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Invertman, good progress. I like the red, even the engine. Looks cool.

modelcrazy

I never understood why the guy in the tower was talking on the radio through the phone.

 

You know, I never even noticed that 'til you mentioned it, Steve. !?!?

I never understood why the guy in the tower was talking on the radio through the phone.

the builds are looking awsome guys.

started on the cr450 last week.alot of cleanup on this kit but from 1983 molds its going together good.working on getting the rear suspention built/installed this weekend.

keavdog

https://youtu.be/oin1n2IoLaw

 

Great Video John love those prop planes / engines

Saffer: The seat came out great

Nice work so far. And I agree, your seat looks very convincing.

Looks sharp!

Saffer your bike looks good. I love what you done with the seat. Very well done. 

thx....I used a gold chrome marker on the bolt heads.And the "leather" seat is Tamiya XF 64 shaded with panel line accent color and then covered with thinned down wood stain.

Saffer,

Great job on the frame and engine. Did you paint those bolt heads on the engine? And the leather seat looks very authentic.

Ok...so I decided to go off script with the Yamaha Virago and go full custom.

I changed the seating and used a custom colour scheame.....Work in Progress

ps this is my first 1:12 bike ever all brush and rattlecan work

IMG-20181103-WA0079 by Tobie Engelbrecht, on Flickr

IMG-20181104-WA0012 by Tobie Engelbrecht, on Flickr

20181103_153041 by Tobie Engelbrecht, on Flickr

20181107_155320 by Tobie Engelbrecht, on Flickr

Ok so I actually started with the first bike on my list the Yamaha Virago.I'm going off script making it a full custom version.Unfortunately my pc exploded so will be posting progress when my new rig arrives

https://youtu.be/oin1n2IoLaw

keavdog

Negative Ghostrider - no new completions.

 

Ghostrider?

Stellar attitude Greg!

hogfanfs

@Greg, The frame and engine look fantastic. I'm really looking forward to seeing this one finished.

Thanks for your nice comment, Bruce. I sort of am too. This one is a real challenge! Every step is a new adventure.

@GM,

I really like how the yellow paint turned out, too bad on the no locator pins for the windshield. Seem Italeri got lazy in their engineering of this kit. And I have to agree with you, the Norton 750 twin is a very aesthetically pleasing motocycle. 

@MacAtilla,

That is a very unusual spot for a screw, I hope you find a solution.

Funny, about the CX500 Turbo. I was at a trackday a while ago, and one of the riders had, of all bikes, a Kawasaki ZX1200 with a turbo. Well, anytime going through a corner, the turbo would spool, and spin up the rear tire causing his rear end to slip out. Nothing too major, except to make this rider very uneasy to ride. I've never seen the need for a turbo on a bike, except for drag racing. 

@Greg,

The frame and engine look fantastic. I'm really looking forward to seeing this one finished.

Holy exhaust pipes, some activity!

Bill you are more organized than I prepping all those to-be-chrome parts. I do about a step or two at a time. Glad the stripping went well.

All the yellow looks very good, I'd be happy with it too.

That windscreen is a bit odd. If not for the actual bike pic you showed, I'd have thunk Italeri totally messed up.

Negative Ghostrider - no new completions.

Hi Every one, I'm trying to get in more now, so I don't miss any thing. So on that note, The last two pics here look like pretty completed bikes. Are They? Let me know So I can up update the entry list If need be.

Thanks. No pins and a bad fit to boot. I could add detail all day, like the rubber trim around the inside edge of the fairing or the fairing mounting bracket on the bars, but I want to get her built.

Yes, I think the Commando is one of the best looking bikes ever made in any quantity. A real Brit. Something special about a 750 cc twin.

Progress has been made. After stripping all of the parts that will get Alclad AGAIN, they've been painted with Testors Gloss Black enamel. It'll be 7 days on Saturday, so I think that I can polish them then and shoot some silver.

Next I've painted the yellow bits. They are due for another coat of Future, but I'm happy with the look.

So, the join of the bug screen to the fairing just makes no sense the way the model is designed.

Looking at the real deal, the fairing has a lip into which the screen fit, and gets clamped with a strap. It's beyond reason to do all of that to the kit part, my plan is to add a strip of BMF around the top of the fairing, and some rivet heads. Some bikes have a metal trim around the headlight window, others don't. I don't like the looks of it, so I'll make my bike look like this one.

MacAtilla

Greentracker,

Can I change the kit I'm doing for this? I was building a little C100 to mark its 60th anniversary but I seem to have lost its forks.

Can I build this CX500 turbo instead? Some 80s nostalgia, plus very little chrome to contend with and a big plus is that it's shaft drive. No chain to break and ruin!

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Not a problem Sorry for the delay in answering hope you already started. I know like everyone else (I'm Sure) here what "lost parts" are

 

 

Could some PE wire mesh be cut, painted, and placed over the area to hide the screw?

Hey Steve, thanks buddy (re the bench) I hardly recognize it myself.

MacAtilla - that's an unfortunate choice for a screw for sure.  Seems like the later kits are a bit more subtle and not smack dab in the middle of screening!

The Ninja for instance has a couple screws in locations that could be easily covered up, but yours is a bit of a challenge.

Dang Greg, your half cleaned bench looks 10X better than my cleaned bench.

MacAtilla

Sorry if it's come up before Greg - I'm new to posting on forums so please let me know if I'm out of order. I don't mind screws when they're used as axles or in discrete places and easily hidden, but holding the fairings on? Anyway, it'd be less rewarding if it was too easy, right?

 

Dropped some subassys on the frame.

Apologies for bad cell phone pic.

On a side note, I lost a small part. Looking for it prompted me to half-way clean up the bench for the first time in uh, 2-3 yrs maybe. Nothing great, but you should have seen it before. Ta da.

And the best news? Tonight I thought to check the chrome stripping container and the missing part was there. Win-win. It was a good day.

MacAtilla

Sorry if it's come up before Greg - I'm new to posting on forums so please let me know if I'm out of order.

Out of order? Heck no! Only thing out of order around here is my mind.

Only reason I mentioned that seems like somebody mentioned screws before is if it was you, didn't want anyone to think I was ignoring their previous comment is all.

FSM has friendly folk, no need to be timid. We're happy as heck to have you here and this place is nothing without folk contributing.