YAMAHA YZR-M1 2005 GAULOISES No.46

[John18d]

YongGun - that's a shame - this build was coming along so well - one of the best - do you know what happened?? Is it a decals issue the forum should know about?? Which company decals and clear did you use?? - -Thanks for sharing this will all of us on the forum - I know you will think of a way to fix it - your skills are amazing so far - John

[kans0002]

do you at least know what is causing the cowling to not line up properly?

[John18d]

YongGun - is it an alignment issue or a clearcoat decal issue?? - John

[nugundam93]

now that's a weird issue, seeing that they worked just fine in dry-fit. been reading your thread and am absolutely amazed at the level of detail you've put here. hope you get this worked out soon.

[YongGun Park]

Originally Posted by sasha45acp

Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhh.... Feeling your pain, Park. Same just happened to me, but on a much larger scale.
Can you heat the cowling and push them out without ruining the paint?

Thank you for your kind reply. Heating cowling sounds very dangerous.
I will try it when I finally failed.

Originally Posted by John18d

YongGun - that's a shame - this build was coming along so well - one of the best - do you know what happened?? Is it a decals issue the forum should know about?? Which company decals and clear did you use?? - -Thanks for sharing this will all of us on the forum - I know you will think of a way to fix it - your skills are amazing so far - John

For the decals issue, I painted the fairings with Tamiya Spray TS51 racing blue. And after decaling(decal was tamiya's cartograf printed one I remember.)... used Gunje's Super Clear II on it. I managed to handle the problem with clearcoat.

Originally Posted by kans0002

do you at least know what is causing the cowling to not line up properly?

At first, I doubt that the cowling is warped after painting and clearcoating. But comparing with the unpainted part the warpage was not serious.

Now I think it's mainly because of those added detail parts.

Originally Posted by John18d

YongGun - is it an alignment issue or a clearcoat decal issue?? - John

Sorry, I don't understand what you mean. Though the fairing looks slightly warped after clearcoat, however, I think it's definitely not a clearcoat issue.

Originally Posted by nugundam93

now that's a weird issue, seeing that they worked just fine in dry-fit. been reading your thread and am absolutely amazed at the level of detail you've put here. hope you get this worked out soon.

Yes. you are right. Just too many added parts. And the fairing seems to be warped slightly after clearcoat.




Tamiya must have not considered those additional parts and there's no room for those details.



Inside of the Tamiya YZR-M1 2005 fairing, that groove(?) in the red circle is for the part in the red circle in the photo below.




So there's no room for that oxygen sensor cable. And the other parts in the yellow circles are holding the fairing away from the frame.


Actually I carved out the inner side at the begining of this project. However, it needs more room for the cable and other parts and I have to
carve out the fairing more.



It's very dangerous work and I made a tool to check the thickness.




And temporarily remove the damper.





After those big operations.....

I managed to fit the cowlings.







However, they are not fit completely, and more work is needed to reinstall the damper.

I'm afraid that it will be very hard work.

[sasha45acp]

The thickness measuring tool is sheer genius! I'm glad it worked out.

Good luck with completion!

[John18d]

YongGun - I knew you would come up with a solution - it looks very good - John

[Tibi Keke]

Hi YongGun, after i read your problems i checked my self on my model if the left side fairing and the steering damper will do problems. I build to the 2005 Yamaha M1 with o couple o minor improovments, so, one part what i use extra is the steering damper from Top Studio. The enigne, fraim, steering and tyres are ready, the fairings are painted with primer and a coat of paint. I need to recoat again but in this moment everything fit's perfectly. I don't believe the fairing will warp so much after paint and clearcoat. I neved had such a problem.

In your case probably the fairing is still to thick, and the many added details are the problem, but this is not your fault. But one question, why to cover them and not to show them? At least let the left side open, in this case the viewers have much more to see from your stunning work!

[YongGun Park]

Thank you friends. I've finised this one. But... No more pics for WIP...

You can find the photos of finished bike here.

Thank you for watching my WIP so far.

[Archetype123]

K, well, I'm gonna go throw all my kits in the garbage now...

I don't know how detail to this level is even possible, but good lord, you've done one hell of a job with this. I've never seen something so impressive on such a small scale.

Great work. I mean this really is an artist's work, dude.

[YongGun Park]

Originally Posted by Archetype123

K, well, I'm gonna go throw all my kits in the garbage now...

I don't know how detail to this level is even possible, but good lord, you've done one hell of a job with this. I've never seen something so impressive on such a small scale.

Great work. I mean this really is an artist's work, dude.

Thank you.