This article is about Hans Winkler and the model he made, for convenience, let's first give him a Chinese name "Lao Han", he is a test technician and body assembly engineer in the BMW M department, maybe my translation is a little different, his original English is Test Technican & Body Coordinator, he is responsible for the construction of vehicle prototypes, my understanding of his work is to assemble prototypes and find problems, So he should be very aware of every detail of the body of the new car, and he may also be the first to see the full appearance of the new car. The story we are going to tell today takes place on the 50th anniversary of the launch of M 30 csl at the time.
Lao Han has made several models of M models, although I don't know what the models he made are, but with the nature of his work and the level of the models we see now, I think his level must be quite high, with great manual ability, after all, I have also had relevant experience, I think his level is really very high.
3.0 CSL is a masterpiece of M's 50th anniversary, it has 560 horsepower, and it is also a 6-speed manual, it pays tribute to the first work after the establishment of M in 1972, the paint of the body also uses the blue, purple and red stripes of the year, its roof, hood, trunk lid, fenders are made of carbon fiber, its paint is all hand-sprayed, including the original paint and three-color stripes and 50th anniversary patterns, yes, it is not a sticker, but a spray done by laser positioning, covering and other methods. But 3.The livery of the 0 CSL prototype is not like this, and I was blown away by its livery when Boss M first appeared with it. The livery of the prototype is covered with models of the M generation, and compared to the livery of the official release version, I think the livery of this prototype is more special. And when the old man saw this prototype, he immediately realized that this car was extraordinary, so he planned to make a model.
The old man has about 100 models, including himself and models made for others. I don't know what form he is in, but it may be that he uses a commercially available model version to add the imprint that belongs to the owner himself, including the license plate number, interior decoration, body paint, stickers, etc., in short, it is reduced in equal proportions. When he makes these models, he usually shoots some ** first, and then takes a closer look at them, and then he starts.
When making this model, the livery of the prototype was very special, and it was very difficult to replicate because there were a lot of details involved, including the proportions and position of the pattern. These may be for others, but for the old man it is very simple, he goes to his colleague, gets the data, and then prints it out.
From this sticker, you can see that there is the M5 CS, its orange daytime running lights are very eye-catching, and this 3The 0 CSL is also equipped with orange daytime running lights, which is very cool! In addition, you can also see the M3 safety car with 507, M1, E30, E46, MotoGP, etc., some of which I can't name yet, but they have undoubtedly left a strong mark on the history of M.
When the old man is making, he first disassembles the basic model, so as to facilitate the follow-up operation, and then removes the blue, purple and red stripe paint on the body without harming the car paint, after all, the stripe painting on the model is not paint, it will form a bulge on the surface of the body, which will affect the subsequent fitting of the new coating, and then cut the new sticker and then attach it. These things are easy to say, but it is very difficult to do, during which the old man also broke the newly painted sticker film once, after all, this film is only 7um thick, thinner than a hair, and the old man had to clean up all the stickers and reapply them again.
For example, the roof, doors and other relatively flat places are relatively easy, but for the front and rear bumpers of this car is very complicated, because they are very three-dimensional, there are many folds, and the local is also very sharp, which is far from the smooth transition of the film, just these two bumpers took the old man two days to complete, of course, the final effect is also very good!
The old man did not count how long it took to complete the work, but he estimated that it must have taken 100 hours, which required a lot of patience in addition to considerable craftsmanship. Judging from **, this model looks like an 18 scale, and the doors, hood, and trunk should be able to open, which will be a little helpful for some edge details, but in short, I still admire this kind of work in my heart.
In addition, why is the official picture of this model so dark, shouldn't it be brighter for us to take a good look at? Then I'll show you my own model, this is a coach car, the one I learned to drive, and I thought about it to be able to commemorate it, so I also bought a model, and then pasted the livery of the coach car.
I still use ordinary stickers, not as thin as the old man, so the final effect is not as delicate as the old man's doing, you can see obvious sticker traces, it is too thick.
And the most critical is the problem of proportion, the old man can be said to be close to the water and the first to get the month, he has ready-made data to use, I can only use a stupid way, through the proportion of the pattern in the ** to convert to the model, there will definitely be a bit of an error, but only like this, the overall effect I am quite satisfied!
But in order to have a more realistic model effect, I carved the words on the sticker one by one, unless it is too small, it is already smaller than the blade of a utility knife, then it can only be the whole pattern. I'm very much looking forward to having the kind of 7um thick film in the old man's hand, and the effect of this paste must be very good!