Finshed: Taira Racing Yamaha R1

[Bas Carwash]

Hi there,

it took some time before it got sunny here, but today I finally got the chance to take some nice pics. My brother will be happy with it. It's for his birthday soon in November, but he hasn't seen it yet, although I told him al lot about how it pretty much looks like

This is the Tamiya Taira Racing Yamaha R1. Painted Tamiya TS-50 blue. Decals all came with kit. Back is modified. The Tamiya CF is replaced by SAS CF. Wheels are painted white but it didn't give the contrasting effect I hoped for. I think that's because of the large brake discs. The brakediscs are drilled for better realism.

The exhaust is done with SAS CF as well. It looks pretty good although there are a few little mistakes. Next time I'll do it better. The shinny effect of the exhaust is done with SNJ Models polishing powder. I tried to buy some chrome paint but it's very hard to get here in Holland. Dave (bugzilla) from Detail and Design in Scale advised me too use the polishing powder. With a 2 parts white and 1 part chrome background from Tamiya and a lot of polishing you'll get this effect. It looks great! So if you can't use chrome paint or can't get it, this is the stuff you'll need

Well that's what I have to tell about this beast Enough talk, here are the pics >>>




Some of the pics are a little fuzzy, sorry for that.

[nervestrikes]

Great job, Wow !

[exhaust smoke]

Looks ace! Top job!!

[Tikiman]

That is really great. I would sure like to get it for a present. How did you chrome the front forks?

[Bas Carwash]

Originally Posted by Tikiman

That is really great. I would sure like to get it for a present. How did you chrome the front forks?

The box had some chromed parts already. (Except for the exhaust) As I never strip the chrome off, I just didn't paint that I hear so many people talking about striping chrome. I never done that, and never had any problems with the paint.

I used Polishing powder on the brake discs and frame as well btw.

[rx7king]

nice bike

[sjelic]

I like it a lot. Nice overall shyne. I like the tail section without that uglly licence plate holder.
Great job.

[Bas Carwash]

Thanks for the nice comments guys I posted the picture of the rear twice (4th and 8th pic) That means I still have one picture of the back left Here it is:


On this pic you can see I made the rear tire a little flat in the centre to get a more realistic look.

[JTRACING]

Sweet bike!!!

[Samurai75007]

Mmmm nice makes me wana go get myn NOW!!! dec.15th WooT

[hrmodeler]

Great Work Bas!

[ol' dude]

Where are the keys????? We can take this baby for a ride!!! It looks great!!!

[asaenz]

Man, that is not a model you photo choped that.
Just kidding.

That is really awesome.

al

[RedFEVER]

Great to see another wonderfully built bike.Great job.

[dread_darven]

I'm not a huge fan of bikes, but this one looks spot-on. a very lifelike build.