gauloises yamaha yzr m1 '04(a tribute to norifumi "norick" abe)

[ace91]

hi guys,

for those who have read motogp website or even the racing news, you must have known that norifumi "norick" abe passed away after a road accident in october.

i, too, was not only shocked but also sad to read the news in the motogp website. when i read that, i thought of making a model out of his even though i can't find his present bike that he's using this year. so, i decided to make this model. i had a hard time looking for the gauloises sticker as hlj has discontinued that product. so, i have to get it from media mix hobby.

here are the photos of the naked bike.








i think you might have notice one of the tube near the handlebars doesn't have the green wire. this is because i accidentally broke part that puts the wire when i tried to place the green wire on that part. i'm using the cm green wire & the diametre is smaller than the one provided by tamiya.

anyway, here are the photos of the completed bike.








it took me a while for me to finish as i didn't find the right time & feeling to make this model as i got this model some time ago. i wanted to add another thing for this tribute that is having his helmet on the bike like the one that tamiya has for daijiro kato. i know that hata from ks-workshop has it but he only accepts the payment not less than 300,000 yen which i can't buy it as the helmet is only 1,000+ yen.

adrian

[Enzoenvy1]

Nice build there. I have been wanting this bike to add to the pile. That is the stock Tamiya kit only, right? I don't think paying 300,000 yen for a helmet is anywhere near ordering. Make one and cast it for future use?! I need to learn how to cast as well, but you could try. Great build!

[Rocat]

very good work. A fit tribute.

[joelwideqvist]

Hej ace! Got to love this bike. Is it the picture or do you have some serious orange peel/bubbles in the paint at the rearmost seat cowl? From the pictures it looks as the paint has almost melt the plastic...
/Joel

[KevHw]

Looks really good. Same thoughts about your paint though. I'm halfway through mine, no.46 version and for soem reason your blue looks a lot lighter than mine, but looks nice nonetheless.

[ace91]

thanks guys.

joel : the orange peel is the putty that i tried to sand off. that time i thought of finishing leftover putty from the old tube i had before using the new one, i think that putty has already hardened from the inside & it was hard to press it out. so, i think that time it was a little bit hard to sand off. not sure how to explain this.

kev : i think the flash from the cam when i shoot it makes it look lighter.

enzo : how do i make one & cast it? since i'm new in terms, what does cast mean?

adrian