YAMAHA YZR-M1 2005 No.5 [1/12 tamiya]

[YongGun Park]

Hi, workmates!

I joined AF recently and this is my first thread in WIP.

I'm a Korean and not good at writing in English(actually speaking is worse...) because it's my second language. I hope your understand on this.


This is my recent completed bike YAMAHA M1 No.5 of 2005 season.

I used tamiya kit(1/12) + topstudio's detail set & chain set, and gunje & tamiya paint basically.


Tamiya kit




Topstudio's detail set





Assembled parts without glue for checking.








Modified cowlings to fit the detail parts. Parts in left side are after work.












Added some more details and painted basic color on the swing arm, brake disc etc.(most parts are semi-gloss black).
















Made the muffler part.





Detail set's tip was added.





Added hooks for spring.





Painted and added sensors and wirings.







Added decal on muffler and some weathering on tip.







Painted the basic color on the cowlings.





Added the decals on cowlings.








Added carbon decal on each parts. I used KA model's cabon decal. They are printed by cartograph and very nice to work.













As I planed to display this bike open the cowlings, inside of some cowlings had to be carbon fibred.





Some carbon parts need to be added carbon decal on both side.

[NewTom]

WOW!
looks very promising!! keep it up!!

[YongGun Park]

Originally Posted by NewTom

WOW!
looks very promising!! keep it up!!

Thanks for the first comment I got in AF.

[YongGun Park]

Made wheels.






They need some weathering job.




Added some details on handle part.






Put the engine on the sash.









And making chains.

I compared three chains - Tamiya's original, Model Factory Hiro's and Topstudio's.










Tamiya's has poor detail(actually it's not bad) but is very cheap and easy to make and install.

Topstudio's is very expensive and difficult to make and install, however has very nice detail.

MFH's.... I think it's nearly impossible to make the chain neat. It's a nonsense. Additionally, very big.



Silver is MFH's and gold is TS's.






White metal part is MFH's and PE part is TS's.



So... I decided to use TS's chain.

Making the chain was very difficult, however, the detail compensated all the effort.





However, installing the chain through the swing arm was another big job.

It took me almost 2 hours.


At last....

[joelwideqvist]

First of all, welcome!
Great start, clean work and great photos. I think you overdid the wheathering on the exhaust but overall detailing is super!
/Joel

[MidMazar]

I got this kit in my stash, and will be looking forward to your build. Welcome to AF, and thanks for sharing.

BTW Great work!!

[Twowheelsrule]

Looks like you are going to have and excellent bike when you are done! Welcome to AF!

Mark

[KevHw]

Welcome to AF. This is a great kit and your work on it is very clean and tidy. Your efforts on the Top Studio chain are also well rewarded. It looks like you didn't have any trouble with the assembly at all. Mine just fell apart and really frustrated me. What do you plan to use the MFH chain on?

[ketje]

Originally Posted by joelwideqvist

First of all, welcome!
Great start, clean work and great photos. I think you overdid the wheathering on the exhaust but overall detailing is super!
/Joel

I agree on Joel. You did a good job so far on the model but I'm also not a fan of the heatstaining. But overall the model looks great.

[YongGun Park]

Thanks for your kind welcome.

The wheathering on the exhaust is always difficult. During painting, it's not easy to stop at the proper moment.

And I don't want to start all procedures from the first.

I just keep the MFH's chain in my stash. I think I should return it to my friend.


By the way, I cannot see how to use the multi-quote function.

[joelwideqvist]

Originally Posted by YongGun Park

By the way, I cannot see how to use the multi-quote function.

I just cut and paste and alter the name in the first tag.

Like this

[QUOTE =joelwideqvist]example[/quote]

would turn out like this

Originally Posted by joelwideqvist

example

[YongGun Park]

Originally Posted by joelwideqvist

I just cut and paste and alter the name in the first tag.

Thank you for your explanation.

[YongGun Park]

It stood alone with it's own two wheels.








Made electronic device parts from Topstudio.

Making those parts and wiring were very difficult because of the poor instructions. As TS only provided several photos of assembled model I had to refer the photos of real M1.

















Continued the wiring...

As I used the CA, one mistake could ruin the bike.







Almost finished....

[Roca46]

First of all welcome to AF.

This is a very nice build! fantastic!!. That chain looks excellent..

Looking forward to see more pictures.

Roca.

[eFWoRKs]

nice build sir.....i love those detail picture of each parts...

by the way is this the wip of your completed work, which is posted in top studio customer gallery ??

it's stunning...