Ducati 1199 Panigale S - Tamiya 1/12

[Snowman]

I’m back… in the famous words of Slim Shady!

Well, I have laboriously dragged along with the painting and have cooked up something I like to call, “Ducati in a bowl” with a bit of an Asian twist.


Couldn’t decide if I was using chop sticks or fork, so I decide to just start assembling it.

Here are some imaged of the engine + chassis + radiator assy.




Anyway, as you can see I have been having some fun with the Ducati build!

Thanks for looking, till the next update!

[Snowman]

Onwards at last with my build, after much procrastinating, sweating and swearing, I had to call it quits on attempting the PE chain that was in the after market kit. In the end I used the the original plastic part using Alclad steel & polished aluminium. Much better.


The chain was stopping the build and now I could move on!

Wow, what a fiddly build with all the screw on pieces and sub assemblies. Anyway, I made steady progress substituting the nasty rubber tubing for braided tubing, look much nicer in my opinion.

The after market fork are business, really happy with the look.








Well that is all for now, than for watching!

[Tim Marlow]

Fabulous work. Just like building a real one Gavin.

[Nicko]

I was (un)lucky enough to have to replace the fork seals on a Panigale the other week. It was a base model with Marzocchi forks rather than the Ohlins in the kit. The full size bike is horribly fiddly to work on too....

Nick

[minitnkr]

......but looks to have many smiles/mile!

[Snowman]

Well, the build is moving along, actually quite complex for a motorcycle, but starting to look good.



Here you get to see the layers going on.




So much is hidden it beggars the question, why hide it, but again compared to the old 900SS and company, this is a whole different beast.





This has been quite a ride thus far.

Thanks for watching, till next time!:thumb2:

[Mark1]

Looking good.

[Snowman]

I managed to do some more today. This is one fiddly kit!

Got the rear portion, seat, tank and top part of the fairing completed. The instructions for the fairing assembly is wrong. You effectively have to glue that valance then the mirrors in place before inserting the clear screen.


Each mirror comprises of 4 parts.




Had to re-prep the drill holes as they formed rims which caused the fairing rivets to stand too proud, Fortunately clear red can fix all the chips, as I discovered my surface prep was inadequate for the Alclad 2 gloss black. Not enough adhesion.


The end is in sight! Hold on tight!

Thanks for watching.

[minitnkr]

Don't think I'd pack on that for love or money. Looks so fast just set'in there. Beautiful job Gavin.

[Mark1]

Getting there :thumb2: hoped you would say it was an easy kit and just fell together lol ! I have this in the stash!

[Snowman]

Getting there :thumb2: hoped you would say it was an easy kit and just fell together lol ! I have this in the stash!

Hi Mark, technically this bike is the most complex I have built. This is down to how it goes together and probably because it was designed to be shown stripped down.

Personally I prefer mine assembled and it would be only be in a workshop dio that I show a bike stripped down.

Anyway, different strokes for different folks.

If you're up for a challenge, then I definitely recommend this kit.

[simontie]

Hi Mark, technically this bike is the most complex I have built. This is down to how it goes together and probably because it was designed to be shown stripped down.

Personally I prefer mine assembled and it would be only be in a workshop dio that I show a bike stripped down.

Anyway, different strokes for different folks.

If you're up for a challenge, then I definitely recommend this kit.

So much more satifying when you finish the build after all the challenge's, simon

[Snowman]

Talking about finishing a build, the bike is finished, only the base/case to do.

So, what do ya thunk?

Thanks for watching! :thumb2:

[tigersteve]

Really nice work there!

[Tim Marlow]

Fantastic stuff. If it was photographed on a scale road section it would look real.