Honda CBR 1100 XX Super Blackbird

[iceracer1]

It's the Honda CBR 1100 XX Super Blackbird by Tamiya.

As always the Tamiya bike kits are great to build, and have nice details:















Because the bike will be stock, I also wanted to paint it with a normal color. I think this Metallic Grey from Ducati suits the bike.



I hope to start today.

Kris.

[iceracer1]

First update

First I sanded the cowlings and primered them.
Now I painted it Metalic Grey by Ducati.





I also painted the framework. I did a lot of masking for the 3 colors I used.





I painted the engine semigloss black and the covers in gloss black.









Kris.

[Adam Baker]

Nice! And the color looks perfect.

I have this kit in my collection, and have considered starting it several times, but never have.

[iceracer1]

After I placed the decals at the fairings, I could finally clearcoat them. I mixed up some 2k Clear from Zero Paints and sprayed 3 layers on everything.









After it was dry I could paint the inside black.





The cockpit was also painted black, and the outside gun metal. I also painted the gun metal on the fairings beside the fueltank.







With the leftover clear, I painted the wheels.





And today I did some dryfitting to get an idea of how it will look:















Now back to the engine and fix it into the frame.

Kris.

[DOCQUINO]

I like street bikes, older (more) and modern, this one is a beauty, very good job and nice colur scheme.

[iceracer1]

Today I assembled the rearlink and everything that belongs to that.





I also made a start with the frontfork.





Now I must back to work on the engine, so everything can be placed in the framework some day.

Kris.

[iceracer1]

Got some work done on this one.

First I added the fuelcap on the fueltank.



I also added the tacho decals on the dashboard and placed it into the cowling.
I painted the windscreen with a black trim and also added the front light.







Next step was the engine. I finished it after adding the sparkplugcaps. Now it was time to install it into the framework.









Meanwhile I was also busy with the rearlights.





Next step are the exhausts. First I glued the mufflers together. The chrome was removed and some moldlines were removed.

After this I painted it gloss black, and after that I painted the exhaustpipes titanium gold by AlcladII paint. When it was dry I did a bit of heatstaining with Tamiya's wheateringset.





First I wanted to paint the mufflers with acladII chrome, but I used the nice powder from Kusette-Ginsan. This was the first time but man, this stuff is really great....!











And when everything was dry, I couldn't wait to fit it on the bike:













Now back to my workbench

Kris.

[ChristopheB]

Originally Posted by iceracer1

First I wanted to paint the mufflers with acladII chrome, but I used the nice powder from Kusette-Ginsan. This was the first time but man, this stuff is really great....!

Nice work so far.

Could explain a bit more the "powder"? I never heard of it before.

Thanks.

[iceracer1]

Originally Posted by ChristopheB

Nice work so far.

Could explain a bit more the "powder"? I never heard of it before.

Thanks.

Well it's is a very fine powder that must be added on shiny black surfaces. You just rub it with a soft cloth or earstick. The longer you rub the more it will shine.

Here's a thread with a how to video.

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=979823

Kris.

[ChristopheB]

Thanks Kris.

[iceracer1]

Time for another update.

A while ago I painted the discbrakes already, but I didn't want to drill out all those holes... Yesterday I had to do it, cause I want to finish the frontwheel.



And then mounted on the frontwheel. I also added a subtile wheatering on the brakes.





The frontfork was also assembled on the frame:







The buddyseat was painted matt 9 by Revell. I think it looks better than black.





Now it's time for some hoses and mounting the cowlings on the bike.

Kris.

[iceracer1]

First I added some brakehoses



And now I could finally mounting the cowlings. First I added the topcowling and mudguard.







The molded on bolts are removed and replaced by some nice Top Studio bolts.



And I finished the sidemirrors.





After this I placed the frontwheel:



And lost bot not least the sidecowlings:



On the exhausts I added a nice Leovinci SBK decal.







Meanwhile it is completed, so I'll post some final pics in a couple days.

Kris.

[kans0002]

looks bad ass Kris!