[Photo] Minichamps 1/18 - BMW Z4 GT3 Carbon

[Photo] Minichamps 1/18 - BMW Z4 GT3 Team Schubert

Ah yes, the discount Minichamps in a window box. Plastic bodies and all.

I have no attachment to the Schubert livery. If I knew this was a plastic body, I wouldn't touch this. I bought this with the intention of reskinning the white body with a livery. Thinking it was diecast, lathering it in paint stripper was the idea, but now I need to find other methods that won't dissolve the plastic. Sigh!

This project won't take off any time soon, so I may as well grab some before shots before I go to town with it.

[Customs] Quick Work pt.10

The SR-2s sadly don't have meaningful collector value, but it's not a terrible casting either (minus the large rear wheels). A retailer buff it shall be.







Pulled the wheels off a Johnny Lighting Dodge Viper. These wheels are made for this Corvette.







PR5s weren't working out with a race car. Notice the silver and orange on the headlights? Yeaaah I'm happy how these turned out.







Saw the opportunity to use Matchbox lace wheels for once. Also started trying out cubes as props instead of auto shop tools. Makes an imaginary modern space that works better with a gloss floor than a garage would.






Didn't want to use WSPs again. See several S7s having the sporty 5-spoke wheels, I aimed for that here.














Had several options lined up. Went with this in the end. This was funnily enough my original idea.







It was between these or steelies.

[Customs] Back To Summer - BMW Z4 Dream Cruisers

After the horrid time spraying the nail polish on the Diablo for days, I reckoned my airbrushing session wouldn't be so bad
for the Dream Cruisers. I'd be working on drastically smaller cars, so less time is needed. I'm also using a professional
nail polish thinner, not the "drop of nail polish remover" trick. It works out in a more favourable condition when shooting
this stuff out the airbrush nozzle. It's a shame the polish came out gritty and dull like the Diablo. I'm unsure if that's a result
of having too much thinner, PSI being too low or too high. I can't tell yet, I'd have to experiment more. In any case, I was able
to overcome that dull finish once again by spraying down a load of clear coat. The gloss brings the nail polish back to life.
It looks just like cured polish, except the saturation seems to have been lost through the spraying process.













Again, I've never had to mess around with so much colour correction as well as dodge/burn, levels and curves with any other photos. I am pleased to know I'm getting the hang of correcting the output to look a tad closer to daylight lighting.