Suzuki RGV XR89
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27 March 2019, 02:19
bossy122Start this by stripping off the chrome so I can cement the frame and so I can sand out that miserable seam. Then paint it with Testors Met. Silver.
27 March 2019, 02:22
Peter HardyI'll sit on the seat, you sit on the tank! Was that swing arm two halves? If so you have done a magical job in concealing the join!!
28 March 2019, 00:59
bossy122Yup. Even I was impressed. I usually half ass sanding but i'm really happy that it looks like one piece. No putty , by the way.
28 March 2019, 01:19
Peter HardyBloody awesome mate! I'm impressed anyway! Is the tank a slit job as well? I have this one in the stash but never opened it.
28 March 2019, 06:31
bossy122Hmmm....let me check.....yes, it is 2 pieces. Oh, joy. More sanding. Gives me something to do 🙂
28 March 2019, 07:16
Bart GoesaertNice work with the sanding stick and filler... nice metal finish too
28 March 2019, 15:57
Peter HardyOh course Bossy, now you have set your own standard, I expect perfection!
28 March 2019, 21:08
bossy122Frickin Tamiya and their insistance on using colored plastics have delayed me a tad. They mould what should be a white wheel in gray plastic. No way I get that painted with TS26 so that it's even. I have to go buy some white in a jar to airbrush.....I hate airbrushing. So, thank you, Tamiya.
28 March 2019, 21:27
Peter HardyAhhh, build a bridge and get over it! Not a real build unless you solve 10 problems!!
29 March 2019, 00:06
bossy122One of the great mysteries in life, besides how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Tootsie Pop, is why Tamiya insists on using colored plastics. Hasegawa uses all white ( at least with rally cars) for the perfect white canvas on which to create.
29 March 2019, 00:11
bossy122Peter, you jinxed me!😉 The cement came off the brush WAY too much, ran right under my thumb and gave me extra work. I think im reverting back to my 8 year old self.
29 March 2019, 22:45
Peter HardyI'd lol but I did the same thing with kicker and melted the Alclad. Might need to use a filler base coat to make the join disappear? Are you using Tamiya extra thin glue? That works a bit like plastic welding. Very good for tanks and those damn swing arms.
29 March 2019, 23:02
bossy122I had some of that, but apparently I used it all. Now it's good old Testors cement. And I just got the wheels painted....which revealed the mould seams.....typical.
29 March 2019, 23:15
Samuel PThank you... Awesome build by the way, I have a Tamiya YZF-R1 but am a little scared to start it, it looks to nice on the part trees.
10 April 2019, 23:51
bossy122The pipes....the pipes are calling. Oh, Danny boy, I thought painting these things was going to be the challenge. Sanding out all these seams.......ooooooh
15 April 2019, 21:40
Bart Goesaertenjoy the sanding... all the lines that you see, are these supposed to be weldlines? Otherwise you can sand these flush, and recreate them by streched sprue... can make things more easy...
16 April 2019, 06:35
bossy122The hope is that the 2 pieces seams will be mostly obscured. Regardless, it's going to be some work. And yes, I believe those are supposed to be weld lines.
17 April 2019, 03:12
Mirko RömerYes, they are. If you can hide the seams, everything should be fine. These weld lines costed probably more than a small car....
17 April 2019, 15:38
bossy122I got the two wider spaced ones done but those other two.....ugh. I was thinking of trying thread to replace the lines. I'll have to try that around a sprue and see how it looks.
17 April 2019, 18:18
Peter HardyNot bad Bossy! Definitely better than mine!!!
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27 May 2019, 22:23
bossy122Thanks. Hoping the decals survive as this must be one of the few kits there dont appear to be any after markets for. One of the tail pipe carbons tried to crumble on me but I saved it. Fingers crossed.
29 May 2019, 21:25
bossy122No, but they creased really badly. After the first light blue one reacted so fiercly, I just applied Microsol to the parts that needed to conform to edges, etc.
It's coming along, thanks.
3 July 2019, 03:59
bossy122Thanks! Come to find out; applying tyre markings after they're already on the bike, REALLY difficult! 🙂
16 July 2019, 07:17
