Last summer I built a Tamiya 1:12 bike and I loved it..and since then I've been buying several others, including the recent 2004 Team Gauloises M1. I really liked the livery and beeing aware of Tamiya's bike's quality and detail level, I didn't hesitate
No it's time to build it. I will try to detail it as far as my capabilities go.
First step was to glue the 2 halves of the gas tank and form the inside shape with epoxy putty. It's still a little rough, but it's coming along
The oil level "check points" were molded only to the engine block. The carter also has 1, so I drilled holes in the respective place to later detail them with homemade PE insides and acetate "glasses".
As you can see from this picture, the cluch cover is ventilated:
I made a pattern on masking tape and drilled them with a 0.3mm diameter drill bit. The picture is a little blurry..
I'm building the late season version, so I made the modifications to the cowlings and oil carter:
There is also the piece that holds together the frame and the steering box, wich was molded at the same level as the sides of the frame. I can't explain exactly what it is and I didn't take any pictures before I cut it to pieces
. I cut them off and replaced them with thinner styrene sheet at the correct level, as per the reference picture:
I'll be using Lion Roar PE set, but I'm still waiting for it to arrive.
Thanks for looking.