Moto GP group build '05

Hi guys my projects are taken ages to finish,have come across this french site with some very good photo's of the M1,to late for some in time for others?while there take a look around his site you will be amazed at some of his stuff has made rossi figure with the msm decals
http://miniature-gp.chez.tiscali.fr/M1-fortuna/Doc/Doc-M1-fortuna.htm

That's awesome mate. Those pictures will be very handy. And it is very handy that you can download them in RAR archives....

BTW, my builds are still coming along slowly. I got the frames painted black the other day. I also primed some of the body work. Hopefully I'll paint the TS-51 for my Gauloises bike this weekend. The Spiderman bike is more tricky to paint. So it'll wait a while til I have more time.......

Great reference pics. Great pics of that guy's build as well (the M1 itself). Can be depressing, can be inspiring, depending on your angle!

Me, I'm crawling along. A/b has now finally given up the ghost. Will take it in to get looked at tomorrow, then we'll take it from there...

Guys,
Don't forget to watch this weekend race from my home soil! I'm sure it will be a thriller to watch Dr. capture his 5th crown. Will post u guys some latest pit lane photo.

Thoose pics are taken from PIT walk collection. It worth every penny...

cupcai,

Don't forget your earplugs, man. My head still hurts from Laguna Seca. My M1's done, just gotta post up pics of it and those outstanding C/F decals from Scale Motorsport. Got as far as opening up the box on my Valencia RC, might start prepping parts this weekend if hurricane Rita doesn't blow Texas off the map.

Hi guys still haven't got very far on thishave just got a few touch up's to do a couple more decals and all done,be able to start on kawa500 then,then have one or two more to do got a 1/9 eddie lawson yamaha yzr500 1988 Protar metal kit which I won on an auction site here for $40nz and was pleasently surprised by the standard of the kit was only expecting the very basic but there is quite a bit of detail in this kit even has the baccy decals supplied with kit.
would of done more pic's but batteries ran out on camera(have had nothing but problems with this **&^%^ camera


have changed from doing max's bike due to could not find the correct #3 so are doing Nicky Hayden's bike since he did so well in USGP and that I actually picked him to win it

Picture not as good as what I expect...

Nice pics, cupcai. Hard to believe the M1's actually got a little bit of a silencer! After hearing it, and seeing the RC's open-pipe set up, I thought Termignoni threw in some money and asked Yamaha to make it at least appear that Rossi used their muffler. Can't wait to see what Tamiya comes out with to replicate the changes to the '05. Springtime '06, maybe?

here's more...

Great pics cupcai. Thanks for posting them.

Shayne - Your build looks good so far. Interesting to see that you're doing the 2005 scheme.

OK, so I take a close look at the decals supplied with my Valencia RC. Can somebody tell me why there are two different designs for Rossi's dog, Guido- one in a hawaiian shirt and the other in prison stripes? Also there are two different "The Doctor" windscreen decals- one him throwing a peace sign, the other a mug shot, presumably to go with the jailbird Guido. The directions only list using the flowered shirt dog and peace sign Doctor, what is the difference since I thought this scheme was only used for one race? Is one a practice/qualifying scheme? Back-up bike? I kind of think the whole jailbird thing was reflecting how Rossi felt still being with Honda at that time. Ideas? Also, great race yesterday. Funny that- Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy and Bashful are all in Rossi's fan club.

Guys, certainly yesterday race was one of the best from all the top riders . anyone can suggest to me a site which I can store more pictures? thanks..

Nice pics Cupcai! I must agree that the race was fabolous!
Why don't you get yourself another photobucket account to store more of your images?

For me, I'm finishing off the Camel and Pramac Hondas today. Weather is bad but if it gets better during the day I'll post images tonight.
best regards
Joel

I've got the painting and decalling done on my Gauloises M1. I'm gonna wait til the weekend and then give it a clear coat or two. I might post a few pics next week.

Ok, will open another account....Anyone already order the Desmosedici? Thinking about getting it soon. A bit costly though and also Tamiya has left out quite a no's of detail on the engine dept .which is good for scratch build freak...

QUOTE: Originally posted by cupcai Anyone already order the Desmosedici? Thinking about getting it soon. A bit costly though and also Tamiya has left out quite a no's of detail on the engine dept .which is good for scratch build freak...

I haven't ordered it yet. I'm stocking up on Valencia RCV:s to do some 04 versions and I guess that item will leave the market quicker than the desmo. I'll probably wait and see how the after market will react on the release. Hopefully we'll see both decal sheets and transkits in the near future. As far as I know Renaissance will do some 03 fairings.
best regards
Joel - who just noticed he didn't mount the inner parts of the air supply on the frame. It's too late to fix it also...too bad.

No one with ideas upon Yamafreaks questions by the way? Seems like an interesting dilemma that needs to be solved.
/Joel - who just finished two builds that started on the 7th of July 2004...pics to be posted in a few hours.

Could it be Tamiya simply supply extra mascott decal for this kit?

