteowl7710]

FWIW if you wanted to build the team car (I got two sets of the decals) or anyone looking to make one of the older Gr. A cars, S.K. Decal sells a resin "transkit" for the Beemax kit that comes with the modified spoiler, front air dam, and mirrors included.  They also have a set of three piece resin BBS Wheels that are sized to fit the Beemax tires (and ergo don't drag the ground the way the S.P. ones do).  S.K. products can be found on eBay, MediaMix Hobbies, as well as directly from them via their Facebook page.

[ShawnS]

Yeah I found out about those SK Decals parts two days after I had finished modifying the kit parts. I have another Group A M3 planned so I may go that route in stead of doing it myself.

[afx]

Very nice Shawn.

[935k3]

Absolutely beautiful. Those are the best gold foil decals I have ever seen.

[Snake45]

Very clean, very sharp! You're making me want to get one of these!