Matt Bacon Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 BMW's extraordinary superbike. The main carbon frame weighs less than 8kg (20lbs), and the whole bike, fully fuelled and loaded with fluids only 180kg (400 lbs). It's a different sort of kit, with snap and screw construction (there's no glue in what you see here), moulded in various grades of ABS. Different paint finishes and some decals are pre-applied to the parts, including a very effective carbon weave done using the hydro-dipping technique. I've done some detail painting, and a very small amount of washing and weathering to make a few details pop, but the real things are very well looked after. Definitely as much "assembly" as modelling, it's been a blast to build, and I'll let the outcome speak for itself: best, M. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 Beautifully done!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmcguire Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Where did you use the washes...it looks super clean. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Bacon Posted April 23, 2022 Author Share Posted April 23, 2022 @djmcguire mostly around the engine and to bring out the relief on the radiators, which is about the only bit you can see with the fairing on! The gold and blue/brown weld heat discolouration on the exhaust pipe are also metallic wax… best, M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Safire6 Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Beautiful bike! Great job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYLIBUD Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Great job.Looks real 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Really good looking build! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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