Falken BMW M6 GT3

[vintagerpm]

This is the Falken Tire version of the Nunu BMW M6 GT3 kit. Paint is from Zero Paints and they are a dead match for the decals, which are also quite good. Used silk ribbon with photo etch hardware for the seat belts. Carbon fiber decals are from Scale Motorsport. Assembly was mostly OK until the very end. Had to cut the rear mounting tab off the chassis as it would not align with the body slot it was supposed to go in. Also, as you can tell in some of the photos, the windshield would not stay attached to the body at the roof.



















Mike

[Ben_B]

That turned out great!!! I love it!!!

Ben

[arcticwolf]

Sweet! I like the paint scheme, and nice job.

Paul

[vintagerpm]

Thanks guys.

I forgot to mention that I modified the front fender vents. The kit pieces are supposed to sit on top of the fender and are way too thick. Instead, I cut them down so they would fit inside the fender cutout. They are not perfect. In fact, one broke into several peices and had to be glued back together. My recommendation would be to not cut the hole in the fender and just forget about them. "Fender vents? What fender vents?" :-)

[Chris K. Hale]

Having sold Falken Tires for over 15 years I can appreciate this Livery a Lot, Great job on it. Did you scrape away the paint where the windows are glued? Just saying....... I love this car though....Chris

[afx]

Very nice.

[vintagerpm]

Aug 14, 2020 15:22:48 GMT -8 Chris K. Hale said:

Having sold Falken Tires for over 15 years I can appreciate this Livery a Lot, Great job on it. Did you scrape away the paint where the windows are glued? Just saying....... I love this car though....Chris

Scraped it some. Even cut away some of the lower area where the window is supposed to sit in an effort to change the windshield angle. Tape just wasn't strong enough to keep it down at the top until epoxy set.

It is a beautiful shelf model. But there are a lot of issues (some of my doing) that won't hold up in a contest.

I also like the livery so much, and I still have paint left, that I've thought about getting the MA Scale 1/43 Falken 911. (Don't know of any 1/24 decals for that car.)

Mike

[sam]

Aug 14, 2020 14:09:03 GMT -8 arcticwolf said:

Sweet! I like the paint scheme, and nice job.

Paul

Ditto !

[Joel_W]

Outstanding for sure. As I said earlier, the fit issues, especially the glass of a Nunu kit really surprised me. My Audi R8 glass had a perfect fit all the way around. As for the body mounting on the chassis, it was the hardest fit I've ever had. Really thought that I would going to have to really shave down the all the mounting pins, but then they all of a sudden just popped in and auto aligned.

Joel

[tatocorvette]

Nice! Great livery.
I have that kit stalled. Converting it to the 2017 GTLM Petit LeMans winner.

[shunter]

Looks very very nice.