Protar Paris-Dakar BMW 1000GS 1/9 scale FINISHED (PICS)

Thanks Joelster

Today i finished the secondary fuel tank, there was no fuel petcock in the kit so i had to scratch one.

Here i dryfitted the tank and the saddle on the frame.

Karel

Holy Suzuki, Karel!

Not only is my real name "Karl"--no "e", but I too own three bikes--and a DRZ400 in blue, lol! A little different configuration than yours, but still the same bike, I think?

I have two two-stroke 97 RMX250's that I race offroad in "Hare Scrambles" and Enduros.

and here's my DRZ--

How cool, huh? It looks like you have a rally set up on yours? Oversized tank? My DRZ is essentially stock--I use it for mostly road riding in the NY summers.

Again, I must say that your newest posts are just blowing me away with the realism of this model!

Good to hear, another Suzuki rider

I think we have exactly the same model and year DRZ, i bought mine new in 2004 in the same colours as yours.

Together with a friend we made a mold of a rally fairing, so we can reproduce these fairings from fiberglass and sell them if people are interested.

The tank is a Aqualine safari 17Ltr tank, the cams and exhaust are from Yoshimura and i installed a Keihin FCR carb.

I use it for amateur rally`s and for offroad holiday`s, last year i went to Sweden with a couple of friends, it was great!

Thanks again for your comments on the BMW

Karel

Karel,

WOW, that;'s pretty cool that you guys took the enterprising steps of actually forming your own parts and are selling them! My DRZ is a 2006--but I'm sure that it's pretty close to the '04 model--they haven't changed them that much. However, that carb and Yoshi setup would make yours a lot snappier than my blue bike---but I doubt you would catch me on my RMX,. lol!

Right now I have to put a top endin one RMX, and do a bottom-end rebuild in the other! OY! Lots of work to keep me busy for the winter!

Safe riding,and keep it on two wheels! I'll be watching your build here!

The front mudguard is ready.

Karel

Wow, absolutely stunning build! Definitely signing up for updates on this one.

Josh

Thanks Josh,

In the meantime i finished the rear fender, the numberplates and the waterbottles

The waterbottles, with home made straps.

I mounted a reflector and two lightbulbs in the light housing, and attached an electrocable.

I scratched a piece of aluminium plate for the license number

The rear fender ready

And mounted

Karel

My god, Karel--if you didn';t post these in-progress shots, I'd swear that you were photographing your real bike and posting it as a model!

This looks freakin' AMAZING. I'm BLOWN AWAY!

Thanks Karl, your words are a great motivation for me, especially because your builds are the best around in my opinion.

I hope some day i can order a full scale HPN BMW in this configuration

Karel

Your build on this bike is an inspiration.

Thank you

Dr

No thank you for your compliments

Karel

I made a start with the wires and cables.

Karel

That's just unreal, Karel. Surely the finest representation of an offroad motorcycle that I've ever seen built!

I must say that having spent the better part of my life in the industry, what I'm seeing from your pictures here looks like something someone would be bringing in to the shop.

Outstanding realism and attention to the details.

Regards, PWB.

Many thanks...

I finished the mounting of most wires and cables, and the steering bar.

The rubber handlebar grips supplied with the kit were inaccurated, so i replaced them by turned home made grips.

Karel

Your skills and attention to detail are amazing! I'll be looking forward to seeing more pix of your work.

Thank you RedKnight.

The fairing/headlight unit is ready, the windscreen will be mounted later.

Karel

Looking beautiful, Karel!

If you don't mind me asking; what's your method for weathering? Are you using MIG pigments, or just plain, real dirt? It really looks tremendous!

Karl,

Before i start weathering,  i scratch the bodyparts very lightly with a rough piece of sandpaper, and then i use a mixture of MIG pigments;  African Earth, Europe Dust and Beach Sand to fill the scratches.

Sometimes i am not happy with the result or i used to much pigment, then i wipe it away with a small piece of scotch bride to reveal more colour from the paint.

Sometimes i use oil paint, but that is mostly for greasy parts on the engine.

Karel

Thanks for the info, Karel. That's along the lines of what I thought

Nice of you to share your methods with your viewers here. Some guys are reluctant to do that and "give away their secrets" but it is a better man who teaches as well as does, in my opinion!

I finished and mounted a lot of small parts, a time consuming job...

The petcocks

Breather hoses on the fueltank

The footpegs and the brake and shift pedals

The clutch lever on the backside of the engine

The kickstarter

Rear brake lever and cable

And the fairing

Karel

Your level of craftmanship and detail makes me want to bury my head in the sand and give up on my feeble attempts forever.

Simply amazing work.

Thanks Griffin for your compliment

Karel

On pictures of the real BMW i saw two frame connecting tubes above and below the swingarm, wich are missing in the kit.

I made two tubes from a piece of sprue and managed to mount them.

Also i forgot an electrocable wich is attached to the frame with ty-wraps, and a small breather hose on the swingarm.

Here the lower frame tube can be seen

Both connecting tubes are visible here, and the breather hose on the swingarm

The electrocable wich is mounted with ty-wraps on the frame

And an overview...

Karel

The model is ready.....

These pics are taken outside

Karel

Karel

cool beemer I wanted to see your harley pic but it wont come up. any chance you would post it?

Thanks krow, you mean these pics?:

Karel

Absolutely outstanding work on the BMW!

Josh

yeeaahh! Thats one of the best renditions of that kit I have seen. Looks like you got most of the corrections(plug wires from the generator -not!) rear head on the rear not as per the instuctions on the front! , do ya think ya beat it up enough? I will have to point out the biggest flaw in this kit ,it is so glaring  i have not seen a kit where any one got it right ,that would be the seat bracket ,it is all backwards and so bad it kills !   compare to pix of the real bike and if poss get a harley parts manual for the  WLA 45 .The seat is too far forward and way to high,the seat post ( into the frame ) is too far back on the seat itself,and way to sticken out . the front seat mount is actually a 'U' strap on the frame not the gas tank!! If you are interested I will send the parts page with the bracket and you will see immed what I mean.i am doing this one in a 'bobber ' stripped and  scalloped , I hope to cast up some resin parts ,including the seat bracket(! ), magneto and upper  fork tree. excellent work on the kit...............Yuo may have guessed I work on 1-1 bikes, build choppers and have the references and real bikes to examine