Tamiya 1:6 Yamaha 1100 Special "The Rebuild"

Wow! That's like rebuilding the real thing! Looks great so far. I will be following along.

Hi,

As a bike kit builder myself, that is quite the project you've got going there. It should look very impressive when it is finished. I look forward to seeing your progress on this one. keep up the good work.

Cheers

Mick

In terms of references the main sources are shown below and include parts catalogue a service manual and over one hundred photos downloaded from the Internet



Now a bike like the Midnight Special sure has a huge spectrum of screws, bolts nuts and washers. Sourcing scale hex bolts and screws in this scale is really hard. I have a selection of over 200 items sourced from UK, Germany, Japan, USA, and China. Parts that cannot be sourced will be made on the lathe in the workshop. 



Very little glue will be used in this build and every part will be bolted together just like a real bike (hence the service manual), you will see why this is the case later in the build. The plastic parts must all be modified, often moulded detail like bolt heads or moulded nuts are emoved and replacement holes drilled and tapped to receive the replacement bolts and screws. For example the carburettors alone will consume around 61 M0.8 screws ands M0.6 screws.

Below is the bank of carbs (unpainted) but fitted together with screws (not glue) to give you an idea of the number of screws involved



So here is a look at the rear swing arm, notice the filler etc and the still to be worked on rear rim. Gives you an idea of what the added detail will look like, of course it will look much better when painted and assembled



and if you are wondering what the power plant will look like here is a sneak preview - all unpainted and only put together for fitting and test assembly purposes, it will all have to be disassembled, cleaned, painted and then reassembled



Cheers