My Tamiya BMW Z4 M Updated with Pics and Video on 1st page

btotoro said:
melbs said:
actually the regular red spray paint can from tamiya is nice, the secret is to finish the whole can to get that darker red color. make sure to spray evenly though since under the sun light you can see the uneveness of the spray.

if i have time, the next body i paint will include the bumper lights on the side and turn signals in the side roundels.

i need to use two tlu01 light units however.

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Love your black coupe. Good job on the lights :thumbsup:. I usually finish with metallic silver after the main paint (unless it's a dark color like black) to give that extra 8) I also use diswashing soap & pads to clean & prep the polycarbonate body.

I'm in to F1's. One BMW & two Ferrari (Schumacher & Barrichello). I might just pick an M coupe :)
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Nice F1's you have there, go ang get your Z4 MC before they run out, these kits are popular in my country even if there aren't many real Z4/Z4 MCs running in our country.

Planning to get extra bodies however they ran out of it in all the local hobby stores. :(
 
updated with video of the light effects

coming soon:

car running in the parking lot and pics beside my read zed :D
 
Hey, melbs, I just watched your video. Pretty awesome what you've done to your car mate :thumbsup: :bow: I'm tempted now to follow your lead. :o

I noticed, however, that your headlights are in the wrong position. They should be on the outer part of the headlamp unit:

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Cheers!
 
hey rick,

glad you liked it! wasn't able to put proper labels in the video on what settings were currently showed since its the raw unedited video, be editing it soon so that its more informative :)

the main headlight is actually on the outer side of the car, however when i recorded the video, the light unit was set to #2 or "afternoon" hence it should have simulated in our real world would be a day time running light effect/parking lights on in the inner headlights. inner bulbs are actually 50% brightness on this setup. later part of the video i changed the setting to night time, which turned both inner and outer bulbs to 100% brightness.

actually there are 3 other modes which i didn't bother to record as they are more for the siren type setups and blinkers for safety cars.

can't wait for you to set up yours as well!Change your rims to look more like your real M also!!! the tamiya enzo wheels are the closest

ditch the stock tires also(they have no grip!) and get HPI belted V or X tread pattern, they're really sticky for parking lot running, I actually run the Z4 chassis at full speed but not with the body on :P its just too nice to crash so i just run it with the Z4 body at slow speeds.



too bad there aren't ellipsoids 1/10th scales :(
 
Ahhh... gotcha. :thumbsup:

I'm sure I'll be asking you a lot of questions about your LED setup, being that I'm a newbie to the world of R/C and all. :oops: Thanks for the advice thusfar. :thumbsup:
 
It's so detailed and realistic (headlights do have xenon effect). Is it just a model, not radio control car?
 
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