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

Hi Dave your build is looking very nice and clean good work

Andrew

Andrew: Nice progress and may I say great skill when it comes to photography!

David: Looks nice, all that chrome must be something to work with. I think you do great so far!

Joel

Hi guys.

I've run into some "problems" and I need your help to figure out how to fix it. As I made a mono swing for the R1 I can't use the race stand. I don't want to use the side stand either as it is ugly and not to trust worthy. I figure I have to re build the race stand in some way and so far I have thought in the direction of the ducati stand wich has some pin running into the center of the wheel. It's not possible to use that exact stand as I will fit the wheel differently than on the 916 but how about something similar? Could I drill a hole in the swing and use that to insert the stand...?? Or would that just look too fruity?

I've got hooked on the scratch building...I started making an airbox yesterday. Man, I'll never get this sucker finished...

Joel

Here are the reworked wave discs. Needs a bit of touching up before they get painted and getting some new rivets.

Joel

Bloody hell guys, where have you all gone??? ;-)

We have to keep this build on the first page of the GB section.

/Joel

Hello Joel

I am still here and "kicking" writing exams this last couple of weeks, so been a bit tied up. Have completed the chassis and basis build of Senna 916 Ducati and about 50% with Honda RC30 750. Will post some pictures ASAP but will be in Angola next week

Had some problems with the Senna decals they "silvered" quite badly so not quite sure what to do now?

Andrew

Progressing with the Senna 916 Ducati.

Progress photo below:

Andrew

loocking good Andrew! That engine surely looks hell of a lot cleaner than the one I once put in my 916 kits. Awesome job you are doing, keep it up.

Here's my latest progress on the R1.

I painted the R1 rims Tamiya TS-14 Black and let them cure. I then masked off all of the outer parts and left only the center and spokes to be painted with Alclad II pale gold. This is how they looked masked off

and this is how it turned out when the masking tape was removed

Engine's starting to come together but the airbox is getting me a headache. Hopefully I can show some engine pics later this week.

Best regards
Joel

I finished my Virago save some touch-up painting on the nuts and bolts. Here's the pics!

I want to do a couple of airplanes next, maybe if I get the winged thing craving out of the way with enough time left in this group build I'll pull another bike out of the stash. I have the Tamiya Kawasaki ZX-12 that I'd like to put together.

My thanks to Ryan for organizing this group build!

You were right about not stripping the chrome plating. It looks really good. Must be a bit tricky to get all that shiny stuff in place without a lot of 1/1 fingerprints... Is it just me that never found this bike to look like a 1000 cc one?? The chassis, tank and seat could pass for a 125 in my book..

/Joel

Time for a larger update with some paint and finished parts!!

On the tire issue I decided to go with the Ducati tyres as they look most agressive among the three sets I mentioned. They will look like this.

Engine's starting to come together. I decided to paint the block flat black like on the more recent R1:s. Other parts of the engine will are so far painted Alclad II Pale gold and Jet Exhaust. There are of coarse more parts to come, I will do some black and some CF. Parts are just glued in place, they will need a wash.

I finished off the work on the brake discs. They have been a real hazzle but they turned out ok. I didn't get them cleaned up to the degree I wanted them but they started to fall a part so I put the Xacto away... I sanded down all rivets and washers and replaced them with Model Factory Hiro rivets and Scale Motorsport washers. As the rivets has quite a long pin I filed them down on the back with a modelling file.
Here are the front discs:

and here is the rear:

Stopped sanding the cowls and went for the primer a couple of days ago. Today I sprayed the parts that will be Metallic Red with some TS-17 to give them a silver base. I think the Red will look better that way.

Finally for today, the swing has reached its final shape, a lot of work with epoxy putty and Tamiya putty and between those sanding sanding sanding. Now I will prime it and paint it flat black together with the frame.

Hope you like it.
/joel

Is it just me that think that the showing of images on the forum has some flaws since the update? Now they seem to be cut in random order, not showing the whole picture until you click it.

/joel

joelrydh wrote:

Is it just me that think that the showing of images on the forum has some flaws since the update? Now they seem to be cut in random order, not showing the whole picture until you click it. /joel

It does it to me from time to time.  I thought it was because I was using firefox.

