[raidou]

All these M535i, M5 and Alpina E28 are nice but I was missing a "pure" and clean version without any spoilers.
So I did another conversion, based on OttO's Alpina B7.

Lots of work:
- milled down the spoilers, reshaped front fascia and trunk lid
- painted body to genuine BMW #170 Bahama Beige
- chrome trim done with Alclad II or BMF
- TRX-wheels taken from UT E36 Coupe
- replaced Recaro front seats by simple "velour" version from AUTOart E21
- matched the shape of rear bench
- carpeted floor and hatrack with self-adhesive Alcantara
- interior painted to nougat brown
- German custom plates
- 525i-badge puzzled from 2 spare water-slides (535i + 325i)

BMW 525i E28, Bahama Beige

Some pics of process:

Thanks for watching!

 

[Johan]

That is some great work! Impressive

 

[D N'D-Land]

MAGNIFICENT Rainer!!!

That looks GOOD!! IDKY so many companies don't bother to made the "Standard" versions of cars?

.. some of us collectors like that..so more everyday cars please!!

 

[jandro_f1]

Master work!! The work in the seats is amazing!

I wish autoart to release again the E28 M5 or M535i

 

[ChrisD]

You've done an amazing job with this e28!

 

[g3org3y]

Great work.

Out of interest, what made you decide to go for the later E36 alloys rather than period BBS cross spokes or equivalent?

 

[Gmt]

What a detailed work you did inside the model! This seats looks so real

How did you striped off the paint? I never tried such a thing on resin models...

 

[raidou]

Thanks, mates!

How did you striped off the paint? I never tried such a thing on resin models...

I didn't need to strip since this was made from a plain kit.

These kits are not to buy usually. These bodies are rejected from production because of tiny flaws, so they are not painted, just primed. Perfect for my use!
Since I know the guys behind OttO/GTS, I get them offered from time to time.
If I use a stock model for conversion I just sand it before repaint.

 

[finalcut747]

Holy crap! You knock it out of the park yet again! This is absolutely gorgeous!

 

[StratosWRC]

well this is new! You un-upgraded a model lol. Took a tuned one and made it pedestrian. Interesting!

 

[Craig]

Absolutely outstanding Rainer

I love the progress pictures too, very well done

 

[Gmt]

I didn't need to strip since this was made from a plain kit.

These kits are not to buy usually. These bodies are rejected from production because of tiny flaws, so they are not painted, just primed. Perfect for my use!
Since I know the guys behind OttO/GTS, I get them offered from time to time.
If I use a stock model for conversion I just sand it before repaint.

Thanks the information! I didn't know that...