Protar Paris-Dakar BMW 1000GS 1/9 scale FINISHED (PICS)

Looks great!!! Protar made a lot of nice motorbike... ANd their customer service was great!

I build some of theirs Harley.

I mounted the engine in the frame

Small update; the frame and engine are weathered, now i can continue with building up the bike.

Karel

Your work on this bike is top shelf! Protar kits are sweet aren't they?

I did the relacing deal on some dirt bike rims, I used styrene rod. I like your use of brass rod better.

Keep us posted on your progress, will ya'

Thanks.

The carburetors are finished.

Because i have pictures from the original carbs, i could add some extra details.

Greetz,

Karel

Carburator intake manifolds, i put some extra detail in them.

Karel

All carburetor parts including the fuel lines and filters are ready.

I scratched the fuel filters, because the filters in the kit were from solid plasic.

Karel

Carbs installed...

Karel

The oil cooler and lines are ready.

Karel

Karel,

 I love the bike and the build you are doing a fantastic job on it. I love the weathering as most people just paint it out of the box and never weather them unless its military, for the weathering did you use just pastels or model pigments?

Darren

Karel,

 Actually was looking at all your detail work on this beauty and man you are good!!! Love the work and will be following this one till its finished!!!

Impressive work!!!

Thanks Darren and Brizio,

this is a rally bike so it MUST be dirty...

I use a combination of Tamiya and MIG pastels, and enamels and sometimes a little bit oil paint.

Karel

Small update; the exhaust and some other parts are finished and mounted.

Karel

Cool job again!!! Do you think to make a diorama with it?

Things might change, but for now thats not the plan.

Lower legs from the frontfork are ready

Brake caliper

And the legs

Karel

The shocks are ready, i replaced the plastic piston rods with steel rods.

The parts....

And everything assembled.

Karel

Looking Good Karel!

The swingarm and rear shocks are mounted to the frame

Karel

man what a great build,

what did u use for the dirt, just paint?

Thanks, i use mostly mixed pastels from MIG and Tamiya, and sometimes oil paint and enamels.

Karel

The front end  and the wheels are mounted, and i made the leather toolbag that is mounted on the subframe.

Brake disc

The bike on its wheels

And the leather toolbag

Karel

Just finished the fuel tank

Karel

Karel,

As a dedicated offraod rider and racer myself, let me compliment you on the absolute realism of your modeling here. It looks like you're doing a real rebuild on an actual 1:1 bike! AMAZING!!!

The leather seat bag is just outstanding! You are a master of finishing, and I can't compliment ypou highly enough on this tremendous, realistic-looking build!

It's--how do you say it?---"Lekker!:" lol!

Haha thanks Doog for your kind words, Lekker means nice in Dutch

I am a biker too, i own three Suzuki`s, one of them is a DRZ400, the picture below is me playing with my DRZ.

Here are some pics from the saddle.

It was a hard job to glue the foam rubber on the plastic underground, because of al the curves, but with lots of superglue it worked out.

I painted the foam with a couple of layers matt black and carefully sanded it afterwards because the structure of the foam rubber was too rough for the scale.

Karel

Can I ride it when you are done?

Seriously, that thing looks like it is 1:1 scale. I used to race motocross for a while and the way you have the sand stuck in all of the nooks and crannies on the frame is just perfect.