Jack12477

I do her to!!!!!!!

Nice gal, but I wouldn't add her. Instead there is a Mike Hailwood resin figure out there from the Greek company GF Models. This also show, how small the bike really is and how the driver would have to fold himself in. I couldn't get one until now, but seriously consider it for my build. 

gf-12-009-_honda_rc_166_-_162_tamiya.jpg (960×720) (gf-models.eu)
 
Cheers Rob

The scale of that figure against the bike really does illustrate the size of it, and it's tiny.
I keep thinking that at one time there were some bike rider and mechanic figures from Tamiya in this scale but I don't see them anywhere now. I guess long out of production, or perhaps I am thinking of formula one figures.

Excellent choice. I would do it.
 
Yves

Indeed, we noticed someone was missing from the “Asylum” 🤪 😉

Hey Popeye, we thought maybe you ran out of spinach! 😁😁😁  Welcome home ! 

Hey Popeye, we thought maybe you ran out of spinach! 😁😁😁  Welcome home ! 

Coming along nicely, though the rear wheel spoke pattern looks strange to me.
See this as comparison....

@BobG
Hi Bob,
Thanks for the positive affirmation.

I would also like to thank you for the many LIKES.
 
Continued: Equipment of the big yard - Blocks for buntlines and clewlines - Poulies de cargue fond et poulies de bouline
According to the relevant table in the monograph, the blocks for the buntlines and clewlines are only 3.4 mm long and 1.3 mm thick at a scale of 1:48. With this block size, the sheaves with a thickness of d= 0.5 mm are not used separately, but worked out. In total I need 12 blocks for the main yard and fore yard.
Before I start "series production", I made a "prototype" in the usual way and equipped it with a served strop. The eye is used to attach to the jackstay.

 
In the following image I have shown different block types and sizes compared to a block for a buntlines.

The next picture shows how these blocks are attached to the jackstay by means of tying.

Sequel follows …

She's always looking 😄

You could always  make the fem  biker  and keep her  in your  modeling desk  -  just get her out when the admiral  aint looking....☺️
 
OC.

Came out really nice, Ryland.

Welcome to the carving project, Ryland. Good to see in the shop again.

That's some eye candy !  I see an airborne rolling pin heading for your skull if the Admiral sees it. 😉😉😉😉😊😊😊😊😇😇😇😇

That's some eye candy !  I see an airborne rolling pin heading for your skull if the Admiral sees it. 😉😉😉😉😊😊😊😊😇😇😇😇

Hey Popeye, we thought maybe you ran out of spinach! 😁😁😁  Welcome home ! 

Thanks Egilman for chiming in here - that is exactly correct. But here are some photos, just in case.
 
Take a felt polishing wheel for a Dremel-type tool.
 

 
Use a single edge razor blade to cut it in half.
 

 
Now use the semi-circular piece to polish the metal casting BY HAND. These parts were way to small and fragile to go anywhere near a spinning tool. You could attach a handle to it if you wished, as Egilman suggested, but I just held the felt in my fingers.
 
Moving right along...

The Castings – Painting the Details
There is an excellent video tutorial on the Sierra West Scale Models website that demonstrates an extremely easy, yet highly effective technique for achieving peeling and chipped paint effects on the castings. In summary, Once the base coat of black has been allowed to dry thoroughly (in my case it was left for a couple of days), colour is applied using a selection of AK paint colours, and while still wet the part is dunked in Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA) and then dabbed with a make-up sponge to randomly remove bits of paint. It is left to dry for at least a couple of hours, and then the process repeated if there is a second colour to be added. Once that has also dried thoroughly, the parts are dusted with various rust-coloured chalk powders and given another dunk and swirl in IPA to remove most but not all of the chalk, and left to dry again. That’s it – process complete. Here are some of the resin cast oil drums – I have yet to paint the details of the contents of the one in the centre at the back.
 

 
The process works equally well on the metal castings of the Acetylene Tanks.
 

 
Back to painting wooden crates……..
 

That's for sure.

Hey Popeye, we thought maybe you ran out of spinach! 😁😁😁  Welcome home ! 

That's some eye candy !  I see an airborne rolling pin heading for your skull if the Admiral sees it. 😉😉😉😉😊😊😊😊😇😇😇😇

Seriously, I was looking for a legit rider and mechanic figure in 1:12 scale. Leave it to EBay search to come up with something like that above. It could end my modeling career, errr life. 😄

There would be nowhere to hide.

That's some eye candy !  I see an airborne rolling pin heading for your skull if the Admiral sees it. 😉😉😉😉😊😊😊😊😇😇😇😇

Welcome back, Denis. Sounds like you might need to conceive another project along the lines of the famous M7M Party Boat! 
 
John

Hey Popeye, we thought maybe you ran out of spinach! 😁😁😁  Welcome home !