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

So, it's time for a minor update, the finished mufflers. These are the stages they went through.

1. Glued pieces together, cut hangers.
2. Sanded down the molded in rivets and drilled holes with .5 mm drill bit
3. Puttied, sanded, putted, sanded...
4. Painted gloss black enamel
5. Put on some SMS carbon fiber decals.
6. Painted whole shabang with Modelers' Super Clear
7. Masked off the CF area and painted the end parts Alclad II Pale gold
8. Inserted Model Factory Hiro aluminum rivets in the pre drilled holes.

The result are as follows, I personally think they turned out great.

Joel

Can't be summer vacation for all of you, can it? We've had such a warm summer here, leaving me with zero tolerance for model building. As I got some days free now I'll try and get somewhere on my R1. I nearly finished the top and lower cowls today. Hopefully you'll get some pics in the morning.

/Joel

Hi Ryan
It's not the final exhaust pipe you see on the pictures. That is just a piece of scrap wood that I used when painting the muffler. Hence the golden color.

/Joel

archangel571 wrote:

hmm... Joel, I think I have commented on your exhaust before but I guess the post got lost somewhere?!!  Anyways, that CF finish and the extra work on it is off the hook.   Maybe it's the picture, but why does the exhaust pipe leading to the muffler seem to have a bottle neck look to it?  Extra backpressure will only decrease performance hehehe.

Using my two days off to make some progress.

I've finished off the top cowl. I painted the head light glass clear yellow and the wind screen with smoke. Had to put a lot of smoke to make a clear finish. This also made the paint run quite badly leaving me with a small dot in the middle of the screen where there's no paint. Not that visible though.
Mirrors are painted black and Alclad gold and the black areas are covered with Scale motorsport CF decals. Molded in rivets are sanded and Model Factory Hiro rivets installed. Inside of the cowling was supposed to get CF treatment but I was satisfied with flat black. I put two washers on the inside to recreate mirror fittings. Enjoy.

The lower cowl and side cowls come in one piece. On the front side of the lower cowl there is a V-shape. I've painted this one Alclad gold and installed Studio 27 mesh from the inside. Side cowls are cut on an earlier stage. Inside is painted flat black and the panel line is painted with a Gundam marker.
Sorry for the bad lighting.

Front fender is painted flat black on the inside. Two Model Factory Hiro rivets installed on each side. If you missed out on it earlier on this fender comes from a GP500 Yamaha YZR.

I testfitted the seat and tank cowls on the frame with engine installed. Frame is so far painted Alclad gold, white parts will be flat black.

Best regards
Joel

Did quite a bit of work today but most smaller details that won't be visible until further ahead in the WIP. What I'm about to show are the painted frame and swing arm. I chose to do both in flat black. I've used Tamiya laquer spray, wich I emptied from the can and sprayed through air brush. I did the Alclad gold and CF on the frame first, masked off and then sprayed the black. I think the filling of the frame fell out very good although it was a real pain to get it evened out as the shape of the frame is quite complex.

I've added some washers and a few rivets, none of wich is very visible in these photos.

Swing arm has got some brake line fastners wich I made out of hex rod and cut in shape. Hole shabang is then painted flat black. I was going for full CF on the mud guard but I've stripped the paint and will do it metallic grey with some CF areas.

/Joel

Thanks for your comments Ryan! Nice to know the group build is still alive ;-) I'm aware of the fact that the frame needs some cleaning up. Will take care of that before I mont the engine.

Joel

Seat got painted the other day. What do you think? Too light?

I also started adding mesh hose for the radiator and some red throttle lines from the cylinder heads. I'm thinking of adding some sort of box for the lines to take care of valve timing and such. Perhaps a new battery as well.

/Joel

To celbrate that I posted the 100th post in this thread and to move on to page 6 and to see if there's someone left I'll post this completely unnecessary rows.

/Joel

shayne wright wrote:

What colour is the seat? looks pink to me ,but seeing as it's a custom bike you are doing it can be what ever colour and shade that you what,matchs in good with the red body colour Shayne

Well, I wouldn't say pink Shayne but I aree upon it beeing on the light side. I've decided to make it a more darker brown color as most of the bike has really deep colors.

/joel

On to the exhaust system...  This is a task I've pushed in front of me during the whole build as it will be tricky to fit the scratch built pipes into the EXUP with the right angle. Photo below shows where I started out. I've been struggling to get the frontmost one in place and did so until I cut too much plastic away and the pipe went too short :banghead:. Well, well, glued a small piece at the end and hopefully it will do fine tomorrow. The other pipe will be trickier as it has a more complex way to the EXUP. It is hard to meassure the angle and hold that one in my head while holding the plastic rod over the candle. I've tried a few ways to sort it and think I'm on my way. Hardest part will probably be to clean up the area around the EXUP and to fit the hole system at ones when done.

