Tamiya 1/12 Yamaha Road Star Custom

[WordenB]

I thought I should post this one in the gallery as it's such a lovely kit, very easy to build and would certainly brighten up any display shelf, a real mojo reviver.
The kit is of the usual excellent Tamiya quality and comes with a multitude of chromed parts which are some of the best I've seen with most attachment points in sensible places. The only parts I felt the need to strip and re chrome with Alclad were the two that make up the exhaust as there was a bit of a visible seam line. I also used some of the Hobby Design p/e upgrade set substituting the brake disks and the metal parts on the lower part of the screen.
Thought I would have a go at the Street Rider figure that Tamiya have to accompany the kit, not really done a large scale figure since the old Airfix series at least 50 years ago. The kit comes with options of different heads and poses and again goes together beautifully.

[KalebB]

Came out looking absolutely gorgeous!

[Twokidsnosleep]

Cool!!!

[digger303]

Fantastic build and yes a eye catcher on the display.

[cor]

Very nice. figure looks great

[WordenB]

Came out looking absolutely gorgeous!

Cool!!!

Fantastic build and yes a eye catcher on the display.

Very nice. figure looks great

Thanks very much for the kind comments chaps, I would not hesitate to recommend this kit, it's a cracker.

[Garion77]

This is simply stunning ! and nice to see a custom bike instead of a sports bike as we see more often. this is just perfect build to me. Nice job !

[BigWall]

Very nice, clean build. Definitely something to be proud of sitting on the shelf!

[WordenB]

This is simply stunning ! and nice to see a custom bike instead of a sports bike as we see more often. this is just perfect build to me. Nice job !

Thanks very much Francis, I always feel its such a shame that most of your hard work is hidden on the sports bikes.

[WordenB]

Very nice, clean build. Definitely something to be proud of sitting on the shelf!

Thanks very much Joe, it's very shiney and certainly catches the eye.

[DRUMS01]

Nice build and great paint work on the figure. Looks like you chose the right head (smile). From my limited experience building motorcycles, I think Tamiya definitely has the best kits out there. Regardless of the kit quality, the modelers still has to make the build come to life, and you have done that very well.

[WordenB]

Nice build and great paint work on the figure. Looks like you chose the right head (smile). From my limited experience building motorcycles, I think Tamiya definitely has the best kits out there. Regardless of the kit quality, the modelers still has to make the build come to life, and you have done that very well.

Thank you Ben for your kind words. I have only built 3 bike kits, all Tamiya, but I would like to maybe try one of the Meng BMWs one day.