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02-15-2013, 01:27 PM | #1 | |
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Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
I needed to build a bike again. I picked this Hayabusa from the pile. Some love this bike others don't. But the fact this bike has amazing skills made a smile on my face. I like this bike.
The kit is from Tamiya and is very well designed. For example look at the fueltank and top fairing. They are molded as 1 piece, so there's moldingline anymore. As you can see you can make a lot of different version of different years. It also contains a template for masking the fairings. CrazyModeler made a nice PE set for this bike so I bought it to add some extra detail. First I wanted to paint it pink and silver but then I decided to go for Black/Grey like the original Hayabusa. I just love this combo: I don't have the exact colours but I think these VW paints will work also. Black Magic Mica and Blue Anthracite. Kris.
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Re: Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
Good luck with the build, it's an awesome model with no problems when building. Look forward to seeing your progress..
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02-15-2013, 02:17 PM | #3 | |
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Re: Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
Keep the updates coming... I've got mine still in progress
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02-24-2013, 03:39 PM | #4 | |
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Re: Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
Promising!
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03-18-2013, 01:15 PM | #5 | |
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Re: Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
I was very happy with the topfairing molded in 1 piece. But somehow the front mudguard and the rear fairing are still 2 pieces. So I still had a nasty gap after glueing them together. I had to fill it with putty and sanded myself a headache. But after some spray filler the gap wasn't visible anymore. I primered all the parts after this.
I also removed the chrome from the framework and rearlink. I also primered these parts. Now I painted the first colour. VW Blue Antracite. The masking template is very handy, but also a bit difficult. You can chose between 2 painting designs so you need to follow the dotted line on the template very carefully cause else you ruining them. I was concentraded at the time of cutting them so I did made any faults (yet) After placing them I painted the VW Black Magic. The frame and rearlink were painted Zero Paints Silver. I dries like semigloss finish which looks very nice and I don't need to clearcoat it anymore. I also made a dryfit of the fairing to get an idea of the bike when it's completed Hopefully I can add the decals soon and clearcoat these part! Kris.
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Re: Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
Looks fantastic, very nice masking and painting..!!
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03-30-2013, 09:07 AM | #7 | |
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Re: Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
I added the decals, but I had a lot of problems with them. They are very fragile and break so easy. Sometimes I ended up with a puzzle....
Anyway with the help of Microsol SOL a hairdryer and a lot of patient I managed to get them on the fairings. I also clearcoated the fairings with Zero 2K Clear. And again a dryfit: Kris.
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Re: Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
Hi guys, long time ago
I finally have a little update for this Busa. I wanted to do something with the Kusetto GinSan chromepowder I had laying around. I used it before with a black and white base, but at both bases I had not the right chrome I was looking for. Too bright and too dark. So I thought that the shiny grey on the wheels would be a good base. So after rubbing the powder on the wheels I got a nice shine: Now I need to get further with the engine. Kris.
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Re: Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
This is looking really good. What a great paint job!
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05-25-2013, 02:02 PM | #10 | |
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Re: Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
The wheels look great, love the paint work! bravo!
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Re: Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
Well guys I was a bit busy with other things but I finally found some time to get further with the Busa.
First I started with the PE brakes. There are two pieces of PE that need to be used as a maskingtemplate to paint the discs. Very handy! Never seen this before but it worked very good: The frame also got some extra small parts: And further with the engine. I painted all caps and covers in semigloss black and highlighted the bolts with chrome silver. And mounted the engine into the frame: The topfairing was also finished. I added the frontlight and the PE mesh behind the airintakes. I also worked on the subframe for the rearfairing. First I removed the mudguard. I don't like them on bikes and I want to mount the licensceplate a bit higher and without indicatorlights. And started with the frontfork. First I painted the silver parts. I handbrushed the flat black brake calipers. I masked off these areas and painted the forks in gloss black and followed by some Titanium Gold from AlcladII. I very pleased with the result. The calipers also got some metal decals. And added the steeringparts: I also mounted the rearlink after it was finished. I wanted to use the PE chain but it was a pain to make and after all it didn't looked that good. It was to flat for me. The original chain got more depth and detail, so I used that one instead. I painted it Titanium Gold and the chain itself was painted Hell Bronze. I used braided wire from ScaleProduction.de for the brake and clutchcables. I thought the original exhaust didn't looked good so I wanted to make a sort of MotoGP style exhaust but that was harder to make as I thought. So I used the original exhaust and modified it a bit. The exhaust were painted Dull Aluminium (AcladII) and I added 2 strips of BMF on both sided. The exhausttips were removed and replaced with stainless steel tips from a Nissan GT-R. As finishing touch I added a Dexter Models Yoshimura RS-3 logo decal. The exhaustpipes were painted gloss black and stainless steel. The corners are painted with a bit of Titanium Gold. All was painted with AcladII paints. The seat, fueltank and rearfairing fitted: and the sidefairings and topfairing were placed. Meanwhile it's finished and I'm very proud and pleased with the result. I think this is one of my best models so far. I like it in every way Pics of the finished model will follow soon. The wheater needs to be better before I take pictures. Kris.
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Excellent work as usual. I like the work you did on the exhaust system.
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Re: Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
Very nice!!!
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Finish on the cowls is superb! What a shine. As a motorbike I don't really like the busa but you got to love those bulky curved cowls!
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