Yamaha Tech 3 + Laguna Seca

[andrew59it]

Hello everyone, this is my first WIP on AF, hope you enjoy it....

These are the kits:







Changed the foot rests



and made some modification



preparing parts with gloss black for carbon decals (quite a lot!!)



Painted Tech 3 with 2k gloss black











and Laguna Seca with automotive diamond white (fiat color)



2k clear gloss





Changed the clutch for the Tech 3 with Top Studio one



Started with carbo decal....





Clear coated the rear fender



ans satin coated the rest





Painted the exhaust gloss black to prepare it to alclad process

[stevenoble]

Excellent work, the carbon looks great..!!

[andrew59it]

Prepared 2 "soft" tires for the Laguna Seca. From reference it seems this kind of tire has been used



And decalized the tank cover to the tech 3. I need it to match the yellow on the front fender.





It takes about an hour to do it. The decal overlaps in some point and I had to trim the front piece. Probably painting yellow and masking for black could achieve a better result, but I don't want to spend to much time on the Tech 3, something more on the laguna seca.

[Mr. Jekyll]

Originally Posted by andrew59it

Probably painting yellow and masking for black could achieve a better result...

I agree!

Great work so far!!!

[andrew59it]

Some progress... fisrt of all some Laguna S. decal to see how they work:





Then the harder job.... as I found some spare decal on the decal sheet for Polini and NEC writing, to match the front fender yellow and decal yellow and to fix the tank I have masked the body with parafilm and airbrushed the decal with pale yellow. The masks were not very close to the decal borders to avoid the paint gap:



Masks removed....

and one decal broken.... (I have to fix it...)



Afetr some cleaning with tothpick with some cotton and alcool and after polishing the fairing this is the result...

[andrew59it]

It's been a while since last post but I spent many hours to make the 2 cockpit, the frame and the engines....
This is the tech 3

and this Laguna Seca


Tech 3

Laguna Seca


You may notice the different clutches. On the L.S. I have added some pe bolts and nuts.

This is the handlebar




and this is the gauge switched off....


Some fairing





and tank


the L.S. decals are a nightmare. Every decal is an adventure, I cutted the black strips in the angle as they were too close. The side decal had the top edge rounded like the tank so I had to trim them (already wet... ) to follow the black stripe.....

[chyknees]

Wow! That is some amazing work. Love it!

[rrutherford]

Originally Posted by chyknees

Wow! That is some amazing work. Love it!

this has to be one of the sweetest build jobs for an M1 i have seen. Very welldone on the yellow, us modelers just have to be the most adaptive bunch of people there is,lol.

Superb work on the c/fibre, just like the real deal.

Rod

[andrew59it]

Sorry for the pictures not so good....
Exhaust finished.Detailed only the parts which will show.



I begun to decalize the carbon fiber on the tail cowl. Tamiya leave that black but from references it's not so. A lot of "cut and sew"... For the moment the most important piece for shape a simmetry....



see you tomorrow...!

[andrew59it]

Finished to decalize the carbon fiber.... it has been a lot of work but I'm satisfied...

[andrew59it]

Placed all the decals on the tail cowl:

[miguel s]

Originally Posted by andrew59it

Placed all the decals on the tail cowl:

most of people use clear coat, but i think that satin look better


congratulations

[andrew59it]

I will clear coat the entire tail cowl but I don't know if after I will be able to satin coat with mask only the carbon fiber...

[andrew59it]

After vacation finished the wheels. On the L.S. I used some p.e. on the Tech 3 only paint.
L.S.



rear

front


Tech 3

[andrew59it]

An update on the Tech 3 swing arm: