Building Prince’s Purple Rain Motorcycle Replica (Honda CM400T Custom) in Japan – No. 6

I’m building a motorcycles for Prince “Purple Rain”（No. 6）※painting failed.

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I painted on a sunny day. However, the painting failed.　I failed, but I will introduce the process.

I thought about various things to draw the symbol mark of Prince.　I cut it out using the “cutter compass”.

Prince Purple Rain motorcycle replica Honda CM400T

I made a symbol mark using masking tape. It was difficult to cut out the round part.

Prince Purple Rain motorcycle replica Honda CM400T

The shape of this symbol is slightly different between the “Purple Rain” photo and the bike on display at Paisley Park.　Maybe there are two.

Paint it purple with car paint.　I have used this color before.

Color doesn’t stick well. I applied it about 5 times.

Prince Purple Rain motorcycle replica Honda CM400T

The feeling when peeling off the masking tape is the best.

Apply normal clear before applying urethane clear.

Prince Purple Rain motorcycle replica Honda CM400T
It’s not glossy, but it’s there to fix the purple color, so that’s okay.

Prince Purple Rain motorcycle replica Honda CM400T

Scrape off the clear to eliminate the step of the symbol mark.

Prince Purple Rain motorcycle replica Honda CM400T

After that, I painted the urethane clear.

It is shiny and beautiful, but there is a sense of incongruity.

Prince Purple Rain motorcycle replica Honda CM400T

You can see the red color underneath. So I need to mask the symbol again and repaint it in purple.　(｡>﹏<｡)

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