I am starting the construction of the Yamaha YZR M1 model in 1/4 scale from the DeAgostini company.
I was very much looking forward to this construction and thanks to my health rest and vacation, I decided to start building.
As usual, I will finish and modify a lot of parts on the model, but you know me 😀😂🤣.
I have a finished model in my head in the exposed state, so I will proceed in the construction as well.
I wish you a nice peek, I believe that you will follow the construction and not reject it.
I started by building a front fork.
It is already sprayed in the kit, but it is very far from reality.
In the photo two, three and four there is an original part on the left, a spray-painted part with a decal according to the original on the right.
I sanded the fork, sprayed it with a black filler and sprayed it with Titanium gold X-31 acrylic paint from Tamiya.
After perfect drying, for about 24 hours I applied three layers of Clear orange X-26 acrylic paint on the fork and painted the whole with semi-matt varnish.
Personally, I am satisfied and I think that the result has shifted to reality as I imagined.
The next step was to spray the two fork bars and assemble the right and left legs.
That's all for today, I'll see you again soon.

I am glad that I can present the building here on the forum.
The use of the same method is a matter of course. We are modelers and we have to help each other.

Very nice detailing.

Alec

Great work. It's looking really impressive.
Lovely to see another one of these being built.
Keep it coming.

Very nice work and great start.

Mark

Yesterday's and today's work on the exhaust was quite successful.
The parts of the exhaust are made of metal in a kit, sprayed with silver paint, all of which are studded with dividing planes and all the parts are screwed together and the screw heads are in visible places.
I screwed all the parts together, I screwed the holes with screws and all the joints with epoxy and after five hours of drying they sanded everything.
I sprayed the whole with a black surfacer from Gunz and let the whole dry thoroughly overnight.
In the morning, I sprayed everything with Alclad II paint of various shades and then shaded everything lightly blue.
I added lambdasondes and the exhaust is ready for installation.

Excellent update, really look good.

Mark

I folded the front and rear wheels and ground the tires.
The connection of the molds on the tires was noticeable and very rough and manual grinding was not enough. I made a fixture and gripped the wheel in a drill, then grinding one poem.
I sprayed the discs and indicated their slight wear.
Subsequently, I dismounted and adjusted the rear swing fork, and after the paint had dried completely, it was screwed onto the frame assembly with the motor.

Very, very impressive.
Loving the updates.

Excellent work.

You’ve definitely an eye for detail.

Mark