Yamaha YZF-R1

Started by Cricket · 27 · 1 year ago
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    Cricket said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Happiness is a new motorcycle model :). 1/12, Tamiya of course….ordered the detail-up forks but as usual USPS lost them :(. Will be a while b4 i can start this as I got a full schedule will send part Sprue parts later.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Another excellent bike, Cricket @bikequeen
    Frustrating if those mail companies lose your package, let's hope it will arrive soon.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Another super entry, my friend @bikequeen!

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    Cricket said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Parts sprues….a satin chrome frame and silver leaf body! How ool is that 🙂

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    George Williams said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    This is a lovely kit, Cricket @bikequeen, I’m sure you’ll make a great job of it, that satin finish is the bees’ knees.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Looks awesome in the box, my friend @bikequeen!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Looks great, Cricket @bikequeen
    Tamiya did a nice job on those sprues.

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    Brian Mennenoh said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    @bikequeen - Sweet kit Cricket. Looking forward to the build!

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    Cricket said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    @anthonyricco @gblair @chinesegeorge @johnb @brithebuilder @fiveten

    Well here it is before I button it up, pity looks nice like this.

    The windscreen has some UV coating on it, they included a 4 by 4 inch square of the stuff which was good cus it took me 3 tries to get it right

    Decals were awful very very thin and delicate, there was some nice ones that went on the underside of the bottom cowling gradient from the silver paint to light grey to black but the broke apart and were unusable most all of them were eve n the little tiny ones 🙁

    Final try

    The first 2 tries …. It’s weird stuff very thin and VERY sticky

    Here it is about to be buttoned up….should be done later today…some paint details to add

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    George R Blair Jr said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    This looks awesome, Cricket (@bikequeen). The subtle colors and textures really sell this build. I like your rider!

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    Brian Mennenoh said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    @bikequeen - Looks fantastic Cricket! Nice work. I agree with @gblair on all counts!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Looks great, Cricket @bikequeen.
    Never seen this kind of material for the windscreen before, looks nice in the end.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Super job so far, my friend @bikequeen!
    Rider rocks!

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    George Williams said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Great work, @bikequeen, these bikes usually look pretty cool without the fairings, and this one certainly does. Your rider looks as though he was in the same place in the queue as me when the legs were handed out.

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    Rory Wilson said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    Great job Cricket @bikequeen, The colour scheme is really attractive! Not sure about the pink hair... LOL Also never seen that finish on the screen... is it to give the screen a "tinted" look?