Antena YZR500 1/12 Tamiya

[Guest]

Thanks Andy,Thanks Paul. I 'm thinking the gift will be well recieved, he was a huge Norick fan and was crushed when he was tragically killed in a street riding crash.

[Guest]

Stunning work Trey. can I ask what you used to paint the main engine block? It really does look good.

[spanner570]

Trey, I was in my early teens when the first Japanese bike arrived in the U.K. It was the Honda Benley.

I told my dad I was going to save up and buy one.

"Not bloody likely, you'll kill yourself, forget it!"

"Yes dad."

Judging by my behavior when I aquired my first car from a scrap yard, he was probably right!

Since then I have had little interest in bikes, nor the desire to have a go at building a kit of one. But, following this superb build, watching it grow and the tricks with the various finishes and effects you so cleverly employ, I can feel my resistance crumbling with great rapidity!

Great stuff.

Ron

[Guest]

Stunning work Trey. can I ask what you used to paint the main engine block? It really does look good.

thanks Graham , I used semi-gloss black followed by a light dusting of model master aluminum plate buffing metalizer,then I gave it a wash with promodeller black(thanks again for that tip) and finally a spray of dullcoat

[Guest]

Trey, I was in my early teens when the first Japanese bike arrived in the U.K. It was the Honda Benley.I told my dad I was going to save up and buy one.

"Not bloody likely, you'll kill yourself, forget it!"

"Yes dad."

Judging by my behavior when I aquired my first car from a scrap yard, he was probably right!

Since then I have had little interest in bikes, nor the desire to have a go at building a kit of one. But, following this superb build, watching it grow and the tricks with the various finishes and effects you so cleverly employ, I can feel my resistance crumbling with great rapidity!

Great stuff.

Ron

Thanks Ron ,I too was hooked by the Jap bike invasion but it was a Z1R that got me. I think our Dads were on to something! I got the 'you can have a f*%#$ motorcycle when you move out 'speech(I did both promptly) I hope you jump on a bike build far too few being built here!

[Ian M]

I survived ten tears of commuting to London on a bike and only suffered a broken rib once when some "person" swung out of a cue to buy petrol. Just clipped the back of my bike and sent me onto a right tank slapper!

Sold them all when I moved to Denmark. Every spring when the roads are dry, the sun in the sky I miss them rather a load! Did consider getting one again, but for the price of a good bike I can buy a car. And that's saying some thing her where cars are the dearest in Europe. I very nearly brought a 999 a couple of years back.

Nuff about that!

That Looks the nuts Trey. The comming owner will be chuffed to bits. I would be.

Ian M

[Guest]

thanks Ian, I could'nt give up my Motorcycles I would go nucking futs. I do'nt ride on the street much though mostly track days so its a lot safer. I usually do the exhaust usings dyes and washes and no AB, trying someting different this time started out with a base of gold

then some powdered aluminum plate metalizer brushed on and burnished in with a cloth

then I decanted some transparent candy blue and airbrushed it on fading the front and high lighting the welds & tight bends were the heat tends to build up

then the same with some candy red

finished cleaning them up and ready to instal

[Guest]

got the pipes hung

[Guest]

Wow, those exhausts look stunning! Excellent work on the rest of the bike too, will be a shame to cover all the good stuff up with the fairings.

[Guest]

This is a superb lesson in metallic finishes, many thanks for sharing this build with us. I might have tried to blend the blue and red with a band of clear yellow as well but that is one to try on a sample piece first!

Beautiful bike though and definately worth considering leaving at least one side of the fairing off. I have a few Minichamps bikes and I've put them in deep wooden frames to display them but I had to leave the lower fairings off the see the engines.

[Guest]

thanks Darren. Richard great call!!! I totally forgot about the yellow:badcomputer2:dang it I knew something was missing. Off come the pipes and back to the paint shop.Thanks again for the spot Richard

[Guest]

Trey i've been following this build and although i have never tried my hand at motorcycles this looks stunning that engine and especially those exhausts nice build so far mate well done.

scott

[spanner570]

I ask you, what chance have we mere mortals got of producing anything anywhere near this sort of standard?

Just beautiful....

Ron

[Guest]

thanks Scott and thank you Ron . I had to revise the exhaust as Richard pointed out I forgot to add a blend of yellow between the red /blue fade. I tried yellow and did'nt like the results at that point there was too much material on the parts so I had to strip the ends and start over. I used a transparent orange and over the light gold it gave the effect I was seeking. This is one of the great things about this site if it had'nt been for Richard's critique I would 've overlooked this mistake and the finish would have suffered. I like that everyone steps up and takes an active part its a big help. Heres the revised paint work

[Guest]

Lovely job and just goes to show how right Ron is when he advocates an honest approach to feedback. I must admit it was with a degree of trepidation that I made the comment as I felt I was critisising someones work of a far better standard than mine!

Anyway all credit to Trey for being so supportive about it.