A quartet of Ducati. Part 1; The 900

[simontie]

Looks good Simon. What colour did you prime with, white?

Fine Light grey but after reading this next time will be yellow or orange thanks ian

[simontie]

Looks very fiddly with all those painted parts , but looking good with the red on .

Thank you, it is fiddly with out a doubt, getting the engine in the frame was a bit challenging.
simon

[simontie]

good luck with this.....ive just done the 916 and enjoyed it......got the 888 to do soon.......the MHR is nice apart from the tricky paint job.....you need a 900SS to complete the set but i think the tamiya one is getting hard to find now

I have the 900 ncr but not the ss there are a few on the web but big money i’ll wait for a bargain to come up not sure what the difference is between the 2 models except the xtra £100+ price mark

[deano53]

Looks brilliant Simon carnt wait to see the finished bike

[simontie]

Hi sunday again, where are the weeks going… any way build up date in between cutting the grass washing the cars walking the dog baby sitting oh and cutting the hedge the bottom of one side anyway waiting for a new pole cutter to do the tops …
so i managed to get the swinging arm, shocks and front end together this week and assembled today she is starting to take shape

the pipes please…. ? these should be chrome so i stripped them back cleaned them down then primed grey, primed black left over night and chrome paint over the top? All alclad to go with the chrome2 paint but i cant get the mirror finish is it me the paint or the process any help would be nice iv watched the utube videos but not much info and they seen to be doing what I'm doing.
that said they still look better than the kit ones (I think)

[Tim Marlow]

That looks excellent Simon. Really smart.
As to the Alclad chrome, I found it best over a gloss black base, sprayed on really sparingly. There is a sweet spot for coverage. Once you have too much paint on the shine is lost. Mind you, there is also chrome finish bare metal foil. Great for chrome trim, but I’ve not used it on something that big.

[simontie]

hi plodding along nicely with this tank and fairings have turned out nice so i will clear coat them before doing the decals ( this is were i normal bugger it up)
clocks and other small bits in progress nothing left in the box now except the screen hope to complete by the weekend, i have started the 888 but only really cut some bits off the sprue, ill open a new tread for it once i get going. Oh almost forgot superleggera V4 turned up today its not on the list yet…
simon

[tigersteve]

Looking really nice !

[outrunner]

Nice build there.

Andy.

[Tim Marlow]

Looking great Simon. Really fine build. Surprising how flat the top of the frame appears.

[simontie]

Looking great Simon. Really fine build. Surprising how flat the top of the frame appears.

They don’t bbuild them like that anymore :rolling::tears-of-joy:

[Mr Bowcat]

Looking really good Simon, top job.

Glad your V4 arrived, I'm hoping to start mine soon so that will be 3 of us building it together.

[simontie]

Looking really good Simon, top job.

Glad your V4 arrived, I'm hoping to start mine soon so that will be 3 of us building it together. :smiling3:

ill see what pit falls you hit then start ... well after I get these 4 out of the way

[simontie]

Just about there with this one should be done by the weekend all thing being even

[Tim Marlow]

You’re getting rather good at these aren’t you