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Heller 1/8 Kwak Z1

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  • Member since
    January 2006
  • From: Pineapple Country, Queensland, Australia
Posted by Wirraway on Sunday, July 5, 2015 2:32 AM

That turned out really nice.  Stellar paint job !  My hat off to you Sir.

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  • Member since
    March 2014
Posted by kpnuts on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 1:35 PM

Hi all well she's finished and no more incidents.

  • Member since
    March 2014
Posted by kpnuts on Monday, June 22, 2015 2:02 PM

Hi all nearing the end I think the kit has given in. dare I say i'm winning.

  • Member since
    March 2014
Posted by kpnuts on Sunday, June 21, 2015 11:56 AM

Hi all here is the battles progress so far

  • Member since
    August 2008
Posted by tankerbuilder on Thursday, June 18, 2015 7:42 PM

Whoa There Dude !

    You are amazing the daylights out of me with this Kick Butt paint treatment . Right On !

  • Member since
    March 2014
Posted by kpnuts on Thursday, June 18, 2015 1:31 PM

Hi all here is another update on this pig of a kit, it really is no where near the quality of the La Reale the chain is so warped I'm not even going to try to correct it the axles are not going to allow the wheels to rotate and even if they did it wouldnt last long, Why cant kit manufacturers get together and combine all the good thing they all do, then we would end up with fantastic kits.
I really hope the CB 750 K1  is not the same as this.


I decided gold might go quite well with this colour scheme

  • Member since
    March 2014
Posted by kpnuts on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:48 PM

Hi all here is tonight offering


there is quite a bit I don't like about this kit, but the separate fins I do like, get more detail this way.

  • Member since
    March 2014
Posted by kpnuts on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 1:43 PM

Hi all finished the marbeling, and I have to say I am quite happy with it, it needs a few coats of varnish to level it out and finish it off but for a first go at it I am happy, I can see me using this a lot

  • Member since
    March 2014
Posted by kpnuts on Monday, June 15, 2015 1:12 PM

Hi all well this is the most twisted piece of model I have ever worked on.

I was wondering if I would be able to get it ligned up at all
But after Hurculean efforts

there are no decals in this kit for the paint work, instead there are these handy moulded lines

Handy that is if you want to do it as the box art, not if you want something diffrent so I had so sand all those off.

now to try the marbeling


I am going to add at least one more colour to this so we will see how it turns out. No biggie if it dosnt work got plenty of oven cleaner.

  • Member since
    June 2010
  • From: Australia
Posted by OctaneOrange on Monday, June 15, 2015 3:58 AM

cool so far.  i only know the kwaka from the Mad Max movies. (1000z)

  • Member since
    March 2014
Posted by kpnuts on Sunday, June 14, 2015 11:07 AM

Hi all well this kit is deffo going to be a challenge the frame is full of sink holes and seams also the tank and side panels are moulded in two halves have no locating pins and are warped to hell.
I have glued some tabs to one half and am hoping that the wont foul on anything when it comes to putting it on, and also that it will help with lining everything up, fingers crossed.

  • Member since
    March 2014
Heller 1/8 Kwak Z1
Posted by kpnuts on Saturday, June 13, 2015 8:32 AM

Hi all I ordered 2 bikes off ebay yesterday, well amazingly one of them came today


of course the first thing I did was a sprue count (did it 3 times)

I must say I am quite dissapointed, it's not in the same league as the La Reale there are sink holes and seams all over the place (hope the honda is better. I tried to photo them but they dont really show up in the pics, still on with the show.

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