Production Bikes GB 06 (March 01, 2006 - March 01, 2007)

Hi Back from Sudan. Honda CX500 Turbo completed. currently working on Ducati 916 Senna. Parts cleaned and primary coats of paint completed

Damn nice build Andrew!!!

I started working on the Honda NR this past weekend.  I'm working on doing a little conversion for it.  I took the Ohlins front fork set of the Ducati Desmo and will be using it, along with the triples and controls.  I need to find a way to get some spacers in there since the stock wheels are too small (any suggestions?).  I also need to cut out the front portion of the gas tank to allow the damper to fit as well, along with pasting on the damper mounting joint to the tank.  I CF'ed the undertail using Scale Motorsports 1/20 CF sheet.  Turned out okay, still needs some trimming though.  I'll post some pics tonight.

Andrew : VERY clean build! That Honda turned out great.

Shayne: Nice to see some progress on that monster. Locks like a handfull with that damper... keep it comming, with your skill you'll manage it.

Wolfpac: get that vise and you'll be able to make those extra details on your bikes. It's not only the disc rotors, when you get that done you'll start looking at PE rivets... CF work looks good!

My best to all of you

Joel

shayne wright wrote:

Well.I have finally gotten around to starting duc monster(have been a wee bit busy last few weeks) bike looks a bit bare at moment have to apply all of the c/f every where ,Italeri have to do some work on the rear damper as it is in one word  shit.+ they have made the tyres very realistic ,they are veryyyy tight to get on the rims just like real ones .in fact they are that tight that i split rear tyre trying to get it on rim here are some of the progress pic's so far.

wolfpac wrote:

Conversion process of Ducati Desmo Forks (I also picked up a pin vise, holy time consuming Batman) Comapro of Ducati forks to stock forks:

Yup, but the discs sure look good after all the holes are crossdrilled for real. 

I am curious about how you plan to convert that front suspension.

As for my progress, I actually chopped half the body cowling off of a ducati 900 mike hailwood replica (900MHR) two nights ago at like 4am in attempt to somewhat get the bike close to the look of a 900SS, only to realize just now that it just wouldn't look right even with my plan to change the rear piece and the seat and the additional turn signals.  The supersport half fairing is simply different from the top half of the MHR.  Being that it's only a 13 dollar kit anyhow I will just go nuts with it and make up my own bike, oh well.  Will post some pictures this weekend.

Shayne, I spy a desmo and the fairings of your unfinished KR500 in the background.

archangel571 wrote:

Yup, but the discs sure look good after all the holes are crossdrilled for real.  I am curious about how you plan to convert that front suspension.

http://www.finescale.com/FSM/CS/forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=610252

NY-autoshow pictures.  Got a ton of shots of the suzuki bike in there.  I just love the exhaust on it.

Archangel: Sorry to dissapoint you but the pic in the signature is of the Haga Superbike wich I use for some references... Work is going really slow as I've had tons to do at school after the Miami trip. Hopefully I'll get som work done the following weeks.

I've also noticed that on the web site. Not that it is surprising, that's what I look for as well on builders sites. I'll start working on that.

/Joel

Progress with the various production builds:

Honda CX500 Turbo

Completed

Honda RC 750

Painted all parts, waiting for body parts to dry prior to decal application

Senna Ducati 916

Painted all parts, waiting for body parts to dry prior to decal application

Started assembly of the Ducati, will post some photos soon

Andrew

Well, as I don't do much progress I thought I atleast put the parts together to give you all an idea of what I'm trying to acomplish. Here are some mock up photos of the R1 Tuner so far.

I'm working on the swing arm to give it a better appearance and I'm trying to make the new exhaust pipes wich workes quite well. Yesterday I got the idea to use some colored CF on the mufflers...aren't there a red weave pattern from s27 or Renaissance...?

/Joel

Sorry for the bad quality by the way. There was an ugly light outside, better stay indoors.

/joel

thanks for that Wolfpac, I'll check it out. I think something wild on the mufflers would make them stand out but I don't want it to look too pimpy if you get what I mean...
/Joel

So, things are starting to happen around here. More progress in two days than I've made in six months...

Today I started working on the new swing arm. I've decided to make it a mono swing as it gives the bike a more sporty look. I've cut the right side arm off the old R1 swing. After that I've grinded the right side of the swing just inside the foot peg carrier to make room for the new seat pipes.
I've added some epoxy putty to the cut off edges and will start shaping that as soon as it has dried.

As said earlier I will be using the seat mufflers from the Ducati 916 kit. That leaves me with the job to make new exhaust pipes and to make them fit into the exup of the R1 system. I've used styrene rod with a 3,5 mm diameter. That dimension looks quite alright on the bike and fits like a dream into the mufflers.
I made a dummy out of wire for the first pipe, heated the rod over a candle and formed it after the dummy. It took two runs to make it look good. Going at the second pipe I just followed the curves of the first one making it a lot easier.

This is how it looks with the pipes fitted into the frame.

I still have to fit the ends into the exup but I think that's going to be a minor problem. A bigger one is to hang the whole system so that it doesn't tilt. Any ideas.

best regards
Joel

Thanks Shane, both for your comments and for the tubing. I thought I e-mailed you about that but when I checked my sent box I couldn't find it. Sorry for that, wasn't my meaning to be rude. Thanks again. I'll get some pictures up on my web with the tubing installed.

/Joel

I've finally started my Yamaha Virago. The frame, engine, tank, side covers and other random parts are painted. There's a lot of detail painting in this kit.

Some of the chrome is painted with clear yellow to make it look gold. I've done a first coat on all of that but I think it will need at least one more. I'll take some pictures over the weekend.

Ducati Senna 916

Progress so far, assembling the engine and chassis. Have painted the cowling etc

Progress picture so far

Andrew

Honda RC30 750

Progress so far, assembling the engine and chassis. Have painted the cowling and busy with the decals. Tamiya supply all the red as decals but I decided to try and airbrush the red portion instead of using the decals

Progress picture so far

Andrew

Hi Shayne

Have not heard or seen any pictures of the 1200 Ducati, but sounds really interesting. Have you a  link to a picture? Hopefully they will bring out a 1200 Sports Tourer to replace the current ST3/ST4 range.

The wife and I ride the Ducati ST2 at the moment but we justed clocked 45,000km so a replacement in a couple of years would be great (the Ducati ST2 is a fantastic bike to ride)

Andrew

Hi Shayne

Well that GP5 is certainly one powerful and very rare Ducati and I can only imagine what the price tag must be certainly more than you or I could afford, Bill Gates maybe?   I think I will stick to the 1:12 scale version for now it is more economical and certainly safer

Andrew

I think I'm about 75% done. All the painting bar some touch-up are done. Frame, engine and rear wheel are all together. The fork is next and then all that is left is details.

There is a whole poop-pile of chrome on this chopper wannabe so there is a whole poop-pile and a half of sprue attachment points to mar it. I didn't want to re-chrome the whole thing or strip and Alclad as that just isn't as shiny as chrome plating. What I did was try to trim the sprue attachments as smoothly as possible without taking off any more plating. Then I daubed a little clear gloss enamel on the spot and let it dry for a while. After it was tacky, I took a cotton swab and applied SNJ aluminum powder to the spot and buffed it with the clean side of the cotton swab. That didn't look too bad. Since Tamiya was pretty good about placing the sprue attachments at the bottom or backside of parts I think it will do. There is still a seam on each muffler but oh-well. Here's the pictures as of last night.