Pocher 1/4 ducati Panigale

 

HI ALL I  made this connector with some sprue, Paul Coos CD really is a mine of information (loads of reference pics of the actual parts, that's where I got the seams on the exhaust from)

This part is like a little kit in its own right

Hi all here is the next instalment. I got fed up with taking longer to find a part on the many sprues in this kit by looking for the small tab on each sprue with the letter I needed (I'm surprised I didn't think of this the 2 times I built the Traction Avant kit) I've written a large letter on each bag for which sprue is in it. I've made the starter motor terminal from a piece of whittled down sprue Added the oil cooler with the added layers and the banjo connector using Paul Coos detail adding info And the finished starter motor. Bit more weathering on the engine. All in all I'm quite pleased with the progress (even if it's glacially slooooow)

Made a start on the exhaust valve and made up the spring hangers soon be ready for priming.

Here's the pic that should have been there 

Hi all well after an update on my samsung tab s2 it has made it totally useless for posting on forums so I'm now stuck with this incredibly slow and clumsy laptop so here is the next installment. i was following silver911 build of this and decided to emulate his enhancement of the exhaust joins and copied his use of aluminium foil on them.

also I've added the thickening where the oxygen sensors go

[IMG]http://i67.tinypic.com/301m1oi.jpg

(its made from the phillips screw covers from a bedroom unit)

made a start on the engine too. Added some weathering as well. Put a rule in the last pic to give an idea of the size of this beast.

 

Cool,

Can't wait to see more.

Pat

Good luck with this build. Looks real interesting. Can't wait to see what I learn from this. 

Jim  

Well this should keep you busy in the coming days. Doubt the missing internals will be noticed, as you “motor on”  with this build.

 

The old Pocher classic car kits had full engine internal detail. Unless you were going to cut a large section from the engine all the crank, con rods, piston detail etc was lost from sight when built. A complete waste of time and effort let alone adding unnecessary cost to the kits. I feel that Hornby Airfix have made the right decision with regard to internal engine detail by leaving it out. In real life you only see cutaways at major car and bike exhibitions.

Sorry about almost repeating last thread. Went into a wrong edit function.

The old Pocher classic car kits had full engine internal detail. Unless you were going to cut a large section from the engine all the crank, con rods, piston detail etc was lost from sight when built. A complete waste of time and effort let alone adding unnecessary cost to the kits.

This is one of the new pocher kits after they were taken over by Airfix/Hornby so no internal engine parts (I think to try and make them more profitable) 

That looks way too cool! I think the only thing better would be a 1:1 Panigale!

W O W ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 

I know how many parts you are about to do battle with. The Porcher kits are detailed right down to the crankshaft, valve covers, gaskets, springs, ect.

So apperently you just have to add gas?