1/4 Scale Yaiba Kusanagi CT-3X from Cyberpunk

February 11, 2023

Took me almost a month to finish the Cyberpunk motorcycle "Yaiba Kusanagi CT-3X" I'll be on the next zoom meeting if you want look 😛

Build process will be posted a later date....

February 18, 2023

So, I always wanted a a bike for my girls. Having a resin printer paved the way of obtaining one, however i wasn't fully committed as i was hesitant spending a lot of resin for a bike. Also at that time i didn't know what bike to print, then i came across the Yaiba Kusanagi CT-3X from Cyberpunk 2077. I didn't feel like trying to model that bike so I found one on Gambody, and even then I was still hesitant. Then it went on sale, so i just bought the model just in case i did feel like making it.

Time went by and I haven't used the 3D printer for some time and thought why did I purchase a printer and don't use it. So I ordered a batch of resin and went ahead of printing a bike for my girls.

I went for 1/4 instead of 1/3 scale mainly cos of the size and cost. And lastly I didn't want to do a lot of modifications to the models.

Before starting to print with resin i did a test print in PLA just to make sure it looked OK, as the original model is 1/16 scale and had to scale it up by 400%.

Next I did a test print with clear resin to see if I could make transparent after sanding. And as you can see it was a success.

I had to split the largest models in blender so that it could fit on the print bed.

Next I spent a week of printing the parts, and mid-way I decided to a cavity in the main body for electronics if I decide to add lights later on. As at the beginning of the build process, I thought it would be too much of a hassle to add lights.

Mid-way test fitting, just to make sure I haven't wasted time and money

I got one of those magnetic charging cables and added a hole for power.

At this time I was happy and sad. Happy that it started to look good and sad that I need to spend a lot of time sanding.

It wasn't fun sanding and some parts didn't fit properly, so I had to get out the rotary tools and start removing resin and pray that I don't mess things up.

I started to loose tract of time and start to dread doing this.

After sanding / fitting hell, it was time to glue the main body parts then prime the pieces before painting.

At this time I just wanted to get this finished and took less photos. I was a long process of masking and airbrushing, and repeating it several times for each colour.

I was kinda worried as this is metallic red and it looked kinda purple. Luckily after a few more coats it looked OK.

At this stage, I decided to go ahead and start adding lights and cos this model has a plain dash, I had to design a dash and made a simplified version based off the game.