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.

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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.

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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:

http://image.superstreetbike.com/f/features/1007_sbkp_suzuki_gsx1300r_hayabusa/29751394++w779/1007_sbkp_08_z+suzuki_GSX1300R_hayabusa+2001.jpg

I don't have the exact colours but I think these VW paints will work also. Black Magic Mica and Blue Anthracite.

http://modelbrouwers.nl/media/albums/245/7946/inhoud%20(9)%20(Custom).jpg

Kris.

Good luck with the build, it's an awesome model with no problems when building. Look forward to seeing your progress..

Keep the updates coming... I've got mine still in progress :)

Promising!

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.

http://modelbrouwers.nl/media/albums/245/7946/paint%20(1)%20(Custom).jpg

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) :D

After placing them I painted the VW Black Magic.

http://modelbrouwers.nl/media/albums/245/7946/paint%20(2)%20(Custom).jpg

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 :)

http://modelbrouwers.nl/media/albums/245/7946/paint%20(3)%20(Custom).jpg

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Hopefully I can add the decals soon and clearcoat these part!

Kris.

Looks fantastic, very nice masking and painting..!!

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.

http://modelbrouwers.nl/media/albums/245/7946/blanke%20lak%20(1)%20(Custom).jpg

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And again a dryfit:

http://modelbrouwers.nl/media/albums/245/7946/blanke%20lak%20(7)%20(Custom).jpg

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Kris.

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:

http://modelbrouwers.nl/media/albums/245/7946/chrome%20velgies%20(1)%20(Custom).jpg
http://modelbrouwers.nl/media/albums/245/7946/chrome%20velgies%20(2)%20(Custom).jpg

Now I need to get further with the engine.

Kris.

This is looking really good. What a great paint job!

The wheels look great, love the paint work! bravo!

Is a model I haven't yet built, yet always have wanted to

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:

http://modelbrouwers.nl/media/albums/245/7946/opbouw%20(1)%20(Custom).jpg
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The frame also got some extra small parts:
http://modelbrouwers.nl/media/albums/245/7946/opbouw%20(5)%20(Custom).jpg

And further with the engine. I painted all caps and covers in semigloss black and highlighted the bolts with chrome silver.

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And mounted the engine into the frame:
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The topfairing was also finished. I added the frontlight and the PE mesh behind the airintakes.
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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.

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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.

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And added the steeringparts:
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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.

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I used braided wire from ScaleProduction.de for the brake and clutchcables.
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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.

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The seat, fueltank and rearfairing fitted:
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and the sidefairings and topfairing were placed.
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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 :D

Pics of the finished model will follow soon. The wheater needs to be better before I take pictures.

Kris.

Excellent work as usual. I like the work you did on the exhaust system.

Very nice!!!

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!