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Yeah, this stuff is not cheap, but dang, it's a really nice touch if someone is going all out to super detail a model. My Triumph is not worthy of this. I'm happy with out-of-the-box on this one.

Yes you can, but I don't know of any in this scale 1:9. I have some for my Tamiya motorcycle kits in 1:12 scale. They are a real challenge to assemble. Very small photo etch links and pins. It comes with a tool/jig to assemble the parts.

For a kit of this vintage (the molds, because this is a re-pop of the original), it's surprising the level of detail provided. Here we can see the seats, front and rear, seat frameworks with springs. The seat covers are molded in a soft vinyl. I've given the model a good coat of clear gloss sealer, an acrylic one that will provide the base for the enamel filter I will apply tomorrow. Without applying the sealer, the solvents in the enamel would damage the flat green acrylic and cause undesired results. A sealer like this needs a full 24 hours or more to cure before applying the enamel filter. Here we can see the painted vinyl seat covers installed over the seat frameworks.

Good suggestions, thanks for that. I'm going to try warm/hot water first and then the hair dryer if the water doesn't work.

it's just getting better and better every post.

Step 10 provides one challenge; the kit provides a vinyl "chain" that was molded in a round shape. Because vinyl has memory, I can't get it to behave properly and lay down the way it should between the drive sprocket and main sprocket on the rear wheel. I'm going to need to play around with this chain a bit to figure out how I'm going to deal with it. Need to remove that memory from the vinyl somehow.

Not a heck of a lot to show with step 9, but something is better than nothing. In any case, there was some fiddly work in this step.

Excellent! I love your model.

It sure is fun watching you turn this old model into something remarkable. A real pleasure to see.

Walmart has it. Like Chris said, it's a waterproof glue with a flexible bond that dries completely clear. I believe it's a form of contact cement and works well as household use, particularly well when repairing a cracked or broken ceramic item where other glues don't work so well. Bonds well to just about anything I have tried using it on. Here's what it looks like:

Today I made a trip to my local hobby paint supplier for a few things I wanted to try out on the Triumph project, some other items for future projects, and stock replacement. Spray Gunner is a huge mail order warehouse for hobby paints, airbrushes, compressors, and related supplies. For those who haven't tried them out, you will be pleasantly surprised with the stock inventory and excellent service you'll get from Spray Gunner. Fast and efficient mail order. For me, the warehouse is only 20 minutes away and sometimes I go there direct if I'm going to be in the area anyway. In the front row on the far left is a green filter liquid. This is what I plan to use to "lighten up" the black-green base paint on the Triumph. In the middle of the back row is solvent 110. That product is used to wipe down the green filter after it's dry as it is an enamel based product. The super metallic paints are buff-able and a replacement for the old metalizer paints that were once sold by Testors. Mr,. Color leveling thinner is also pictured on the back row and is something I frequently mention using to reduce Tamiya and Mr. Color paints for air brushing. Typical water-based reducers will not work with Tamiya or Mr. Color paints. There are other paints that work well with this reducer, such as the AK line of paints. As you might imagine from the Japanese and RAF color sets, I have some Japanese and RAF subjects as future projects. 🙂

I like the looks of your B-17 a lot. Very nice indeed.

No problem at all with the tubing fit here, unlike what we've experienced with other kits. I'm gluing the tubing to the pins with that E6000 glue. Works like a charm.

Been a long long time since I heard that name, Matchless. Totally forgot about the Matchless.

What a cool project, Denis! Don't know how I managed to miss this until now. Glad I found your project.

Steps 6 and 7. The "FS" number called for in the instructions equates to Tamiya Black-Green and that's what I'm using, along with Mr.Color leveling thinner. In the end, a dry brushing with a lighter shade of green will be used to lighten the whole thing us just a bit. The black-green should work well to accent the shadows.

Pictured here is the remainder of step 2, then the whole of steps 3, 4, and 5.

Thanks Patrick. I now realize they had a motorcycle helmet and it looks like the one in our model kit is right on the money. Up until now, I only had seen the Brodie helmets that are so distinctive in their look, and that's what threw me off when I saw the kit helmet.

That looks really nice, Mike.

Your Triumph came out super nice! Looks like the real thing. Something I was thinking about last night and your model reminded me of it...the helmet carried on the back of the motorcycle does not appear to be a standard British issue, or was it?

Very nicely executed technique with that black monofilament. In all my years around fishing, I don't recall ever seeing black monofilament. Is it hard to find?

1:9 scale is an Italian thing. Back in the 70's, a company called ESCI came out with a series of WW2 service motorcycles, this Triumph being one of them. In addition, there were Harley Davidson's, BMW's, Zundap's, and even a Kettenkrad. Since then, several other companies have re-released these iconic machines. Also, there is an Italian company called Protar who produce 1:9 scale street and racing motorcycles.

Thanks Denis. What's odd to me is that Eduard provided a stencil sheet/s in the Big Ed photo etch set, but it was only to mask the wheels. Why they didn't provide a mask for the camouflage seemed disappointing. If i had it to do all over again, I would save the money for the photo etch and buy a good reference book instead. The Trumpeter kit has about all the detail one needs IMHO.

Here we go with step 1 and part of step 2, with assembly of the engine. Colors are Tamiya gloss black reduced with Mr Color leveling thinner, and AK Extreme Metal flat aluminum. Simple and straight forward.

Thanks OC. I think that's a little later model Triumph than my kit version. Notice that the front forks on the reference photo are hydraulic where the kit version are the "springer" forks. Hydraulic front forks were a later development. The colors look like what the kit calls for and yes, that does help quite a bit. I believe that is the exact same engine and frame based on a cursory look at it.