I was sneaking in your thread and I'm really impressed.  You guys build great stuff.  This is much more difficult than building armors, I mean you must do a clean job all the way.  I can't wait to see the final results.  I have to improve my skills if I want to build such clean model.

Yann Solo wrote:

I was sneaking in your thread and I'm really impressed.  You guys build great stuff.  This is much more difficult than building armors, I mean you must do a clean job all the way.  I can't wait to see the final results.  I have to improve my skills if I want to build such clean model.

wanna join in as well?

archangel571 wrote:

wanna join in as well?

Of coarse you shall! Brake some new frontiers, buy some gloss paints But most of all, don't bring yourself down, I've seen what you do to those armored monsters, I would never in my life step into camouflage painting... I have hell of a job concentrating on a two tone color scheme of my GP bikes...

/Joel

Ok, so it's time for another larger update on my pimping project.

Engine is slowly comming together. I've painted the carburators with Alclad II Jet Exhaust, masked them off and painted details semi-gloss black and Alclad II Pale Gold. I hotted the thing up by adding some CF to the oil filter and painting the start engine Pale Gold and metallic red. I think especially the red made a stand out once installed.

I went about some CF-ing as well (hmm new word...) As it's a pimped ride, you've got to have CF. Preferably lots... My first thought was actually a full CF bike but that's way too far from my league. I decided to lift some of the parts instead. Here are pictures of one of the side cowlings together with a plate that goes between the top and side cowls. Quite a crappy image...

Next was the head light housing and that was quite fun. Took some time but I think I got more out of it than I invested. All CF parts has been painted with Tamiya Smoke and then Tamiya clear. As the acrylic paint is slow drying I made the mistake to mask off the headlights too quick for the Alclad Pale Gold treatment. This left me with some dull areas on top but I will fix that later.

Last but not least as they will be very visible on the finished project, are the rear view mirrors. These were pretty tricky and I'm not fully satisfied with the result but this is done on the first try.

I also finished off the rear damper set up. It's painted Alclad II Pale Gold and Jet Exhaust (what else??) and the spring is cowling color, Mica Red. I've added some Scale Motorsport Washers.

Last but not least (as I now you guys just want the shiny parts :nono: ) I did some progress with the cowlings. I've painted all cowling parts except the tank wit Tamiya (TS-39??) Mica Red, and the tank with Tamiya Metallic Grey. I had an incident with the side/lower cowls so they are lagging a few coats of clear and I haven't taken any pictures of those just yet. So far all cowlings has got Tamiya Primer, followed by 1 mist and 2 wet coats of paint and finally 1 mist and 4 wet coats of Modelers' "Super Clear" (an absolute favourite of mine). I'll think about adding some decals and go for a gentle sand/polish and then finish off with a couple of more clear coats.
I think the Red/Grey combo turned out very well, and I'm so far very pleased with the result. I would like to have myself a dust free area to spray in. Bloody hell those cowls attract lint and dust particles... Well well, here we go.

Bye for now and thanks for looking. Please feel free to comment, good or bad or just some crazy ideas that I should put into the project?

best regards
Joel

You're bloody right I do!! Ha ha I saw that picture and thought of cutting it but forgot....

/Joel

joelrydh wrote:

You're bloody right I do!! Ha ha I saw that picture and thought of cutting it but forgot.... /Joel

The image that is, not the nail....

Progress on Ducati 916 Senna. Stalled a bit waiting for new decals.

The PE parts were great and the dics loog good as does the imp[rovemnet of the rear hub nut and clip see pictures below

Andrew

Very clean and flawless as usual Andrew. You must have great patience within your building.

I love the rim color, what have you painted them with?

/joel

Hello Joel

Thanks for compliments, I love bikes so have tons of patience, but I only post the cool bikes a few still end up in the spares box.  The rim colour is Tamiya white Surface Primer and then two coats of Tamiya TS49 Bright Red.

Yann

We don’t get Alclad in Africa so all my models are sprayed with Tamiya TS spray paints (from an airbrush not from the rattle can) or Tamiya enamel paints. I have gotten used to using Tamiya paints. I use Tamiya TS 30 Silver Leaf for most of my "shiny parts" as the finish is really good and the paint is very forgiving in that it dries to a nice shiny silver.

Andrew

Progress photos of the Honda RC30 750

Andrew

You are getting there andrew!! This will look stunning with the cowls in place!

Joel