Valentino Rossi - Team Fiat Yamaha 2009 (15)

At the swing arms, some serious works are done as the original parts barely close to the real thing.

The first thing to be done was to fill up the inner wall with putty so the visible areas aon the swing arsm are recreated. Afterwards the weldings are also replicated with some heated plastic rods from the kit. These heated rods becomes very thin strings so I can easily melt and reshape with cutters or some other metal objects to form the welding shapes.

I also have got to wipe out some areas at the tails so I can put on the photo etching more easily.
Some screws were wiped out and metal screws will be replacing them.

After these steps, the swing arms are prepared for painting and further enhencement with metal parts. I have work on the 2004 M1 swing arms altogether and this save a lot of works.