06' Honda RC211V - Minolta *slightly detailed*

[Pippin1974]

Love this work!!! I have this bike to do....but....I will never get your modeling level man!!! xD

[slk320]

Originally Posted by sportracer02

*slightly detailed* .... aha, and what´s heavily detailed ?????


Great job so far, nice CF-decal-work, welding seams and colours on the exhaust are a touch too heavy IMO

You know I have been struggling with the exuast staining for a while and I can't seem to get it right. In person it looks much better than on these pictures though!

[colbro1973]

How do you do your staining on exhaust, do you airbrush or brush it on? think the welding would look fantastic if it were just 50% less, overall though I think your build is top class, dunno how some of you guys have the patience and skill to make those chains!! CF work great also. looking forward to seeing the bodywork take shape.
Great stuff

[Decs0105]

That looks great, awesome work! I need to build one of those bikes myself sometime....

[slk320]

A quick update for you guys:

Its all coming together now...











The handle bar (right one) is a resin item from Top Studio... so is the wiring and the fuses... its a bear and will drive a sane man bonkers.

[slk320]

Don't know if anyone is watching this thread - but here is another update. Its getting down to the wire now (no pun intended)









and I did the exhaust - this time I took a different route as far as staining.... what do you think?

[mrawl]

We're watching alright. I think it's fantastic. And really going to school on it

[colbro1973]

looks fantastic, the detail looks very realistic! I much prefer the exhaust staining you have done to the more recent version, when do you expect to start the bodywork?

[slk320]

The bodywork will be done separetly - its will displayed separate from the bike.

[colbro1973]

Are those marks on the frame intentional weathering marks?

[slk320]

yep - intentional scuff marks around the area most often used... why, do they look like they are just a bad painjob?

[KevHw]

Hmm... "Wow!!" just doesn't seem to cover it...

One question though, is the exhaust spring supposed to be that high up off the exhaust? And it's the first time I've seen a greenish heat staining...

[colbro1973]

Yea they do look like wear and tear, though in the photos it looks like paint is missing with whit showing, whereas I think these frames are unpainted solid alloy frames, I could be wrong mind! I quite often am!! I wasn't critisising, it is far beyond what I could do! maybe its because I like to see bikes nice n clean and shiny also!!

Originally Posted by slk320

yep - intentional scuff marks around the area most often used... why, do they look like they are just a bad painjob?

[geronimo77]

Nice build, great details.

I would have one remark. Next time you should pay more attention for the fiber directions on the CF elements.

[slk320]

The only part where the cf weave is different is the saddleback - thats because according to my PitPass book that area is made up of patches of CF... do you see any other area I need to fix up my CF on?

Thanks for the help!