Honda RC211V Group Build

He really made a mess of that one dien't he. And it was such a good looking bike too.

Hey, anybody think they can do that bike post-crash? My '02 RC is moving right along now. I took your advice Pingtang and just sprayed over the orange- no problem. Got the engine 90%, frame is done (I'm leaving the factory chrome on, no alclad for this poor schmo) as is the swingarm. Next is finishing the brakes, which always give me a hard time painting the two-tone discs for some reason, wheels, then maybe if there's time I can start the triple tree. That is if I can squeeze it all in before Two Wheel Tuesday on Speed Channel!

Hey c'mon guys, give me a challenge... After having just moved house, I can do ANYTHING post-crash!

My only concern with this is the manufacturers of these decals - I have heard a few not-so-nice thing about Rennaisance decals of late. Amongst other their M1 Gauloises decals... Any input?

Seabee,
Take my word...Forget about Rainaisance Gauloises decal...It's more of a graphic design fault rather than quality.

I'm backing Cupcai on this one. Their quality is high when it comes to printing. Work here is done by Eric Evain and he's done both wine and water when it comes to decal design but looking at his bike I think the livery looks great. Unfortunately I guess we have to stand a lot of transparent carriage film between the net thread graphics. Could end up with a lot of silvering if you're not careful. I think I'll be ordering two sheets...
/Joel

Boring me: back to what the thread is all about - RC211V's! Will be doing some delicate evening out of paint to do over the weekend, I'm pretty sure. Went for the spraying of the body parts this morning, feeling the spray can is quite empty. No prob, just a quick first misty layer. Hah! Some went okay. One, fortunately the smallest part - the front "mud"-guard fell over just after having been sprayed.
I should have stopped just before that. But noooo... with the laaast bits of aerosol still left, I did the last few parts. Nothing important or overly in-your-face. Just the fuel tank cover as well the lower and upper cowls. At some times I got mist, at some times I got drops, at some times I got just air, at some times I got a thick stream of paint. Lovely, just the way we all love it!

So I expect to do a bit of sanding over the weekend, if not full-blown paint removal. Not optimistic, but maybe it went better than expected. Moral of the story. Just because the wind has blown for a week and you could not spray, rush out and do it quickly in the morning before work when the wind is quiet!
Then again, had I used my common sence, I would realise the moral of the story actually is: never (EVER AGAIN!) expect to spray a smooth layer on the last fumes of a can of TS paint!

Have a good (better) weekend, everyone!

That's too bad. I had the same problem with my first RCV build. Was the first time I had ever used the tamiya sprays so learnt that lesson fairly quickly!

Just for future reference how do you guys completely strip paint from plastic? Before I have always just sanded unsure of which kind of solvents to use. Was always to scared of melting the plastic.

On my own build, not been doing too much recently, still been waiting on my MS paints which I managed to source one of today. MS-9 is now in my grubby little paws so I can get on with spraying the wheels. Still not got the other though (MS-10), and seeing as it has taken the best part of 2 months to get one, god only knows how long I'll still be waiting. A bit of a supply problem in the UK I'm reliably informed.

So hopefully will get the wheels on at some point next week, which means I will be able to get the forward fairings decaled up as well as the radiator and associated parts attached. Hopefully have some pics up ASAP.

Have a jolly weekend folks.

SeaBee; Model fear number one... Rush off and don't even think of stopping, even when it starts to turn out like crap ;-) Done it millions of times and will probably do it again...

mitchgixer 6; I use oven cleaner to remove acrylics and brake fluid to remove laquer paints. Regarding brake fluid and your fears of melting plastic, just put a piece of scrap sprue in the fluid and see how it responds. Take care of your hands and use gloves when picking up the parts. Sometimes you have to scrub them with a tooth brush or such to get rid of all the paint.
best regards
Joel

Lucky me - it did not come out too bad. Bubbled very slightly on one oart, which I'll sort out soon. Been busy on my 641/2 a bit, so this one is getting slightly lowered priority. But this and the second layer (new can!) will be sorted this week.

