Yamaha YZF R1
Hi everyone, this is my Yamaha R1. It's a Tamiya 1:12 kit, and the kit had been sat in my wardrobe still in the box for about ten years! It was originally the Taira racing kit but I haven't really followed the colour scheme. I managed to get the original model R1 decals from E-bay as well.
Stark beauty..! Love that camo (?) - was that an original 'stock' color offering from the manufacturer?
Thanks Craig, no I just got the idea from a real one I seen once. I used some decals from a different kit, managed to get them from Ebay, from a guy over in Hungary.
Richard,
A wild looking machine. Just sitting there it looks fast. Great job.
Thanks mate. They are fast! The early models are still noted to be one of the scariest bikes available. They like to be on the back wheel !
Cool bike, cool model. Nice finish on this, Richard, and some very nice detail touches, and it's road legal!
Cheers George. It's my first attempt at one so I'm not quite at your standards, I know where the faults are! It would pass an MOT if I put the indicators and mirrors back on I think!
It's against the rules to post pictures of a Real One here, I don't care how you photoshop it to make it look like it's sitting on a shelf. 🙂
Thank you very much, I wish my real one was still that shiny! However it appears to be rather weathered! Cheers.
Mate you've done a cracking good job on this bike, how did you get the discolouration on the exhaust pipe it looks great.
N.
Cheers mate, thanks very much. I used a tamiya exhaust weathering kit. You get an orange, blue and black powder which is water soluble. There about a fiver from Amazon or Ebay and there's a nice demonstration video on Youtube.
spectacular
Cheers Bob, thanks
Very nice. Good to see it hasn't been laid down yet...
Thanks very much. I'm sure they all take a slide at some point!