My Ducati 1199 Panigale S Build

Post by **Plopper** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 9:59 pm

Went to Chester Tuesday and after asking on all your recommendations I decided to get this one first and make it my first build in public (so to speak)!

Just to give you an idea of my Abilities (or lack there of) I'll post a couple of pictures of old builds, some VERY OLD!

That I did about 30 years ago in my first stab at modelling when I was young, I recon I was model making from about 15 until I was 25 ish, but towards the end of that time I was only doing bikes for my Dad. It is all hand painted and it shows! Very bumpy finish.

That one was towards the end of that period, IIRC that was a rattler can for the main colour and hand painted for the rest.

This one was built from the kit colours without painting except for the detail as I remember, the figure is all hand painted.

That one was my last effort with all Airbrush and even pre-shading to see what it looks like on a none military model!

So that's a short history lesson! Well some of my history of model making anyway.

Post by **Plopper** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 10:06 pm

Now on to the Pani!

Lovely bit of box art.

Some monstrous masking on such a small piece TWICE!

Most of the engine and exhaust done.

And that's how I left the shed yesterday all ready to attach page 3 of the instructions tomorrow, the airbox I think!

Post by **Plopper** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 5:57 pm

A bit more progress today. I've done the air box and the radiator!

All went well and I'm very pleased with the progress so far.

Post by **Davethepitch** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 7:00 pm

Looking good and i loved my build when it was completed http://www.intscalemodeller.com/viewtop ... 39&t=19646

Post by **Plopper** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 10:22 pm

Yeah! I'm loving every minute of the build so far. Waiting for the Hiroboy paint to come for the body colour.

Post by **AdamLuscombe** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 11:02 pm

Awesome work so far, good luck with the rest of the build

Post by **Plopper** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 11:06 pm

Thanx for the kind words. Work tomorrow so no sticking plastic until Tuesday now.

Post by **Plopper** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:05 pm

Got my paint yesterday.

I've been working on the rear swinging arm today.

Just added two pipes to the engine. Had a mini disaster with gluey fingers while glewing them in. Ended up with glue marks all over the pale gold covers on the other side to where I was gluing. I have no idea how. But thankfully I was able to just re-spray over them as I didn't leave my prints on the.

That's the parts for the swinging arm all painted ready for tomorrow.

Post by **RossiM1** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:48 pm

Some great looking builds there and its always interesting to see builds from a former modeling life and see where we are at now, the Panigale is looking really sweet, that engine build, paint and finish is looking very tasty, will be watching with interest, there are some great builds of this Panigale on my club web site www.garagistesland.com
Thanks Gary

Post by **Plopper** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:26 pm

Thanx for the kind words RossiM1. Yeah! It's odd I NEVER keep any of the models I build because I never consider them good enough! But my Dad has maybe 8 of my old bikes and as far as I can remember the oldest (the Aoki Cup Noodle Honda) is 30 years old. Things sure have changed in the hobby since then.

Some mind blowing builds from your club. Love the NSR 500s one of my favourite bikes.

Post by **kiwigav** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 10:23 am

Sweet build so far mate. I will be following along on this

I have been eyeing up this kit for a while

Post by **Plopper** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 4:50 pm

Cheers Kiwigav!

After finishing my shed off today I've had a couple of hours on the Duc.

The rear swinging arm is on, some lovely detail in that thing.

Most of the rear suspension pieces. And I had another mini disaster!!! I lost the clutch leaver on the floor! Didn't realise and managed to run it over with the chair wheel!!! Thankfully it was OK after a small splodge of TET

Post by **Plopper** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 1:20 pm

Bit more done on the Duc today. Mostly rear suspension, break and clutch assembly!

Got the colour on the Ohlins suspension reservoir completely wrong, I mixed the colours right, but I sprayed it over a black primer when I should have put it over a white one, and by the time I noticed I'd already applied the decal.

DOH! You live and learn!

Post by **Davethepitch** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 3:03 pm

My builds rarely go by the instructions as far as colours go so my bikes are not the right colours or accurate whereas yours are.

Dave

Post by **Plopper** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 3:13 pm

Hehe, I know what you mean, I don't always go by the exact colours myself, but with something as recognisable as an Ohlins pot I should have known better!!!

Post by **Plopper** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 4:53 pm

I've been at the Duc again today, well a lot of my time was taken up with trying out some ideas for the colour of the front forks from this topic.

http://intscalemodeller.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=20355

So I did these tests.

Decided on the far right, Alclad aluminium base covered with a top coat of Tamiya Clear Yellow. I think it turned out well.

I had another mini disaster!!!

When sanding the parts for the head stock one of the caps for the folks went pinging out of my hand and I've lost the bugger, it's in the shed somewhere!!! So I had to try my hand at making another one out of styrene rod, tube and sheet!

Didn't come out TOO bad.