Hi guys-Yamafreak in answer to your question the correct decals to use are the peace sign for window and hawa'n shirt dog for seat,also in my view the tank decal is the right colour if you are using kit supplied decals,However from all the pic's i have seen of the bike it is the wrong shade of orange on decals for rest of bike,that is why i haven't done it yet .

I have ordered tamyia duke should be here in a few days (+extras)ordering through HLJ for me is a LOT cheaper than getting through LHS by about 50% ,by the time they add thier cut on,govt adds thier tax on ,sales tax,and of course GST(goods and services tax).
Joel is right Renissance are bringing out decals but a few others like this years D'Antin scheme can't wait
that isn't so bad joel i checked the rcv last night looking for touch up jobs and found red paint on the white repsol decal main fairing any ideas on how to remove it ?anyone? that's what you get doing 4 models at once

As said I finished two RC211V builds the day before yesterday. They are the Camel Pons bike as it featured in the qualifying race of the Dutch GP 2003 (You can find the “2” next to Biaggis’ #3 as he celebrated his 32nd birthday) and the Pramac Pons bike from the Italian GP the same year.

Both bikes are based on the Tamiya Camel Pons kit and to those I have added two sheets of decals from Studio 27. As always nicely detailed and with a pretty high quality.
The engine is OOB except some hose clamps out of metal wire so nude pics isn’t necessary.
Added value this time is as follows
-Stripped the chrome plating of the frames and swing arms and painted them Alclad II Higly polished alu.
- Scratch built front fork sensor and axle pin.
- Scratch built right side exhaust pipe heat shielding.
- Painted rear chain sprocket cover, clutch cover, rear mud guard and right exhaust pipe heat shielding with XF-56 through mesh over X-18 to get CF effect.
- Covered left heel guard, muffler fastener and the scratch built right heat shielding with Scale Motorsport CF decal. Also made muffler ribbons out of the same material.
- Detailed the chain and brake callipers
- Replaced Tamiya tubing with fishing line. .6 mm for clutch and brake lines and .4 mm for throttle.
- Did some over all weathering and did some cuts in the foot pegs.

I think the Camel turned out ok and sad to say I’m not that satisfied with the Pramac. But judge for your self. Here comes the pics.
/Joel

Awesome builds Joel. Both of them look great to me. Do you think it was worth stripping the chrome off the frame and painting them? Looks like it from here, the alclad looks great. Great work.

Thanks Pingtang! Since I first tried stripping the plating I haven't found a reason for not doing it (besides saving some time). I allways find scratches in the plating and the shine seems too high.
/joel

Joel, top stuff as usual!

Interesting how different the CF (on Max's bike) seems on the 3 pics of the same bike. Very nicely done, though. Was the "mudguard" sone using the mesh spray and the rest by decal?

Nice set of exhausts on both bikes - Alclad really came to the party there! No probs' with spraying clear over Alclad? Or am I wrong in assuming you used Alclad there as well?

My progress is slow, just starting to assemble front forks. Thinking of doing the decalling first this time, before attaching the bodywork. Usually do it the other way around to make sure about allignment, but these RC211V's really go together so well, you don't need to worry too much about potential mis-allignment! So from here on in progress could be quicker... Esp. since I am getting my airbrush back tomorrow - in the end it was a problem with the regulator not working properly when depressed, so paint pickup did not "register"!

SeaBee: I used Scale Motorsport decals for the CF on the heel guard on the left side, on the lower heat shielding on the right side and on the muffler brackets. All other cf areas are made by the mesh technique.
Exhaustsystem is actually not painted with alclad, I used the acrylics mentioned in the manual and then hit them with the clear. Next bike will get Alclad treatment and some exhaust springs.
best regards
joel

great work there Joel,what is wrong with parmac rcv,I can't see anything wrong with it or should I get out a magnifying glass and go over it with a fine tooth comb
.Really it looks great ,have never tried the mesh tech before may give it a try next model.I stripped the chrome form swingarm also +I filled in frame .
should be able to post pic's this weekend of my rcv,then it will be on to next the next one in line

Shayne: Thanks for your compliments. The problems with the Pramac is that the painted red and the decal red isn't a good match + the red decal on the top fairing got ripped on a few places.
/Joel

Joel : you can't even tell from the angle i'm sitting in,
But really they are both very well done
I think matching of paint to decal colour is one of the hardest parts of this hobby specially since every manufactor has diff colour standards for same colour i.e. red,blue and white just to name a few,which is one reason I still haven't fin Rossi M1 from months and months and months ago still waiting on it's final coat of paint

Awesome builds Joel. I really like the look of both of those bikes. I cannot see any problems with either of the bikes. You wouldn't even notice anything, even after you pointing out the problems you had. It's funny how any problems you encounter during a build always seem worse to the bulider! Usually what you think looks bad isn't even noticeable to everyone else!

On the point of the new Ducati. Does anyone know if any companies will make a decal sheet for the D'Antin bike from this year? Would love to make the Roby Rolfo bike.

Keep the pics coming of your finished builds folks. I'm starting to get itchy feet again....... I need a fix!

mitch click on here and you will find what u seek
http://www.renaissance-models.com
std27 and tabo/tabu are also doing decals for tamyia duke can't wait