I thought some of you might like this, finding a New use for an old Tamiya Kit
Ducati 888 as raced in the ' 2017 Isle of Man - Classic TT ' by James Hillier, rules of the Classic TT are motorcycles must be at least 20 years since originally competing.
I've been to the Classic TT a few times, Amazing spectacle - mind bending speeds on public roads, it takes a Special kind of discipline (or craziness) to do what those riders do, The 37.73 Mile public road Course used to be part of the what would be called MotoGP W Championship now up to 1976.
A few modifications to the kit: I took the steel front brake discs(rotors) from a Hasegawa YZR500 kit as the Tamiya kit has carbon discs, not 100% accurate but did the job, reshaped the rear seat cowl, front mudguard, brake calipers & locations for larger discs, front fork adjusters, seat and made a rear fog light etc, not much else.
The Oxford Products Ducati 888 2017 Classic TT :
Completed Tamiya Kit :
Beside the 1992 World Superbike C'ship Winner,
I built this kit back in 1995 and the decals had yellowed very bad so it got the
crisp fresh white ones from the above kit applied on top!
Thanks,
Dede.
