Tech 3 Yamaha YZR500 (2001)

[`Boots`]

Thats looking top dog fella, ya do have a way and a certain finese on these two wheelers dude.....................love it and hope ya havin` a good `un ;D

[Mence]

Thanks chaps.

Back now but waiting on a drop of paint before progressing. This will probably be the last build for a while as I intend to take a break.

[multicam]

Beautiful work Prof! This is a clinic on how to build and paint a stunning motorcycle! Nice!

[Mence]

Thanks buddy, it's going fairly well I guess!

Right, small problem because I mislaid a fairly important part just before I went on hols.
Visions of trying to bodge (scratch) a suitable part made me shudder but fortunately I found it attached to a piece of Blu Tac where I must have left it after spraying!

Slightly encouraged by this unexpected stroke of good fortune I pressed on today and took the paintwork a stage further.

Just needs a teeny bit of tweeking but it's pretty tidy, honest it looks better in the flesh! Disregard the join between the yellow and blue on the tailpiece, that is covered by a decal.

Oh, the Fluorescent Yellow is a real bitch to apply...



Thanks for following.

[Mence]

Hi Dicky, thanks old chap.

As for colour, I may be wrong but I think Tamiya TS-50 Mica Blue is more appropriate for the Scooby, the Yam is in Telefonica Blue (TS-51).

Need your addy fella as I have this Pearl White for you.

[eastrock]

slick painting, prof!!!

[Mence]

Thanks ER, looking forward to getting the decals on.

[Mence]

Slow progress due to precious little bench time.

Here's where we're at, first of the decals applied along with seat unit, remainder of the hoses and upper exhausts.



Cheers.

[martyncrowther.]

Great to see you bounce back from your hols with this cracking build buddy especially with your superb paint job

Martyn

[Deleted]

Prof...you never cease to amaze me,how clean your builds seem to be ,How do you manage that?,if you don't mind me asking?

[danb.]

Looks like your work is upto the normal exceptional standard excellent work prof keep it up

Dan B

[bullardino]

Oh, I missed this one, prof. Great instalment

[Mence]

Hello chaps.

Thanks as always for the kind words. CB, 'seem' is the operative word, they're not that clean really!

Ok, popped the other exhaust on and sorted the remainder of the decals on the tail.



With that sorted, it became a relative sprint to the finish really although the decals for some reason seemed far more tricky to apply than in my previous builds.
With the decals on, I simply screwed the panels on being very careful of the repaired fairing part then added the final two parts, the fairing supports.

I need to address a couple of decals as they haven't sat down that well and also attempt to touch one damaged one in with paint.

And here we are...



More pics in the usual place, as always, thank you all very much for following and taking the time to comment.

[bullardino]

Very nice

That Valentino's ride looks the real one

[Mence]

Cheers Luigi!

[Mence]

Cheers Dicky, appreciated.

[danb.]

Lovely job Prof its up to your usual high standard top job

Dan B

[robbo]

Awesome bud, very nice

[Mence]

Thanks chaps!

[Deleted]

Looking really cool Prof
Great result!
Cheers
Steve

[AndyArgent.]

Superb mate, really looks the biz

[multicam]

Beautiful work, Prof! I'm with CB, your builds to always look extremely clean and perfect. Simply outstanding and fun to watch.

[Mence]

Steve, Boo, Bodge and MC, Very kind comments, thanks one an all

Being one of Tamiya's older ones, it's not as sweet as their lates releases but comes out ok with some effort!

[fightnjoe]

dont know how the heck i missed this one. what a beauty. she looks incredible.




joe

[Mence]

Hey Joe, it's so busy round here it's easy to miss stuff, I do it all the time.

Thanks for the kind words buddy.

[danb.]

Great stuff Prof up to the usual high standard

Dan B