1/9 Ducati 996 superbike... Revell (ex Protar)

[cor]

Bought this recently from a guy on scale mates.
Has has a tiny bit done to the engine and many parts are off the sprues.

Have checked and all parts are there.

Kit decals very old. Carbon fibre in the kit decals it too scale large. I have ordered some 1/12 carbon decals which should look a lot better.

I dont like the Power Horse logo, so the bike will still be a racing bike, but stripped of most of the sponsorship and rider info. There were lots of these things around, so it should look like something our there in a musuem...















Compared to a 1/12 bike

[Twokidsnosleep]

Oh wow. Super bike and super kit.
THAT is very cool.
Looking forward to the build

[Stokesy44]

[marcowine]

Wow, this should be very cool. I can't wait to see what you do with it!

[digger303]

I hope this Revell kit doesn't fight you too much.

[cor]

I hope this Revell kit doesn't fight you too much.

I think it will be gloves off from start to finish . However I don't mind the additional detailing that this larger scale offers.

There needs to be a lot of detail added to get this bike up to standard.

Check out that seam alignment.
The Front fork, with the brakes. Is a major feature and will need to be focused on if this bike is become what I'm hoping it will become.





The top end










The bottom end.





That polished aluminium tube will be sprayed gold, and should be a lot better than painting the plastic fork which was too thin anyway. (See above pic)



Had a couple of lumps of plastic depicting the fluid reservoirs. Used some pe and wire and larger cylinders. Much better

[digger303]

Giving it the full treatment.

[marcowine]

It looks as though it'll be a tough fight, but you're already showing the upper hand.

[cor]

The wheels had a soft plastic outer rim, which had been badly damaged. I filed and scraped it off and put a strip of styrene around the rim so the tyre sits properly. This was tricky to to get looking good, and am still working on it.

The inner of the rear wheel also had semi hollow spokes, which needed to be filled, which was also tricky because they are down inside the rim which makes sanding it very hard. coming along though.

The forks have been painted and polished with the three tamiya compounds, and are looking very metallic.
















The right one has been polished.











There's some lines connecting holes perpendicular to the rotation. Very infuriating.

[digger303]

[DRUMS01]

Lots of work already, but what you're doing is defanately much better than the kit and well worth the effort.

Keep up the great work!

[cor]

Thanks Ben.

Reworked the discs, and fixed up the wheels a bit.

[digger303]

As good as new

[marcowine]

It's all looking great so far. Excellent work, as always!

[Twokidsnosleep]

Superb modelling
Loving your re-engineering of the kit
This is gonna be good

[cor]

Got the discs to a point where I'm happy. Detail painting. A thin clear blue over the grey.

Also started the engine. Filled it with lead to give some scale realistic weight if there is such a thing.

[DRUMS01]

The rim recovery and brake surface treatment is brilliant.

Have you ever tried Molotow Gold for the fork sliders? It turns out like gold chrome... sort of.

That engine should paint up to something very nice too....

Keep at it, looking wonderful!

[marcowine]

So good; impressive as always!

[digger303]

[cor]

The rim recovery and brake surface treatment is brilliant.

Have you ever tried Molotow Gold for the fork sliders? It turns out like gold chrome... sort of.

That engine should paint up to something very nice too....

Keep at it, looking wonderful!

I have tried chrome pens, which look great but never seem to fully cure.
I will investigate those ones, as I'm looking for a good gold. Thanks.

The engine will get the bare minimum treatment as it's mostly invisible with the cowling on... That's called laziness.

So good; impressive as always!

Getting there. Your duke is coming along nicely.

Test fitting.

This bike is all about the wheels and the fairing. I've decided to do another Marlboro livery as the last one looked so good.

The paper it's sitting on is A4, bit smaller that letter size. It's a big bike, much larger than the 1/12 kits.

[marcowine]

I love it. Those wheels look great!

[digger303]

Very nice.

[cor]

Most parts test fitted. I need to see how much work needs to be done. Especially up the front where the headlight assembly needs to be removed and a computer installed.

Also just noticed this thing on the rear axle that I'm still working on.
















A long way to go...

[marcowine]

Wow, that's some serious attention to detail! Well done!

[Stokesy44]

Apologies for not keeping up with the thread.

The build is looking superb and you are taking it to the next level with the improvements you have made.

[cor]

Wow, that's some serious attention to detail! Well done!

Thanks for following along.

Apologies for not keeping up with the thread.

The build is looking superb and you are taking it to the next level with the improvements you have made.

Apologies accepted. Thanks for the compliments.


Bit of work done cleaning up exhausts.

Rear spring is now fatter, the other was just too thin.

Front axle fashioned from a spring, then aluminium wire slid though that.

Rear axle right side used aluminium washer and a standard steel nut

Swing arm sprayed more silver

Starting to show it's potential.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Nice looking bike
The decals are a bit rough You stop off in the hood or something?

