OT: BMW "Art Car" 1:18 David Hockney 850 CSi

I know that they were made. The funny thing is that I can find every other BMW art car in 1/18 except that one.

Apparently, it is the most desired model. My personal favorite is the Warhol M1 which I would have thought would be the most desired.

I would contact your local dealer, as that is who sells them, and see if they can find one for you.

One would imagine that if all the others in the series are available this one should be too. It may just be collecting dust on the backroom shelf at the boutique of a Bimmer dealer.

 

please tell me you have a link where i can get an E30 M3 art car? bmw are releasing 1/18s of the art cars now, i think 3 are out. warhol m1, that mclaren powered race car one and the m3 gtr (e36)

www.bmw-online.com



Cheers


Chris

 

or special order thru any dealer. Not all planned issues are available yet.

 

Do you guys know, that all these cars are being reissued this year?

Just talk to your local BMW dealer or get a copy of their owner's magazine.

They will release them one by one. I'm waiting for the Lichtenstein (scheduled for June 4) and the Warhol cars. Back in the early eighties I went to the BMW museum in Munich and saw them on display. They're so way cool.

 

I'm wanting those two also, to match a pair of Marek prints I have.

Tifosi12, have you seen the Marek prints?? They are pretty nice, given your interest in these particular cars!!

 

I think I have those. They are photographs of the particular car with a black back ground, correct?

Found them on ebay along with the official "Car Art" book from BMW describing all cars.

I collect pop art, so the Lichtenstein and Warhol cars will make for some nice 3D additions.

 

No these are not photos.

Instead, they are prints of paintings the HE made of both painted cars.

They are signed and numbered Artist's Proof Prints or something like that.

Dam_, now I have to take a pic and post them. Or search artist Dave Merak.
Or maybe Marek. I can't remember now, I bought them long ago.

 

Hmm, sounds intriguing. If you have some more information, pls post it.

 

Dave (David W.) Marek.

www.flatoutdesign.com

He also paints modern race cars it seems.

 

No e30 yet, but here is the best source for them:

https://shop.bmwgroup.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/EUR/BMWFrameSet-Start;?CategoryName=LIFE

They are slower to rerelease them state side.

Andreas, I was not aware that they were rereleasing them. Good to know, I have seen some go for upwards of $500. You would have to be a huge fan in order to pay that much.

Who makes these models?

Is it Revell?

They made my father's M6 model that he got from the dealer.

 

These are $130US at the parts department here. Special order, not stocked.

 

its funny watching 1/18 e30 m3's on ebay. they go for like $100 and you can buy them on the bmw site for like $80. A red one and the warsteiner one will be my next models. I love em

 

Just got my Warhol M1 from Europe. Way beautiful and comes in its own display case. Even with the BMW Art Car book.

 

Warhol painted it with brush and roller, you know.

I think he used his fingers to make the squiggles, IIRC

 

Nice paint job.

 

All true, you can even see his finger prints on the real car. Nicely done on the model too.

Warhol was the first artist to actually paint the Beemer himself, previous artists just made a model/sketches and somebody than applied that to the real car.

Kinda ironic: This one Warhol actually paints whereas many of his canvas works were done by his underlings in the factory.

 

Yep, he was some cat.

you recall they found all that jewelry hidden in a flat file with the paper!

I couldn't get into that Marek site, but you should definately investigate those two prints. I'll try to take a pic of mine and post.