Tamiya 1/12 '09 Yamaha YZR-M1

Post by **Gavlaaar** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 5:08 pm

Following on from the Ducati, this will be my next build. With the additional fork set and carbon decal set.
This will probably take a lot longer, maybe a few months due to work commitments. I just need to try and not make any mistakes on this one for obvious reasons

Post by **LWWales** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 5:36 pm

Nice! Gonna follow this one.

I'd love an '09 kit!

Post by **jchrisf** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 6:01 pm

Awesome!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 6:08 pm

I will watch

Post by **barryf1fan** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 7:31 pm

Gavlaaar wrote: Thu Jun 18, 2020 5:08 pm

Sub'd !!!

Post by **Hawkmoon** » Fri Jun 19, 2020 7:30 am

Looks good will be following

Post by **Bdiddy** » Fri Jun 19, 2020 11:07 am

awesome! Cant wait to see this one complete

Post by **Mpfiend** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 8:56 am

Watching with interest.

Post by **Gavlaaar** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 11:30 am

Going to be a delay in even starting this kit, sorry not sorry

I have decided not to use Top Studio rivets on this one and use the supplied decals. I just can't afford to get ca glue on this one lol.

Post by **barryf1fan** » Tue Jun 23, 2020 3:10 pm

Gavlaaar wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2020 11:30 am Going to be a delay in even starting this kit, sorry not sorry
I have decided not to use Top Studio rivets on this one and use the supplied decals. I just can't afford to get ca glue on this one lol.

First game was awesome - better than TWD, imho.
Played the first one on PS3 than the remaster on PS4.
Will be picking this up, OH, and don't blame you for playing this.

Post by **Gavlaaar** » Wed Jun 24, 2020 10:27 pm

barryf1fan wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2020 3:10 pm
Gavlaaar wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2020 11:30 am Going to be a delay in even starting this kit, sorry not sorry
I have decided not to use Top Studio rivets on this one and use the supplied decals. I just can't afford to get ca glue on this one lol.

First game was awesome - better than TWD, imho.
Played the first one on PS3 than the remaster on PS4.
Will be picking this up, OH, and don't blame you for playing this.

It's a brilliant game, but I have managed to drag myself away from it to do a bit of modeling

Post by **Gavlaaar** » Wed Jun 24, 2020 10:35 pm

All body parts are assembled, primed and painted in pearl white.
Got to say, these precut masks come in handy(bought from Gravity Colors)

Did the masking and painted pearl blue on the front fairing.
For something that looks so straight forward, it definitely isn't

Tiniest bit of bleed but that's hardly noticable

Post by **LWWales** » Wed Jun 24, 2020 10:53 pm

Looking good! I quite enjoyed cutting the Tamiya masks, though it would have been nice for some precut ones!

Post by **jchrisf** » Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:06 pm

That's perfect!

Post by **Gavlaaar** » Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:13 pm

jchrisf wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:06 pm That's perfect!

Post by **Gavlaaar** » Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:13 pm

Oh and Hiroboy had a restock of Blue Stuff decals, so bought the decals and paint for my next build.

Post by **LWWales** » Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:26 pm

Gavlaaar wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:13 pm Oh and Hiroboy had a restock of Blue Stuff decals, so bought the decals and paint for my next build.

Awh great, I'll need to change my avatar, then! Hahaa

Post by **Gavlaaar** » Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:37 pm

LWWales wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:26 pm
Gavlaaar wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:13 pm Oh and Hiroboy had a restock of Blue Stuff decals, so bought the decals and paint for my next build.

Awh great, I'll need to change my avatar, then! Hahaa

Ah cool, you've also built this one. Will have to look back and go through your build thread for tips

Post by **LWWales** » Thu Jun 25, 2020 10:56 pm

Gavlaaar wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:37 pm
LWWales wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:26 pm
Gavlaaar wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:13 pm Oh and Hiroboy had a restock of Blue Stuff decals, so bought the decals and paint for my next build.

I did indeed! Here's the thread if you're interested viewtopic.php?f=39&t=28378&p=349219#p349219

Awh great, I'll need to change my avatar, then! Hahaa
Ah cool, you've also built this one. Will have to look back and go through your build thread for tips

Post by **Gavlaaar** » Fri Jun 26, 2020 12:03 am

LWWales wrote: Thu Jun 25, 2020 10:56 pm
Gavlaaar wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:37 pm
LWWales wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:26 pm

I did indeed! Here's the thread if you're interested viewtopic.php?f=39&t=28378&p=349219#p349219

Awh great, I'll need to change my avatar, then! Hahaa
Ah cool, you've also built this one. Will have to look back and go through your build thread for tips

Post by **Gavlaaar** » Fri Jun 26, 2020 12:06 am

Bit more masked and sprayed tonight.
A fair bit of bleeding though, however it can all be fixed easily or covered by decals

Post by **Gavlaaar** » Fri Jun 26, 2020 10:39 pm

All blue and white parts are now masked and painted.
Things get a bit more tense knowing you can't get replacement parts for the kit.

