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02-01-2014, 02:42 PM
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Good stuff, are you going to build the entire diorama?
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02-03-2014, 10:09 AM
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peereboom2: no, I am not really interested in the tableau, and certainly not in making and assembling 300 little boxes to support it! I only really want the motorbike itself - this is a little diversion to familiarise myself again with the style and quirks of these Yamaha models after all this time.
The last sections are the lower body and groin, and the "humpback".  All pretty straightforward, but I do worry about fitting the legs to those openings.  Alan
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02-04-2014, 03:00 PM
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Now a bit of assembly. The instructions suggest joining the upper body to the shoulders before adding the head, but I felt that it was wise to add the head to the shoulders first, to take advantage of the better access to the tabs. This worked fairly well. The hump could then go in place.
 As I anticipated, fitting the legs to the groin was very awkward. I was successful in the end, but made a bit of a mess of the left leg.   The remaining parts just push together, to allow posing. The arms and gloves fit well, but the boots are rather a loose fit in the legs. Some building up so that they grip better would be good.  Alan
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02-05-2014, 12:16 AM
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I see that you are the first to take on the new Yamaha model, cool, I will watching this build.
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02-05-2014, 04:59 AM
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Finally for this minor diversion, he looks the part on the MT-01...  ... though the posing is a bit limited - in particular the legs splay out a lot, and have little adjustment. It would be much better if the legs were like the arms, with the upper part made of two tubes pushed together, one attached to the torso and one to the lower leg. The head would also be improved if the neck was extended inside the body, and just pushed through the hole in the shoulders. Then the head could be adjusted in direction and attitude. Anyway, for now I think he looks sweet on the Babetta.   Alan
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02-05-2014, 09:37 AM
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Great looking build.
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02-06-2014, 01:44 PM
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Now for the real meat of the project, the bike itself. Where to start? The suggested assembly sequence starts with the fairings and front end, but I'm not so good at that sort of thing, so I'll jump straight to the engine and frame. That way I shall have the core of the bike established before I get on to the curvy bits.
 The engine consists of 56 lumpy bits, and so in itself presents a challenge. I'll start with the cylinder block and head, and work out from there.   I confess I was a bit surprised when I came to fit the blue top cover and found it fit perfectly amongst all the lumps beneath. I'm just not used to this! Alan
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02-07-2014, 01:34 PM
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More weird-shaped blocks follow to form the crankcase, gearbox and other gubbins. These all follow the usual Yamaha style of having tabs aroung the flat sides, and wrapping a plain strip around, tucking in a crosswise tab at the end. This works reasonably well, but you have to be sure to score the tabs a little inside the line, so that the wrapper fits and doesn't sit outside the correct profile.
 I had a couple of minor fit problems here, where shaped mating surfaces didn't quite match up. Going back to the original shapes, and comparing them in Inkscape confirmed that it wasn't just my workmanship. However, they were pretty slight, and should not matter at all later on.  One more layer completes the main structure.   Alan
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02-07-2014, 04:58 PM
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This is definitely not a 'beginner' model. It seems to be coming together well.
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