In 1987 BMW used it's production M3 series to develop a car specifically for the DTM championship, and thus produced just enough cars to meet the min requirements. By 1990 the M3 design was really starting to get old and no longer the leader of the pack. So BMW designed the Evolution II series which added ABS and a 6 speed gearbox. The 1992 version was the last variant as the rules package changed for 1993.
For 1992 BMW sent their top factory driver, Johnny Cecotto to the Fina Team to drive one of their cars and challenge for the DTM Championship. But there were other teams that ran the EVO II version, and one such team was fielded by Brun Motorsport with Jagermeister as their main sponsor.
Usually Beemax offerings only have one set of decals for one car, or at best both team cars, but in this early Beemax offering they have both the Fina and Jagermeister team cars.
I decided to build the Brun Jagermeister #20 car as a much needed change of pace from so many basically white race cars, and I just happen to have a brand new bottle of the correct color by Gravity.
Rarely do I order any AM these days, but for this build I bought their Detail up set that consists of a fret of PE, full seat harness, and even some Carbon Fiber decals. Unfortunately, it costs nearly as much of the kit did.
I also bought the Decalas window masks which are the best I've ever used. I try to buy them for all my builds if possible.
Both of the decal sheets were designed and printed in house. Both have perfect registration and colors, and look their usual just thin enough. I've used their decals before, and honestly, they're the equal to Cartograf. They're just that good.
Ok, time to get started on the kit. My work flow is almost always the same, which is building up the basic shell, then primer, paint, decals, sealing, polishing, and finally waxing. And this kit lends itself to my procedure to a "T" with 7 basic parts to be fitting and glued minus the rear spoiler, and 2 side door mirrors.
I also added PE toe hooks both front and back. Here's the super easy to fashion front hook.
Every part had a perfect fit, so I was prepping for the primer coat in no time. Primer was Mr. Finisher Gray #1500.
I managed to get the shell painted, but the color took almost the entire bottle of Gravity paint. A 1st for me. Naturally, the Jagermeister Brun car needed ths entire interior, roll cage, and the full under chassis under tray painted in their famous Orange paint. So I'm going to have to try and mix some using Tamiya Orange and Red. Unfortunately, I just totally forgot to take a few pictures of the painted shell.
on the 3rd day after eye surgery, i tried to find a pair of over the counter readers so that I could try to decal. 2.5X coupled with my Optivisor worked ok. I slowly started the decaling process using my tried and true 3 step process Of Micro Set, Micro Sol, and finally Solvaset. I'm about 2/3 of the way through as it's taking me forever with limited eyesight till I get temp new bi-focals and computer glasses. Here's two pictures to give you an idea of the Brilliant Orange color, and the decals to date.
If nothing else, doing some modeling is helping me to focus on something else besides the recovery period, and what I can really expect after the eye surgery.
Joel
