Tamiya Yamaha YZR500

[Eric C]

Here's my latest finished kit. It's the original release 1/12th scale kit from Tamiya. This kit came with the rider (still being worked on). The kit was released in 1985 and represents the 1983 bike, I think. It's built out of the box with Tamiya white and Tamiya Flo Red cleared with Tamiya clear and polished. I also used the original Tamiya decals. They looked a little yellow on the paper but applied to the model nicely with the help of a little hot water and a sponge to get them to conform. After applying the decals, I polished them with "The Treatment" model car wax to get a shine on them. I wasn't going to take a chance of messing up the decals with clear coat.

I found it difficult to photograph the white and red. A different background may have helped with the contrast.

Thanks for looking...

[oldscool]

That looks just like the real thing Eric. Beautiful build!

gus

[Romell R]

AWESOME BUILD ERIC!!!!

[RodneyB]

Great looking Bike.

Can't wait to see the rider on it..

[Harry P.]

Looks real! And your photos are great.

[John Teresi]

Eric......very very nice......EXCELLENT build.

[Scalper]

Looks like the one just like in the old tamiya Catalogs from back in the day.

[Scale-Master]

That came out great. You did an excellent job on a not so easy kit. Very sharp, very clean!

[Eric C]

Thanks guys.

Mark, this kit does have it's challenges for sure. Like, getting the rear cowling on over the upper exhaust pipes without splitting the cowling in half. I think that was my biggest (at least the most intense) challenge.

[stevehansen]

Very Nice

[Art Laski]

That's a great looking bike. Cool subject and nice job on it as well!

[bsoder]

Verry Nice! B)