Tamiya Suzuki RGV-r XR89

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Steve.

[scottie3158]

Bob cracking work mate. The heat staining on the exhaust is nicely done.

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Paul.

[simontie]

Looking really nice, as for the exhausts i think you nailed them mate
good luck with the decals im sure you won’t need it
simon

[Allen Dewire]

Sorry Bob, playing ketchup here...As the guys have said, you seem to have these 2 wheelers down to a science. Those paints sure do give the parts a realistic finish. Metal parts look like metal and the variety colors is tops Sir!!! I'll try to keep up now (as I'm kinda old).......

Prost
Allen

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers guys.

[Ian M]

Exhaust cooked. Tyre burned in. Nice!
A bit of oil staining on the tail pipes would add to the ridden hard look.
Most excellent sir.

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Ian. :smiling3:

The mechanical parts of the bike are now mostly done, just need to put a couple more colours on the handlebar grips.





The forks aren't permanently attached yet as the mudguard has to go on.

So onto the bodywork, I don't think I will get this done before Christmas, and as a dining table modeller I will have to pack everything up for a few days, so will be a little while before I get this completed.

[Mr Bowcat]

Good afternoon all, and a very Happy New Year.

Got my bench back after the Christmas break so cracked on with the decals. As predicted these were horrible, very thick and brittle. I'm usually fairly good at decals (see my Ducati build if you don't believe me) but in some places these beat me. They were fine on flat or slightly curved surfaces, but introduce a bend or complex double curve and they either cracked or creased. I did the best I could with them and this is how they look under a gloss coat.



Normally I would flat this back before polishing, but I'm worried about going through the gloss on the creases so will have to live with an abrasive polish job this time. After that it just needs putting together, then it will be done.

[tigersteve]

Great progress - HNY to you too !

[scottie3158]

Bob,
That mate is looking seriously good.

[tr1ckey66]

Beautiful work Bob. It’s a shame about the decals but you really can’t tell from the photographs. It looks perfect darned perfect to me.
looking forward to seeing this finished.
All the best
Paul

[Mickc1440]

More excellent work Bob, the exhaust looks really good

[outrunner]

Looks great Bob, I have also has issues with Tamiya decals in the past so I hope the decals in the Africa Twin kit I have are better.

Andy.

[simontie]

Looks really good Bob, sorry about the decal issue but still you have made a great job of them and the bike looks fantastic
hny simon