Tamiya's kit of a BMW R80 Paris-Dakar racer in 1/12th scale. It's another very nice kit, and the rider has a plausible stance for a desert racer, weight slightly back and up off the seat. This is one of the oldest models in my collection, and time has not been kind to it - for reasons entirely unknown, almost all the decals peeled and fell off. The only "decal" that is fully intact is the tiny route sheet that I drew and glued into the holder on the top of the gas tank.
It's mostly gloss white, Testors Guards Red, many shades of Metalizer on the engine, and some sand-colored paint highly thinned and painted into the knobby tires.
I think the decals originally identified the rider as Gaston Rahier, but you couldn't tell from the execution of the model, since all the decals fell off.
This is excellent. Well done.
ReplyDeleteDo you ever sometimes look at one of your models (which are uniformly excellent, I must say) and think "Wow, I don't think I'm that good of a builder; how did that turn out so nice?"
ReplyDeleteThank you but usually when I look at my models all I see are the faults. Sometimes when I build a model and when it's finished I'll think "damn I'm good". I think that's what keeps us building whether it's true or not. Funny how those ones seem to get the least views. Oh well.
ReplyDeleteIn my case, nothing reveals a hitherto-unseen ejector pin mark or obvious mold parting line like posting a picture of a model on the Internet. But every now and then I get it right (or close to right) and all the flaws and goofs are forgotten.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean.
ReplyDeleteCan't be Rahier; he was a lot shorter.
ReplyDeleteIl s agit pourtant de Gaston rahier, la maquette est une tamya
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