paddy
Well-known member
This is a 1/12 Tamiya Yam M1R
Which i wanted to build as a Camel Racing bike using these decals
and some PE
These tamiya bike kits are probably the best kits they do in terms of detail and fit, even better than their aircraft so it difficult not to get a pretty good job...Frame stated silver but needs to be black, semi gloss is good.
things like this wheel spindle mount on the back of the swing arm and the stand bracket have to be cut out and replaced with PE
These bike kits are essentially half a dozen sub assembles put together to make a complete bike so you have an engine
Handle bars
Frame swing arm and rear shock
and a chain.....this has a hundred very small PE links in it :0)
On this build i tried a new method of doing carbon fibre rather than decals.
These are the parts
Sprayed gloss black and then sprayed silver through a pair of nylons (ask first) Stretch the nylons over the part tight against it them spray silver, it dries in seconds, remove nylons to give the pattern underneath..
the brake disc's are made up of a series of PE parts in a sandwich to give them thickness
You should end up with this. The top 2 are the std plastic kit parts, the other 2 the PE upgrades.
Thanks for looking, next instalment later today
Which i wanted to build as a Camel Racing bike using these decals
and some PE
These tamiya bike kits are probably the best kits they do in terms of detail and fit, even better than their aircraft so it difficult not to get a pretty good job...Frame stated silver but needs to be black, semi gloss is good.
things like this wheel spindle mount on the back of the swing arm and the stand bracket have to be cut out and replaced with PE
These bike kits are essentially half a dozen sub assembles put together to make a complete bike so you have an engine
Handle bars
Frame swing arm and rear shock
and a chain.....this has a hundred very small PE links in it :0)
On this build i tried a new method of doing carbon fibre rather than decals.
These are the parts
Sprayed gloss black and then sprayed silver through a pair of nylons
(ask first) Stretch the nylons over the part tight against it them spray silver, it dries in seconds, remove nylons to give the pattern underneath..
the brake disc's are made up of a series of PE parts in a sandwich to give them thickness
You should end up with this. The top 2 are the std plastic kit parts, the other 2 the PE upgrades.
Thanks for looking, next instalment later today
...and lights up a CAMEL cigarette.
