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Custom BMW i-8

Started by Madhatter, June 02, 2025, 04:28:33 PM

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Madhatter

June 02, 2025, 04:28:33 PM
hey everyone

I just finished off another collaboration project with my son, the Revell BMW i-8 with a custom body kit and new wheels.

Like with the Porsche, he chose all the colours and he insisted on having a body kit, so we drew some up and did it the old fashioned way by making it out of styrene. No fancy 3D printer here....

I think it came out really cool and it looks quite awesome in that Hell Mango Green. I also like the blackened out front grill - that looks much more menacing than the chromed up version.

Wheels came from an Alpha Model Ferrari 812 and they really look good on the i8.















Overall, it was a fun project. The best fun was getting my son to choose everything and spending that time connecting with him. Our next project is a Ducati 1199. That'll be interesting as I have only ever built 3 bikes in 30+ years

Anyways, thanks for stopping in and having a look

Si

Old Wombat

#1
June 02, 2025, 07:13:37 PM
(For a Beemer) That looks excellent, Si!  :mellow:

Well done to you & the lad!  :thumbsup:  :thumbsup:
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NARSES2

#2
June 03, 2025, 12:22:58 AM
Quote from: Old Wombat on June 02, 2025, 07:13:37 PMWell done to you & the lad!  :thumbsup:  :thumbsup:

Very much so  :thumbsup:  :thumbsup:
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perttime

#3
June 03, 2025, 04:33:57 AM
Quote from: Old Wombat on June 02, 2025, 07:13:37 PM(For a Beemer) That looks excellent, Si!  :mellow:
;D
Looks much more interesting than the pretty bland black ones that I sometimes see :thumbsup:
The wheels don't make me think of Ferrari, though. They are not totally unlike 5 (or 2x5 ?) spoke wheels I see on Mercedes Benz taxis.

zenrat

#4
June 03, 2025, 04:49:38 AM
Gorgeous.  Well done mate.   :thumbsup:

That green is  :wub:
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

buzzbomb

#5
June 04, 2025, 04:01:13 PM
Great job by both of you. The green does look spectacular.
No idea what you added, I really cannot pick any scratchbuilt parts...so a second wow ! :thumbsup:

Madhatter

#6
June 04, 2025, 11:14:54 PM
Thanks for the kind appreciation guys. The feedback is a great moral booster for my son  :thumbsup:  :wub: 

McColm

#7
June 05, 2025, 12:01:24 AM
 :thumbsup:

Wardukw

#8
June 05, 2025, 01:32:48 AM
Si mate and son  ;D  :thumbsup:
I've seen plenty of these cars..there's more here in NZ than you'd think and some are customized yet not one is as outstanding as this one .
It's a perfect mix of green and black .. and the body kit 😍 🫡
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#9
June 05, 2025, 10:31:59 PM
Very nice!  :thumbsup:

Madhatter

#11
June 06, 2025, 08:46:06 PM
thanks guys ) I was trying hard to find someone who 3D printed the LB Walk body kit for the i8 but no one does it. If I had the tech sills to be able to do CAD rendering and a 3D printer, I'd do it myself :D
We settled on the front lip spoiler and the side skirts. The rear wing came from something that I can't recall.
To my lad though, it's the best looking i8 he's seen and to me, his happiness is all that matters  :wub:
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