Bmw r75/5

[iceracer1]

Hi guys,

I'm going to start on this huge modelbike:



The kit contains a lot of parts, but I expected more as the kit is very big. The parts are all looking very good and all details are the same as the original bike. My dad owned one (but with the big fueltank) in the 70's, so he knows a lot of this bike.

Here are some pics of the parts:

































The kit will be build OOB but I only want to change the wheelspokes with real metal spokes. I'll do that with my dad.

I'll paint it black with the white striping decals. I'm also thinking to paint the chrome part on the fueltank in black, but we'll see.

Kris.

[iceracer1]

Small update:

I started to put the engine together. The fittment was really bad, I had to file, trim and putty almost every big part to fit the engineblock. The molded bolts will be replaced by real bolts when I receive my order from www.rbmotion.com.

Some panellines are rescribed, cause the glue filled them up.













The cilinderheads will be improved and as you can see on the last pic, I replaced the plastic mounting for a aluminium tube. This needs to be filled up with some putty and sand smooth.

Kris.

[cinqster]

Looking forward to this as I have this one, the Police R75/5 and 2 x R90S kits to do!

I was lucky enough to own an R90S when I was a student (with a sidecar, as I had not passed my driving test back then)! Hoping to convert one of the R90S kits to look like my sidecar 'outfit'. Have started messing with one of the engines and also wanted to replace the rear part with tubing...beware though, the tube did step up in diameter slightly where it touched the engine sides on the original aluminium castings. If you wrapped 3-4mm x 0.25mm plastic card around the ends, you'll have it!

What do you think of the kit quality, assuming it's a re-release? IMHO, it's good but there are a lot of sink marks (like the ones you've had to fill on the back of the gearbox already) + the new Tamiya plastic is no where near as good as the older kits - has a softish, hard to sand feel to it?!

I've never liked the kits valve covers either - way off for me. Hoping to cast a new version to use on all my kits.

Good luck with it!

[iceracer1]

Finally a new updated from me.

First I received the bolts from rbmotion.com so i cut off the molded bolts. Then it was time for some primer. I used Zero grey primer for it. Then I painted it Aclad Dull Aluminium. When it was dry I drilled the holes and placed the bolts.











Here are some smalle hexbolts:



And I didn't had enough bolts.... In fact I'm missing just one bolt. So when it will be placed into the framework I'll remove the most not vissible bolt and add it to the visible one



I also added some small parts and the engine scripts.







The framework needed a lot of sanding. Every part has moldlines on 2 sided so I used a lot of sandpaper and a file. When i was happy enough with the result I sprayed some primer. Followed by some Porsche Black. It's now waiting for some clearcoat.





The rearsuspension was a funny part. The instructionmanual from the real bike showed me the exact same parts as tamiya did The tube was originally a chrome plated metall one, but I painted it silver. The springs are also chrome but I painted them black and clearcoated it.







The frontfork. First I painted the upper part gloss black. The crownplate (or how do I call this thing?) is painted silver. The other parts are brass tubes which won't be see when it's completed so I didn't painted it. The front fork really works after completing.







The mudguards and headlight are also painted Porsche black. The fueltank had some problem after the primer so I have to fix that first before I can paint it black also.



I hope to add the decals this week and clearcoat all black parts.

Kris.

[iceracer1]

Not interesting enough?

Well i got a bit further with this bike.

Firt I finished the frontfork.



And finished the rearlink.





Bad picture of the frame which is clearcoated.



Also clearcoated the fueltank with 2k clear.



The mudguards got some white striping and are also clearcoated.



And finished the headlight.





The carburators got a little wash. The intake manifold got some chrome tape and real screws.



And some dryfit teasers.













Kris.

[ales]

Nice progress. I like how realistic it looks, expecially the carbs, the front end and the headlight.

[gbarrbr]

Very cool! Big scales are so realistic.

[Katana1000]

Looks great ... what kind of clear cote are you using?

[iceracer1]

Originally Posted by Katana1000

Looks great ... what kind of clear cote are you using?

This is zero paints 2k clear.

Kris.

[prost1st]

Very nicely done! You'll have a nice piece when done.

P1st

[jayll]

Looks great, nice job.

[iceracer1]

I made some progress the past days.

First I finished the steering. The most difficult part was to paint a bmw logo on the knob.





Then I finished the frontfork. I polished the front mudguard and glued it in place.





Then I mounted the rearlink on the frame. I also placed the rear mudguard. When this was done, I also placed the engine. This was really tight fitted, but I managed to get it right without any damage.







And this is how it looks so far....













I hope to make a start on the wheels next week. I need to replace all spokes for real (thin) metalwire.

Kris.

[Mr. Jekyll]

Originally Posted by iceracer1

I hope to make a start on the wheels next week.

I can't wait the final effect

Excellent work so far!!!

[DominiqueBeerts]

Nice work!
This is bringing back memories of my time with the Belgian MP's, when we were driving R50/5 motorcycles. Great time we had back then !!

[iceracer1]

Another update guys!

First I added the cilinderheads on the engine. Later I also placed the carbs and tubes but they didn't fitt. I had to use a file and some violence to fitt them right

After this I was able to put some cables in place.









Now it was time to do something different. I started on the seat. First I painted the chrome trim on the seat by hand. Man this was hard to do! After that I added some chrome foil around on the trims and I also added the chrome handle. When this was all done I painted it with flat clear. Now the chrome became more like aluminium which is better I think.





Now on to the exhaust. I already glued them together and leaved it chrome. I never could paint it in chrome like this and this chrome was ideal for the heatstaining I did. I painted it with clear blue and clear orange and some smoke here and there. I really like the outcome.

























Now I really need to start on the wheels. Infact I already made a very little start on them. Now I have a solution to respoke them on a easy way (i think......)

Kris.