LCR Honda RC211V 2006 - Casey Stoner - Completed

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After the inner wall of the cowlings are painted, the RCV is completed!

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Tonight I have get the exhuast completed. Weatherings were applied with reference to the Pit Walk Collections. And I had a quick pre-assembly of the cowlings to the chassis. Simple wiring works were done. I have left a couple of parts to be attached to the frame later on. And some fine coloring will be done on it as a final touch.

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Second attempt of clear coat has been applied over the cowlings. This time, I had a mistake to let the air brush's nozzle opened after the paint was in. Some little bubbles appear from the front end. I thought it wouldn't affect the result at all after removing those bubbles... However, when this applied to windshield, the little bubbles did and do affect the clarity.....

No pain no gain, I have "once again", learnt from mistakes. And hopefully it is not a "46" bike.... Haha.

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Just as I have some more spare time before the holiday comes to an end, I have the chassis painted and ready.

I was trying to replicate the weather effect as much as I can with some AFV techniques I have got from some previous works. I have been particularly focusing on the weathering and choice of paints over them. I guess I will have to re-work the radiator again as he weathering doesn't look right at all. But I am pretty satisfied with the rest of the stuffs since

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As part of the clear coat test, I have also tested the effect of 2K coating on the golden decals...
However, the decals still crack at certain extend... Anyway, I will still have the kit completed despite the golden beans can nolonger be preserved.

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By the time preparing for the CNY, I have a little spare moments to move on with this bike.
After comparing reference pictures on Pit Walk Collection 2006, I have found that the frame from the kit actually has obvious differences. I had to do some filling and sanding before I gave the weldings back in place.
This appearantly is the difference between the 2003 and the 2006 rides. I am surprized that Tamiya has been putting 2003 frame as 2006 frame! Hopefully this is just the satelite team so in fact, Stoner was using the new parts at the later races. So I can limit my modification over the frame as if I am workin on his earlier races.


The inside of the swing arms was filled and weldings were recreated.


This time, I didn't fill all the inside of the frame as this will be a "curbside" kit at the moment. I am trying to limit the mod I am doing on it now.

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On a relaxing Sunday, decal works on the cowlings have been completed. I have applied the color blocks decals on the red and black colors. Those broken areas have been covered with some Finisher Lumi Red and Gunze GX-1.



Since the kit is released, I have seen many of the completed works from the Internet. However, almost all of them have golden beams which are broken of damaged as a result of clear coating. I have been discussing with some of my fellows and this time, I have applied a layer of metal primer before any clear coating. This is the test I have always been thinking about. Our theory is that in order to prevent the thinner-drying process of the clear coats pulling away the golden beam, the metal primer, which does not contain any thinner, can help to isolate the effect and keeps a strong protection over the golden beam.
I am yet to confirm the result since any clear coat has yet been applied. But I really look forward to how this approach will go.

Beside, I really didn't want to apply any carbon fire decal this time. So I just spray the pattern on it with Gloss Black-Gun Metal scheme.

LCR Honda RC211V 2006 - Casey Stoner

It has been awhile since I have started this kit, as a memorial for Stoner returning to the Honda camp. In his rookie year back in 2006, Casey was the rider for the satellite team. He was in a very quick move to the Ducati camp and became one of the major rivalry against Rossi. In 2011 season, Casey is returning to Honda as the one of the 3 factory riders, which gives honda a definite advantage over the race for factory championship.

In fact, Casey's ducati in 2009 and 2010 were both very beautiful rides. Yet, no injection kit is released for them. I think this satellite bike will serve as one of the milestones for Casey in the race for the championship over the years. And hopefully I will manage to get it done properly.

Everything went on as usual, gaps between the parts were filled and sanded. Primer was applied checking for any defects.


The painting work on the cowlings was simple. Only black and white will do the job.


And as I when on for the decal work over the cowlings, it has been a reat challenge. Since the chrome golden decal requires a stronger decal texture, the decals are much thicker than usual in terms of Cartograf prints. And I failed to notice that I could have actually masked off the red and flading black painting instead of putting on the large pieces of decal over the large surface....
Anyway, I think I will have some help with some Finisher paints for the red later on.