Doesn't look too bad after painting up!

All the bits for the front forks are now drying for the night ready for a clear coat first thing tomorrow.

Post by **Davethepitch** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 5:00 pm

Your build has certainly puts my Paningale to shame.

Post by **Plopper** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 5:24 pm

Not a bit of it Dave. Yours looks grand.

And besides, I've still got a long way to go yet, plenty of time for me to mess it up!

Post by **Davethepitch** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 6:05 pm

I think using Alclad seems seems to get a better more realistic finish.

Post by **Plopper** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 10:06 pm

I love Alclad, it's easy to use and as soon as it's dry practically (5 minutes) you can mask and apply the next colour.

Post by **Davethepitch** » Thu Nov 03, 2016 5:41 pm

That quick drying time would make a difference as I spend ages sometimes waiting for paint to dry.

Post by **Plopper** » Thu Nov 03, 2016 5:50 pm

Do you hand paint everything Dave?

I find if I hand paint anything I'm the same, can never wait. Even if I use the airbrush to speed things along.

The airbrush is different everything I use is touch dry in minutes and can be masked real soon after that.

Post by **Davethepitch** » Thu Nov 03, 2016 5:58 pm

I would say I airbrush about 99% of the time but some small items I hand paint

Post by **Plopper** » Thu Nov 03, 2016 6:04 pm

Ah so it's curing time you have trouble with then.

Me too some times especially if I lay the paint down to thickly too quickly.

Post by **chops1sc** » Thu Nov 03, 2016 6:08 pm

I have always wanted to do a motorcycle. Enjoying your build!

Post by **Plopper** » Thu Nov 03, 2016 6:14 pm

Thanx for your interest. You should try one chops1sc. Even if you are into doing only military stuff you can always try a military bike first see if you like doing them. Then move on to a street bike.

Had a good day in the shed with the Duc today, oh and a stroke of luck, while I was looking for something else that I dropped on the floor today I found the doohickey off the top of the headstock so I've painted that up and it's now sitting in pride of place on the bike.

Some painstaking masking again, those are the wheels for the paddock stand, oh! and the returning doohickey!

Speaking of painstaking masking I had loads of trouble trying to get the wheel decals to stick (yep me unlucky with Tamiya decals again!) so I have painted the red strip around the wheels. About 90 minutes of trial and error and respraying the black after some overspray I'm really glad I did they look great. I also masked the front brake discs for the aluminium they are still masked, hope they worked out OK!

Front suspension on, it's really starting to take shape now!

A closer look at the headstock, well pleased with that!

Post by **exmoor** » Thu Nov 03, 2016 6:47 pm

Looking good plopper very nice

Post by **Plopper** » Thu Nov 03, 2016 6:49 pm

Oh! Sorry for the double post but my Dad was doing out his cabinet of all his bikes so I too the opportunity to get a couple of shots of the Yamaha I did with pre-shading!

Post by **exmoor** » Fri Nov 04, 2016 10:06 am

Plopper what color did you use for the exhust they look good i seem to have problems in getting the right colour

Post by **Plopper** » Fri Nov 04, 2016 6:44 pm

IIRC, Alclad Aluminium, (it was either that or Dull Aluminium) with a couple of coats of Aqua Gloss over the top, but I did it over a black primer and didn't completely cover them, so it was kinda like a pre-shade, I've tried to do it with all the metal colours on this bike. In the past I've always made sure everything is covered 100% and always been disappointed with the look as it looks flat and bland, so I've been experimenting with this on my last two bikes, I was going to try masking the weld seams but chickened out as I got such a nice look on them I didn't want to ruin them!

Hope that makes sense.

Post by **exmoor** » Fri Nov 04, 2016 7:02 pm

It makes sense and i will try it out the exhust look awsome thanks

Post by **Plopper** » Sun Nov 06, 2016 8:07 pm

Ta for the kind comments!

I've had half a day in the shed with the Duc today, mostly catching up on little bits and pieces.

I've had another bit of bad luck, well not really bad luck more a mystery! The screw for the front wheel has gone missing or wasn't in the pack to begin with, so I've had to use some styrene rod glued in place, but I really like the way it has come out as I hate the screw heads on a finished bike they look so huge and out of scale. Think I may use the idea more often!

Does anybody know if there is a company that does covers for the screws in any of the detail up kits?

Anyway, this is where I'm at as of leaving the shed this evening!

You can see the bare white of the styrene in the front forks. The paddock stand is finished.

Various bits ready for priming tomorrow.

Post by **RossiM1** » Mon Nov 07, 2016 7:59 pm

Really coming along nicely Dave nice touch with the banding on the wheels looks better than the decals and no fear of them flaking or cracking good tip.

