Timbo343 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Here's Tamiya's Yamaha YZR-M1 '09 1:12 MotoGP bike that Rossi rode back in 2009. It's the first bike i've done and to be honest, i'm pretty impressed with it considering people say that bikes are a lot harder than cars. Yes it was a little fiddly and very detailed but i enjoyed building it - must get more bikes done. I didn't use TS-51 for the blue as instructed, instead i used X-4 as i felt more confident spraying with that instead of the can. Looking back, i should have added X-31 to the blue which would have given the blue a bit of depth. Spraying the white (X-2) was a nightmare and quickly realised it needs thinning more than other colours. More of a 2:1 (thinner:paint) mix rather than the other way round which is what i use for spraying and painting tamiya paints. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billydick Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 For a first bike kit build, that's a stunning job. You'll be hooked on these Tamiya bike kits ! ! BillyD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 That's a very nice build Timbo I have one of these I built a long time ago, pretty much like you my first bike build. Shaun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggers Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Really nice job, Blue looks fine to me. Thanks for the tip on thinning x-2, so far for white ive been using a can of halfords appliance gloss white. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stesca Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Lovely, a great build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drift Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Awesome.!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo343 Posted December 19, 2016 Author Share Posted December 19, 2016 Thank you all for the kind comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo343 Posted December 19, 2016 Author Share Posted December 19, 2016 23 hours ago, Billydick said: For a first bike kit build, that's a stunning job. You'll be hooked on these Tamiya bike kits ! ! BillyD If i did a really good job on this then ive apparently got Marquez's bike to do too. 21 hours ago, shood23 said: That's a very nice build Timbo I have one of these I built a long time ago, pretty much like you my first bike build. Shaun I dont think ill ever get to your standard of modelling, your models are awesome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo343 Posted December 19, 2016 Author Share Posted December 19, 2016 20 hours ago, Briggers said: Really nice job, Blue looks fine to me. Thanks for the tip on thinning x-2, so far for white ive been using a can of halfords appliance gloss white. For the thinner i used boots' acetone free (green) nail varnish remover. I think i'll be going back to Asda's Acetone free (blue) nail varish remover, it seems better at thinning tamiya paints, plus its cheaper per ml. I used hycotes Ford Van White for parts of the white but unfortunately ran out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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