/Joel

Fitted the scratch built pipes into the EXUP today. The styrene rods fit beautifulli in the mufflers but as expected it was harder to get them into the EXUP. I heated and bent the pipes and then glued them in place with super glue. After curing I put on some putty whilst still test fitted on the bike. Hopefully I'll get a hard mount as it will have to manage the heavy load. My next fear is that it will be hard to fit the system after painting as it now is in one piece...will see about that one. Here's two pics of the EXUP connection.

/Joel

I'll keep on going. Last chance for the next couple of weeks to get something done here.

Glued the rear damper into the swing arm and test fitted the chain and chain guard. Chain isn't detailed yet, just painted Pale gold and XF-56 Metallic grey. Chain guard will get some washers added.

I also put the front fork together with the front wheel. You can see the small scratch built mountings for the fender. Fork legs are painted, yes Alclad II Pale gold, and the sliding parts are from a Museum Collection kit that I wasted the other year. They are made of turned brass. Lower ends of the forks are to be detailed further and Brembo markings on the calipers will be painted black.

Hope you like it.
/Joel

Thanks Shayne! I think it's only me and you left here...

/Joel

Hi Guys, you are not alone. I have had some troubles with the Ducati 916 '98 Senna decals and have finally gots them to stick on the parts so hopefully I will seal them with a clear coat this week-end then I will post pictures of the finished bike.

The RC 750 Honda is stuck I had some problems with the Gold pinstrips on the body parts so have ordered some new declas from HLJ, they are also on the way so should have pictures posted soon

Andrew

Great! I thought the GB was dead... But the GB is ALIVE!!!

/Joel

More updates. I'm finally done painting the exhaust system. Or atleast very close to it. I have a few scratches near the right muffler to fix and some joints to paint where the front pipes meats the EXUP. I will also add some washers to the muffler brackets.
I finally fell for some Termignoni decals from the Dexter Models sheet wich seem to have a very high quality.

/Joel

Completed Senna Ducati 916. Had some problems with decals but with some assistance from Decalman and some white glue finally got everything finished

Below pictures of the completed bike

Andrew

Hi Shayne

The problem I had with the decals is they simply would not stick, had little if any adhesive.    The first set came of in the washing process while I was preparing parts for clear coat.    The next set “blew” of the cowlings when I tried the clear coat         so finally with the advice from Decalman I used another sheet of decals and put a little diluted white glue under each decal and that did the trick,        went through five sets of decals though. Supplier Ragged Edge was fantastic supplying spare sheets and helping me solve the problem, I think I just had some bad luck with the sheets, since other have had no problems 

I am satisfied with the end result, just took a while to get there though

Such a lovely shine on those cowls!!! I love it. Looks really great (as always!)

/Joel

Hi Joel

Thanks for compliments of course I never post pictures of all the lousy paint jobs! And there are a few to be sure!!!

Black is such a complimentary colour since it reflects the light so nicely

Ok, so it's time to start the assembly and get a move on with this build. Today I'll give you pics of the finished engine and swing arm assembly and tomorrow I'll hopefully post picture of the naked bike fully assembled.

What's new on the engine? I've added throttle cables. These would go into a box underneith the tank on the real bike but that won't fit so I've stuck them away at the clutch cover. On the left side you can spot my most expensive piece of plastic. I had to buy a new mold tree to get the sprocket cover that I've misplaced...10 USD plus shipping... Lucky I needed some primer... I sprayed it Alclad II Jet Exhaust, covered it partly with some SMS CF and put some Model Factory Hiro rivets where there was originaly molded in ones.

Looking through a R1 service manual I found loads of extras that I would have made if I had the manual when I began the build. Now I'll stick to an extra radiator hose on the left side and to rebuild the clutch (not visible here).

I finally assembled the rear swing arm and I think it turned out just dandy! Caliper got some rivets installed on the top side and I then glued the brake disc and caliper in place on the rimb using super glue. To get the right fit with the tire I had to make a spacer out of styrene rod. Looking at the right side you can see that I've drilled the screw head down into the rimb and I will later cover it with a plastic bolt.

The fender is painted Metallic Grey (same as the tank) and then I added some CF in the middle. I pinned it down with some rivets.
Brake line is .6 mm fishing line painted gun metal.
Chain guard got some phillips head bolts as fastners.

Hope you all like it.
/Joel

Hi guys! Finished my work in this GB today! I had some REALLY big troubles attaching the lower cowls to the top but I sorted it out eventially. It doesn't look 100% though...

Here are some shots although they are a tad to light and some of them a bit out of focus. I'll post new ones soon, I've got plans to take this mother to my friends' studio for some quality pictures.

Hope you all like it!

/Joel

Can we agree on a badge for this one or has everybody left. Sure looks like it when you look at the comments for the past month...

/Joel