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1/48 Bandai BMW R75 w side car Finished!!

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Posted by mustang1989 on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 5:12 AM

The beginnings of the 750cc motor just to show a little bit of progress here. I may add some spark plug wires and boots to the engine to spruce it up a little on down the road.

                   

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Posted by mustang1989 on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 8:55 AM

YariCav

I've never used one of the Bandai kits.  Are they out of production now?  How's the detail on the vehicle and figures?

The Bandai kits were out of production when I bought my first one  in 98. lol. The detail is superb as far as I can tell. I started building the engine this morning and was surprised at the level of detail. There's minimal flash on the motorcycle parts but the figures look like they have more on them. I also have a BMW R75 from SOK that has resin figures. I may end up using those. We'll see.......

                   

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Posted by Bish on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 8:39 AM

From the model Air Range, its 71.056. Not sure about their other ranges. The official code is RAL 7021 Panzer Grey but some times called dark Grey.

yari, Bandai is now out of business. I have not built one of their kits, but recently a few people have made positive comments. One of the guys has just stared a 48th Nashorn and he seems to like it.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by SchattenSpartan on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 8:27 AM

This is gonna be interesting, Joe! I really like to use Gunze's Dark Gray (H401) for German armor. The few color pics I've seen of grey German vehicles show them to be very dark and that Gunze color looks just about right. And in casi it's too dark you can still add a few drops of white and add some post shading...

Tamiya's German Gray looks good too, just a wee bit lighter.

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Posted by YariCav on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 8:21 AM

I've never used one of the Bandai kits.  Are they out of production now?  How's the detail on the vehicle and figures?

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Posted by mustang1989 on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 8:12 AM

Thanks Bish. Usually Model Master or Vallejo acrylics.

                   

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Posted by Bish on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 7:15 AM

Ok, now that I have recovered. What brand of paints do you normally use or have access to. If using Tamiya, XF-63 German grey works for Pz Grey.

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Posted by Bish on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 5:41 AM

I will post a proper reply later.

I just have to go and pinch myself first to make sure this isn't a dream.

 

But one quick question, have you worked out where the wings go yet. Stick out tongue

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Posted by mustang1989 on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 5:12 AM

To start with , the decals are toast. I'll need a set of those. I did a little looking around and haven't found any yet. I have a Tamiya 1/48 offering on order but its been on back order now for the last 2 months..............

                   

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1/48 Bandai BMW R75 w side car Finished!!
Posted by mustang1989 on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 5:11 AM

For those of you who know me , I'm used to building 1/48 scale aircraft and hang out in either a GB or in the aircraft section alot. I've had the hankerin' to build something to go along with my aircraft for some time now and have been wanting to build one of these R75's for a while now(16 or so years). I had acquired one in 1998 but it got damaged in a move (as my grandpa used to say , "5 moves is equal to a burn out" and he's right!) . I recently acquired another and wanted to start a WIP on this mainly because I have only one resource for this thing and I have no idea of the exterior colors. I know I don't want to build the tan version of it but again color references are low and don't know which shade of gray to use. Anyways the second reason I wanted to do this is that some of you won't believe I'm actually doing this so why not do a WIP on it so those of you who do know me will know its not a dream.................................Bish. lol

 So here goes. Heres the box art:

and the parts layout:

with that , we'll get started.

                   

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