The Doctor project 1/12 Tamiya

matejgrofo

02-25-2011, 12:54 PM

Mr. Jekyll

02-25-2011, 01:11 PM

(...) but the rider figure is one of the worst Tamiya's kit's I have ever seen (...)

Why?
I'm gonna buy Rossi figure...:rolleyes:

matejgrofo

02-25-2011, 03:17 PM

Because none of the parts fit, they are really badly molded, and the moldings(spaces where you have to put parts together) are on wrong places, so once you put it together fill it with putty and sand it nearly all details disappear + the rubber parts are a headache to sand and are also badly molded, the only good parts are the two helmets they are in usual Tamiya quality.

sportracer02

02-26-2011, 01:27 AM

Hi,

looks good as far as the model can be seen. Maybe you should use a background in another colour

ben_gsr2s

03-20-2011, 04:53 AM

the figure.. is it THAT bad??

Joey did built one and from his built report.. it seems quiet ok
anyway, nice progress on the bike

Katana1000

03-24-2011, 08:34 AM

Great work so far, started on my Rossi figure last night, was surprised at the poor (for Tamiya) fit, I guess they are not used to sculpting figures, the helmets as you say are perfect though.

As regards the rider fit, had to chop away at the arm locating pins to get them to line up properly, the chest area was the worst fit part for me, but if you push the centre of the chest in once the sides are glued to the back part then use Tamiya extra thin cement to bond the top part of the chest to the shoulders it looks much better.

Some of the join marks coincide with real leather seams, so no big problem there, but some do not ... I'm thinking of adding a wet putty mix and smoothing into the obvious joins then while damp wiping away excess with a damp sponge ... we'll see.

Definitely lots of dry test fitting needed on this one and a little plastic surgery too.

Zonic2001

03-25-2011, 10:21 AM

Great work so far, started on my Rossi figure last night, was surprised at the poor (for Tamiya) fit, I guess they are not used to sculpting figures, the helmets as you say are perfect though.

As regards the rider fit, had to chop away at the arm locating pins to get them to line up properly, the chest area was the worst fit part for me, but if you push the centre of the chest in once the sides are glued to the back part then use Tamiya extra thin cement to bond the top part of the chest to the shoulders it looks much better.

Some of the join marks coincide with real leather seams, so no big problem there, but some do not ... I'm thinking of adding a wet putty mix and smoothing into the obvious joins then while damp wiping away excess with a damp sponge ... we'll see.

Definitely lots of dry test fitting needed on this one and a little plastic surgery too.

Start a thread and post pictures, it will help us that are doing the same figure. Thanks my friend!!!

Katana1000

03-25-2011, 10:43 AM

Start a thread and post pictures, it will help us that are doing the same figure. Thanks my friend!!!

I'll do that real soon, I'm no master modeller though but I've learned a bit with this figure :smokin:

Zonic2001

03-25-2011, 11:32 AM

I'll do that real soon, I'm no master modeller though but I've learned a bit with this figure :smokin:

No worries, I'm new to this too.

matejgrofo

08-27-2011, 01:04 PM

Finished thread:Click! (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=6922949#post6922949)

John18d

09-15-2011, 04:25 PM

Matejgofo - it looks like you have done an excellent job but the pictures do not allow us to see the details - John

Johnnyx1257

09-15-2011, 06:41 PM

Looks really good. The figure looks good from the pic to bad it doesn't fit rite

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