[digger303]

[cor]

Nice looking bike
The decals are a bit rough You stop off in the hood or something?

[Twokidsnosleep]

Nice looking bike
The decals are a bit rough You stop off in the hood or something?

Its Honky though. An old black term for white people.
I was worried national lampoon movies might not translate into UK

[Stokesy44]

Nice looking bike
The decals are a bit rough You stop off in the hood or something?

Its Honky though. An old black term for white people.
I was worried national lampoon movies might not translate into UK

Whereas 'Honking' refers to 'large', as in 'Big and Honking'. See the latest new releases thread post for a reference to Trumpeter's big and honking 1/16 Ferdinand.

[cor]

Nice looking bike
The decals are a bit rough You stop off in the hood or something?

Its Honky though. An old black term for white people.
I was worried national lampoon movies might not translate into UK

It's a K. Just hard to write on the angle.
Great movie

[cor]

[cor]

Took me about 15 goes st getting the exhaust to this stage. The pipes are a standout feature, so have to be extra perfect. Ish.

Still a bit of touch ups, but nearly ready to attach to the motor. I made some springs that will hold the pipe to the head on each side, as the rear one can be seen fairly easily.

All sorts of issues cropped u when trying to get the paint on, but pretty happy with the metallic realism of the pipes.

The third party carbon decals are very good. The kit has about four different covers for the clutch. I choose this vented one as it just adds a bit of extra detail.





What the real carbon looks like

[cor]

So I was polishing it a bit and it snapped one of the pipes off. Glued it up, repainted. Spent more time on this exhaust than I do building a 1/12 bike.

[digger303]

The hard yards has paid off, it looks great.

[cor]

The hard yards has paid off, it looks great.

Thanks man.
Here's a shot of exhaust attached

[marcowine]

The hard yards has paid off, it looks great.

Thanks man.
Here's a shot of exhaust attached

It's coming together beautifully.

[cor]

The hard yards has paid off, it looks great.

Thanks man.
Here's a shot of exhaust attached

It's coming together beautifully.

Thanks Marco

[Portman]

Just caught up with this build Cor... Superb work, the effort you're putting into it is amazing, although I do agree with the others, you may need to work on your home made decals.

[cor]

Applied the aftermarket carbon fibre decals. You can see the ridiculously oversized Revell carbon pattern.

Started to smooth out the fairing.

[Stokesy44]

Beautiful work on conforming that carbon fibre on that fairing. I bet all that filling and sanding will pay off too

[Portman]

Looking very nice indeed Cor, those carbon fibre decals worked well.

[DRUMS01]

So far so good....

[cor]

Beautiful work on conforming that carbon fibre on that fairing. I bet all that filling and sanding will pay off too

Thanks mate. Scale motorsport make the decals
They are very forgiving on the curvey bits.

Looking very nice indeed Cor, those carbon fibre decals worked well.

Thanks Portman
.they are much better than the kit decals and look good under a gloss cost.

So far so good....

On the home stretch now.
Should be fully primed with the chassis done by tonight

[Stokesy44]

Looks really good with the fairings on. Cannot wait to see the paint job after all that effort

[cor]

Lot of work getting the fairings clean and evenly covered. Still a bit of work smoothing out the front one around the vents.
I started painting it white. But even after a lot of coats could still see the filler. So have been painting successive shades of lighter grey. I started rushing it a bit and it all went wobbly. So ive finished for the day and will take my time getting it right.

I'll get it all gloss white, then mask the white areas and lay down the red. If it was the other way around the withe would always have a red tint.

[cor]

The fairing is a huge job. Sand. Prime. Find defects. Repeat. Taking far longer than I anticipated. Oh well.
Got the chain on. Another fiddly job. Drilling and pinning.


These bikes are from a gent who I build a lot of bikes for.
He has a lot of toy-like bikes in his collection and he's engaged me to spruce them up a bit.

The silver one has had the wheels n forks done. Compared to the red one.
Photos don't really show it, but they look far less toy like when I'm done.
Been chipping away at them while I take my mind off the Ducati, which is really stretching out the build, especially compared to a 1/12 bike, which is all I've built all year.

Ordered an X-Wing from eBay as my next build to get away from bikes


For all my complaining it really looks quite the model.

[Twokidsnosleep]

The squirrels in the back yard will have a blast on this bike

[cor]

The squirrels in the back yard will have a blast on this bike

possoms here mate



finally got the white on. a huge amount of work to sand the fairing where the superglue filled the seam thats only on the street version of this bike. the seam kept showing through after id filled it, primed it, sanded it, painted it again. It kept showing up. anyway, you do what you gotta do.


the paint was mr colour Super White. Kind of an off white, and over the grey primer it has a dark white feel, vintage. it looks very nice.


next up is a mask and the red paint. will leave it to dry for a bit first.