Anyone Do Modern 1/12 MotoGP Rider Figures or Decals

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Anyone Do Modern 1/12 MotoGP Rider Figures or Decals

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Need a Marquez for my Tamiya 2014 Honda. Other would be nice... TIA
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I don`t have the link on my hand now, but have you checked K`s Workshop? I´m not sure but i think to remember that i have seen such Figure somewhere in the past.
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BTW, for those who like adding riders to their bikes, what you prefer?
-Cornering?
-Sitting on the bike, feet on pedals, crossed arms?
-Sitting on the bike, feet on pedals, hands on fuel tank?
-Sitting on the bike, one foot on pedal, the other on ground, upper part as per previous two options
-Standing out of bike?

IMHO, cornering ones are nice, though obviously the carry all the philosophical debates about "a model in movement!!" so it seems the static pose ones might have more fans?
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The old cornering rider from Tamiya has made my Robert's Yamaha pretty dramatic. My first other choice would be the pose at the moment before they start. Then crossed arms straddling the bike, preferably where the arms are 2 pieces. Decaling molded arms on these modern driver liveries would be weird.

Thx again for the Yamaha decals.
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JamesB wrote: Mon May 31, 2021 5:24 am BTW, for those who like adding riders to their bikes, what you prefer?
-Cornering?
-Sitting on the bike, feet on pedals, crossed arms?
-Sitting on the bike, feet on pedals, hands on fuel tank?
-Sitting on the bike, one foot on pedal, the other on ground, upper part as per previous two options
-Standing out of bike?

IMHO, cornering ones are nice, though obviously the carry all the philosophical debates about "a model in movement!!" so it seems the static pose ones might have more fans?


There's this option https://www.ebay.com/itm/372934795884?h ... SwwS5eMm4K

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tifosi157 wrote: Mon May 31, 2021 5:55 pm this won't work?
https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/112-moto ... er-figure/
Sure, I would need some decals for Marquez (if the helmet is correct)!!
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Have you priced a Tamiya Rossi? Like most MotoGP kits, sellers want some serious coin.
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Yes it seems so... besides, Rossi's figure is a collector's item itself, because of being Rossi. Also because it's cornering in opposite direction as the previous cornering figure.
Yes, decals can be done for riders, helmets too. But yes I can tell making decals for helmets is complicated, :lol: lots of trial and error. About the thing of crossed arms, well it makes little difference, ar will have same shape. So it's OK as long as decals are dimensioned, cropped and skewed according the crossed position. Which one would quite logically do 8)
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