Post by **barryf1fan** » Fri Jun 26, 2020 10:43 pm

Looking great, man!!

Excited to see the decals go on.

Post by **Mpfiend** » Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:22 am

Nice!

Post by **LWWales** » Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:51 am

Great start!

Post by **jchrisf** » Sat Jun 27, 2020 12:25 pm

This is going to be another spectacular build! Looking great so far.. and it is always a relief when you know decals will cover up the bleed through.

Post by **Gavlaaar** » Sun Jun 28, 2020 8:20 pm

One side fairing now decalled up. Bit tricky but seems to have gone OK.

Post by **LWWales** » Sun Jun 28, 2020 8:26 pm

Coming along! For some reason, I tattoo scared to do the fairings first. I wait until I have to do them to progress, hahaha

Post by **Gavlaaar** » Sun Jun 28, 2020 8:58 pm

LWWales wrote: Sun Jun 28, 2020 8:26 pm Coming along! For some reason, I tattoo scared to do the fairings first. I wait until I have to do them to progress, hahaha

I like to get all the body work paint, decals and clearcoat done first. Or put in other words like to get the most daunting part out of the way.

Post by **jchrisf** » Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:10 pm

That looks really nice.. is the paint fade the decal or paint?

Post by **Gavlaaar** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 5:59 am

jchrisf wrote: Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:10 pm That looks really nice.. is the paint fade the decal or paint?

It's a decal mate. I wouldn't even contemplate attempting to airbrush it.

Post by **Gavlaaar** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 10:59 pm

Did the decal I was dreading this evening.
As I thought, the angle of the paint was off, leaving a gap.

So I used some blue decal from the Lorenzo version which isn't used and patched up the gap.
This will be nearly invisible under the 2k clear.

Post by **Gavlaaar** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:27 pm

Stripes done on second half of the tank added.
All seemed to line up OK eventually

Post by **BigWall** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:41 pm

Nice save!

Post by **digger303** » Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:34 am

BigWall wrote: Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:41 pmNice save!

Post by **DRUMS01** » Tue Jun 30, 2020 1:59 am

Good job on the fix, I like the colors too....

Ben

Post by **jchrisf** » Tue Jun 30, 2020 1:16 pm

digger303 wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:34 am
BigWall wrote: Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:41 pmNice save!

Post by **Gavlaaar** » Tue Jun 30, 2020 5:21 pm

Well, that was fun....not!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Tue Jun 30, 2020 5:24 pm

Taking us all to school on decalling WOW

Post by **jchrisf** » Tue Jun 30, 2020 5:45 pm

Wow!!

Post by **Gavlaaar** » Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:34 pm

Cheers for the compliments guys.
Last couple done for today. I thought these would be a bugger but they went down easily. Only think narking me is that it's a solid blue. This is because your expected to clear coat with Tamiya pearl TS-65, but I've used pearl paint as a base coat. Can't with them all eh lol.

Post by **jchrisf** » Tue Jun 30, 2020 7:17 pm

Post by **Gavlaaar** » Wed Jul 01, 2020 1:36 pm

What to do when home while on a split shift for couple hours...more decalling of course!

Post by **jchrisf** » Wed Jul 01, 2020 2:39 pm

You are a better man than me.. a split shift would kill me

Great job as usual on this! You rock!

Post by **LWWales** » Wed Jul 01, 2020 2:40 pm

Laying down nicely, mate!

Post by **barryf1fan** » Wed Jul 01, 2020 2:56 pm

Everything is looking so clean and the lines are crisp - fantastic job, Gav!!

I'm gonna need you to quit your job and stay home and get this one done, LOVE this bike and livery.

Post by **Gavlaaar** » Wed Jul 01, 2020 10:02 pm

Patience has been thoroughly tested tonight.
Two small decals to put on took 1 and a 1/2 hours!

Wouldn't line up, blew away when using the hairdryer (took ages to find) and lots of patching up.

Thats all I'm doing tonight, I've had enough

Post by **Bdiddy** » Thu Jul 02, 2020 5:32 am

great perseverance mate, cracking job so far!

Post by **Gavlaaar** » Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:08 pm

Had a Zoom virtual club meeting tonight and surprised how much decalling I've got done.

Also, my Gravity Color 2k arrived today, 17 hours after it was dispatched from Spain.

Post by **jchrisf** » Thu Jul 02, 2020 11:16 pm

That looks great! You do excellent work!