Ducati 916/996 MotoGP Rep

[Lathafummi]

Some people may have seen this on another site as im building for comp on Scale Plastic cars (http://www.spc.org.uk) stand no chance of wining but thats not the point. The plan is for a 996 with a Moto GP front end, Moto GP wheels, Moto GP shock and a race fairing.....

And a carbon frame like this one but not the engine colours like in the pics.







The parts

Both Kits


916 Parts


Desmo Parts


Forks


Paint


Carbon Decals


And my 1:1
Also being modded with a MV single seat unit

[Lathafummi]

Thought it would be easier to use the old frame as a base rather than try and build the carbon rep from scratch.

Left side boxed and first layer of filler



Right side barley started



Right side being boxed in






Slight problem with the frame the micro sol attack the filler. not to bad some small holes but not that noticeable and not worth striping the carbon and heat proofing off.

[Ole_L]

That sounds like an awesome project... looking forward to seeing more.

[ALEX GAROLI]

Looking really great! Im big fan of ducatis, so I will follow close this proyect, I guess I cant learn a lot, thats what I like, create a bike that is going to be unique.

[gionc]

Well, as a Ducati's fan I'm a huge fan of their tubolar spaceframe so...

Ok we'll see finished to say..

[Lathafummi]

Some more.
Im some way into the project but rather than bang it all up at once I thought I would post it in stages.
Lots of clean up needed and tidying still needs doing









And on the bike (using a old scrap motor but in the frame)





Moved to the fairing as a bit of a change.

Start of the mod work for the later 998 style fairing

[joelwideqvist]

Great work! Interesting project!
What did you do with the rear rimb? Looks like you have moved the spokes out a bit and somehow made it a bit convex...tell me more!
/Joel

[vrossi85]

Nice work so far! I love your idea and i think its really wonderful to see such a progress here. Everything is looking good but maybe i guess the only thing is that the fairing isnt perfect because of a few bumps as i can see from the pics. Nevertheless, it really looks great! I hope to see more soon!

Ro

[Lathafummi]

Time for a small update. Had ago at dechromeing for the first time

Before


During


And after. All with Mr Muscle spray cleaner


Right side fairing


Nose cone being turned into a race version


Also after looking at the frame and not being happy with it......

Before with the test engine



After


The rear wheel now in its full glory.



Frame V2.0 I have changed from Crazy modelers CF to some Scalemotorsports Hi-Def CF. I think it looks closer to the full size frame. There is still some detail work that needs doing.





With the seat unit on





And the other fairing panel just to see how it looks. They still needs a polish.

[ALEX GAROLI]

OOOOOHHHH GOD, THAT IS REALLY AWSOME!!
I love the color and how the desmosedici stickers look in the 916 body, the tire is incredible.

[Lathafummi]

Originally Posted by joelwideqvist

Great work! Interesting project!
What did you do with the rear rimb? Looks like you have moved the spokes out a bit and somehow made it a bit convex...tell me more!
/Joel

Sorry didnt see the question when I made my last post.

I cut the plastic centers on both side back to the midlle with my dremel then put a screw with a amout of bolts and washer on to set the the correct hight the used a heat cut to soften the plastic. (If that makes sense)



You should see the spare dry run wheel

[Lathafummi]

Disaster….
Then memory card I was using for the WIP and track day died gone are my onboard shots from Cadwell and my progress pics. Lesson learnt is DON’T buy cheapish cards from ebay.

Anyway lots of work done all updates lost time jump to now.

The homebuilt bellypan. I was going to use the same hi-def carbon but thought I would use some different patterns to spice it up and add a little contrast. Its only blu tacked on at the moment.



The same pattern used on heel plates



Some studio 27 used for the chain guard



A mix of the two used for the addapted electronics box/dash and the airtubes. Still need to do a caot of black inside the nose cowl yet.

[Lathafummi]

The front end

Brakes and clear not on yet



And as she stands at the moment. Im really pleased so far hopefully get some time in to finish it soon

[ALEX GAROLI]

It was about time!!!!
As a Ducati fan, I was looking and looking the thread and no progress, but the wait didnt care when I saw this amazing looking bike!
Great Ducatisti Work!