Tamiya 1/12 Suzuki Ecstar GSX-RR ’20

[simontie]

Stunning and as for hemispherical that was impressive for a tuesday

great build simon

[minitnkr]

Astounding.

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers guys.

[JR]

Wow, Bob the paint work is superb , as for those decals double wow.
You must have the patience of a saint .

[Mickc1440]

That’s some seriously nice work Bob on both the paint and those decals

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers gents.

[Mr Bowcat]

Morning all.

Another weekend of painting and decals.

Wheels up first, annoying seam around all the spokes which was tricky to get to the corners of.



Swing arm is now complete, just need to get the chain painted then the engine and swing arm can get attached to the frame





A load more CF parts. I had slightly less problems with these by using hotter water to soften the decals before application, but some of the smaller parts still required liberal use of setting solution and hot air to conform. The part on the left (which I think is a tire/brake cooling duct) alone was 10 separate parts and took an age.



And some miscellaneous other bits that I painted while I had the booth running.

[Mickc1440]

Stunning work Bob, this really is a fantastic build

[simontie]

Dam thats tidy those rim decal’s can be very frustrating but you nailed this swinging arm and damper as well. Looking forward to seeing it complete
simon

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers gents.

Simon, the rim decals weren't too bad, I cut right up to the decal to remove most of the carrier film so they butted against the rim quite nicely. The tyre decals were another matter, 6 out of 8 split but I managed to piece them together. I only lost one completely, luckily Tamiya thoughtfully provided 2 spares.

[simontie]

Cheers gents. :smiling3:

Simon, the rim decals weren't too bad, I cut right up to the decal to remove most of the carrier film so they butted against the rim quite nicely. The tyre decals were another matter, 6 out of 8 split but I managed to piece them together. I only lost one completely, luckily Tamiya thoughtfully provided 2 spares.

That was lucky, the tyres are unbeliveably tricky to apply,
i have a few spares from other models because they do make the wheels stand out but a night mare to peal and apply

[Mark1]

Nice!

[Mr Bowcat]

Morning all. :smiling3:

Progress has been made and I now have something that's starting to resemble a motorcycle.

Rear end was completed first.



Then attached to the frame along with the engine.




The body panels are already done (other than gloss coat), exhaust and radiator are painted, just needing some additional detail painting, so I guess it's on to the forks next.

[simontie]

So good to look at lovely job

[Mr Bowcat]

Morning all.

Only a little bit of progress this weekend, I was out of the house for most of it.

Got some more CF done, as usual this took ages, particularly the front splitter/aero wing which alone was 12 seperate decals.



And finished up and fitted the exhaust, radiator and associated plumbing.









I've started cleaning up the forks, brakes & callipers and will have them in paint shortly.