My progress is going well. Most of the mechanical parts have been completed, with just a bit of detail painting to do. I've got a bit more work to do on the body work, just a bit of polishing to bring the shine right up. I'll post some pics soon.

mitchgixer6 I use a product called "easy lift off" by pollyscale to remove my paints. It works on Tamiya lacquers (I know, I had to strip some off another RC211V I did a while ago).

Have you seen the new 2005 Minolta RCV?? Stunning livery. Just have to lean back and hope for some new cowlings and a decal sheet. If I previously said I was getting tired of RCV's I'll correct myself, I'm getting tired of Repsol, Telefonica and Camel RCV's

Joel, you beat me to it! Beautiful bike, I think, and this coming from a Yamaha guy. MotoGP.com has a good pic. Haven't had a chance to look elsewhere yet. By the way, my '02 Repsol is about 98% finished. Just got a new computer, as soon as I get everything loaded up, I'll post pics.

That is a nice looking bike. Something different from the usual colour schemes we see.

My RCV is pretty much done. It's all together and just needs a bit of touch up on the bottom of the lower cowling. I'll post some pics of it soon.

Just a tiny bit off the subject, but I'm looking at my parts required for this possible YZR-M1 build, and I think I'm going to try carbon fiber decals for once. However, I looked on HLJ.com and they're discontinued. Any other ideas?

Why don't you try ordering them direct from www.scalemotorsport.com ?

I got mine from mediamixhobby. Prompt service from them.

scalemotorsport if you're in the states, outside the US I guess not many beats Mediamix when it comes to shipping costs for decals...
/Joel - who awaits his new airbrush to complete some builds

Hey Gents,
Well, my RC is nearing completion and I'm really starting to get the itch to begin my M1. In the meanwhile, did you all happen to see this in Tamiya's site?

http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=12603

Got my RCV done the other day. Gonna take some pics today hopefully and post them up later.

Looking forward to seeing these completed bikes. I've done all that I can for now. Painted the wheels and mounted them on the frame, and also got the forward fairings decaled up and clear coated. Pics as and when I can get them uploaded. Still need paint for the rear cowl and tank..........

On the subkect of carbon decals. I would go with media mix if your outwith the US. very good price and fast shipping. I purchased some 1.24th twill weave from media mix for my M1 build as all of the fiber on this bike is his kind. Got it through last week and think it maybe slightly too small a scale. The print is definatley more grey than black. Think I'll order some 1/20th to see if thats any better. A word of warning.........

Mitch

Well.....here it is. My '03 Rossi RC211V. I built it pretty much out of the box except for some carbon fiber decal on a few parts. I noticed on the bike, that alot of the parts were painted black so I didn't bother covering everything in CF. Hope you like it.









Now it's onto the M1 group build.

Good job, Daniel!

Thanks mate.

I think you've done a great build. Very crisp paint and decal job. Smaller detail attention highlights the build. Thumbs up.
best regards
Joel

Thanks for the compliments Joel.

Excellent Daniel! Nice job. Everything on that bike looks just right. A tribute to the quality of the tamiya kits yet again, although it takes alot of work to make them look that good as we all know!

Well done, mate.

Mitch

Thanks Mitch, I appreciate it.

Nice one, Daniel! Now, if only I can get the digital camera to work, maybe I'll also post pics soon.

Got some update pics available. Just some shots of the bike with the fairing off. I don't like messing about and taking the fairing off all the time, so I think I'll keep these for prosperity! Got some pics of the front fairings decaled up as well, but I forgot to download them from my camera. Maybe just wait until the build is completed before posting those. Here they are.........

Looks good mitch. I did the same thing with my bike. I don't like taking the fairings off all the time, so I took some pics of it before I screwed them on. Great work on your bike so far.