Suzuki Hayabusa

[D_LaMz]

Ok, after a long hiatus from modeling I'm back. Last week I got a 1/4 oz color cup and it made airbrushing A LOT easier than clean cups and such. So far I only got the engine and some of the frame done. This might turn into a long progress thread too.

Airbrushed some XF-16 with X-18 on the valve cover and anything else in black.

I didn't bother with the mold line because I didn't see them and it would be covered up anyway.





lol I really like the weld beads.

Hope you guys like it!

[Pippin1974]

You are making a very clean job!!!!!

[joelwideqvist]

Great start! Is that the original plating on the frame or did you respray it?
Looks perfect anyhow.
/Joel

[D_LaMz]

Originally Posted by joelwideqvist

Great start! Is that the original plating on the frame or did you respray it?
Looks perfect anyhow.
/Joel

original.

[Katana1000]

Thats looking good, sometimes you need to leave the aluminium plated parts alone, wont be painting my Tamiya Hayabusa frame when I build it.

[D_LaMz]

Almost done with the engine, just gotta mask and paint the oil filter and add the decal. I painted the bolts with a toothpick using x-11. On the brakes, I used MICROMASK. A liquid mask, and it was way to messy for me to use. Once it dried, it was kinda hard to remove and using a knife to cut it was very hard for me. I want to wash the brakes to bring out the drilled rotors, but last time I used a wash with 91% alcohol, the paint came off. Any suggestions?

[Ole_L]

Nice job so far... it's a great kit.

[pjesus]

Hi D_LaMz.

Hope you're not done with the brakes yet, because they deserve a bit of drilling (both in the cooling holes and the floating rings).

Cheers!

[D_LaMz]

Well I tried to bring out the drilled brakes by giving them a wash and black watercolors seem to work very well. It looks a lot dirtier that what I expected though.