Post by **Plopper** » Mon Nov 07, 2016 8:07 pm

Thanx RossiM1, they were a bugger to mask but well worth it, the only bit of the decal that I used was the makers logo vastly cut down with my Tamiya decal scissors. And even them I had to use Microsol Krystal Klear to practically GLUE the buggers down. I'm dreading doing the main bodywork decals, although the paddock stand decal did go down perfectly with Tamiya extra strong decal juice!

Did loads and lots today but not much got on to the Duc, but I have got all the bits except a couple of clear parts off the sprues and at least primed now.

Have just had to switch to the mobile version of Photobucket as the web version not loading anything for me.

That's the front brakes on. The Brembo logo hand painted as I didn't even bother trying with the decals.

That's most of the headstock and handlebars done. Just the instrument panel to do.

And that's all the remaining parts all impailed ready for more work Thursday.

Post by **Plopper** » Thu Nov 10, 2016 9:25 pm

Another big-ish update today as I had a good few hours in the shed.

That's where I left the Duc this evening. All that lovely detail being covered up. Almost want to leave it unfinished to see the detail!

From the top, looking good all the decals I did today went on fine except the tiny little one for the ignition key slot. So I painted that one!

The front light assembly and all of the hoses on now too. Really neat the way the small things like the front and back lights go together and don't even need glue, I still have put very small amounts of glue on them, JUST in case.

And the rear view, I'm really interested to see just how the seat comes together!

All the bodywork painted and a coat or two of Aqua Gloss on! See how dry they are tomorrow and if they look shiny enough. Then see about putting them on!!!

Post by **Plopper** » Fri Nov 11, 2016 7:06 pm

Just a small update today, I did loads and it's almost finished, but there is only two tiny bits added to the Duc itself, it's very much a case of spot the difference from yesterday's picture of the same side.

All the rest of the time was spent getting things ready for the final push!

All the body work now painted, decalled and aqua gloss coated over the top, ready for final assembly tomorrow if it's dry enough!

OH! A couple of things I forgot. My usual bad luck with the Tamiya decals, I had one of the tank logos chip right on the D, but I think this one was my fault being too heavy handed.

And the rear of the seat assembly was a bit of a let down, I thought it was going to be like the rest of the kit and be a really ingenious fit together, but was in fact a very awkward glue job for four parts that could have easily have been moulded as two. The pieces that made up the left and right sides of the seat cowling, the bits that make up the air intakes. Hope the rest of the rear goes a bit nicer!

Post by **Davethepitch** » Fri Nov 11, 2016 7:40 pm

Great build and as I have said before all the hard work and great detail gets covered up.

Dave

Post by **Plopper** » Fri Nov 11, 2016 7:52 pm

Thanx Dave. Yep it's a damn shame, that is why I love doing the old street bikes like the Aoshima I did, you can see everything on that.

Post by **Plopper** » Sat Nov 12, 2016 1:35 pm

Well it's finished.

I'm quite pleased with the way that it's turned out, some mistakes and mishaps on the way but no killers.

One thing I did get late on in the build was a mysterious cracking effect in my paintwork, but only in one small location.

Just there. The only thing I can put it down to is there was maybe condensation on that one bit as it was very cold in the shed when I was spraying. That or the second coat of Heroboy colour attacked the first for some odd reason???

Last work in progress shots, and Tamiya DID redeem themselves in my eyes when it came to the rear of the seat assembly. Went together very well.

Not as ingeniously as the front cowling and screen though, that was a dream to put together.

No problem with the side panels either. Now all that is left is the rear light assembly and number plate fitting!!!

And the finished shots here!!!

http://intscalemodeller.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=20494

Post by **Davethepitch** » Sat Nov 12, 2016 7:24 pm

Absolutely stunning.

Post by **Plopper** » Sat Nov 12, 2016 8:59 pm

Thanx Dave. I'm well pleased with it as long as I look at it from the right angle.

Post by **RossiM1** » Mon Nov 14, 2016 10:34 pm

Great job Dave looks very nice

Post by **Plopper** » Mon Nov 14, 2016 10:41 pm

Thanx RossiM1.

Just a quick update, without me doing anything the cracking on the paint job seems to be smoothing out somewhat, not completely going don't get me wrong! But I'm sure it's less bumpy than the other day!

Post by **exmoor** » Tue Nov 15, 2016 10:06 am

Awsome mate

Post by **Plopper** » Tue Nov 15, 2016 6:50 pm

Thanx exmoor!

Post by **LM951** » Fri Nov 18, 2016 3:19 am

Awesome work!!!

Post by **Plopper** » Fri Nov 18, 2016 9:50 am

Thanx dude.

Post by **Johnj** » Mon Nov 21, 2016 12:32 am

Beautifull simply beautifull !

Post by **Plopper** » Mon Nov 21, 2016 10:39 pm

Thanx Johnj for your kind comments and to everybody else, much appreciated.

Post by **chops1sc** » Tue Nov 22, 2016 1:51 pm

I think it looks better than the box art!