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CDW

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  1. CDW
    I hate to admit it, but this project has me now eyeing other 1:12 scale Tamiya motorcycle kits. The only other one I have built and on my shelf now is the Kawasaki Ninja I built here a couple of years ago. A stable of racing bikes sitting side by side would look cool.
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    Little by little, it’s getting there. I am thinking I may pose the model with the cowling removed. It covers up too much.
  3. CDW
    Looks great to me, Ras. Have fun is my motto. No point in calling this a hobby if it’s not fun. No fun becomes toil and sweat and I for one can get all that I want of that working in my garden.😎
  4. CDW
    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.
  5. CDW
    Generally speaking, I find acrylic paints peel more easily when masking over them than lacquers. With any plastic model, it's good practice to first wash the plastic in a mild dish detergent before assembling and then wipe it all down with alcohol before painting to remove any oils from handling it but no, I don't think there is anything inherent in Trumpeter plastic that resists paint.
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    She's always looking 😄
  7. CDW
    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. 😄
  8. CDW
    There would be nowhere to hide.
  9. CDW
    I'm thinking about buying this 1:12 rider for Honda. Let me know what you think. Looks fast just standing still. 😁 Legend 150mm 1/12 "Need for Speed" Girl in Red Leather Suit on Motorcycle LF1505 | eBay
  10. CDW
    For ultimate realism at this scale, that 3D printed chain DocRob showed us is the best bang for the buck. IMO The photo etch, pins and rollers too small. Watchmaker material
  11. CDW
    Test fitting the six exhaust pipes. Nice. Has the look of a much larger displacement bike.
  12. CDW
    Looking very sharp. It’s like a walk back into time past seeing the engineering of that era.
  13. CDW
    The more I fiddled with adding links to the chain, existing links began to fall apart one by one. Became so hassle-iferous, I resorted to the molded chain and sprockets. Moving on.
  14. CDW
    As a teen, I appreciated the huge back seats in the old cars back then. Those seats got heavy usage when taking your date to the submarine races.🙂
  15. CDW
    Never owned one myself, but my favorite '51 Chevy was the fastback model. You could buy these for a song when I was a teen. But I never learned to appreciate cars like these until the 80's and 90's. By then they had become much harder to find.
  16. CDW
    Here is that tour of the Airfix factory if anyone cares to see it. I thought it was interesting. Jenesis Designs and Modelcraft is a very good scale modeling channel IMO and something not seen too often...a female scale model enthusiast.
  17. CDW
    @shipman: I did check fit through limits of travel of the swingarm, but it's a matter of the chain being too short. I also laid the chain about the circumference of the molded chain piece and found it too short there as well. One way or the other, I will have a chain on the bike by tomorrow. 😄 I'm working to add a few links as I type this. From here on out, it shall be 3D printed chains for me. No more of these.
  18. CDW
    @AJohnsonindeed I did have the same little short shot piece in the very same place. Wonder how this got past their quality control inspectors? I watched a video tour of their factory and they seemed good about inspecting the parts trees before boxing it all together.
  19. CDW
    On second thought, there were two rear sprockets included, one large and one smaller one. The instructions called for use of the large one. Maybe the smaller of the two would fit without lengthening the chain? I grow weary of this.
  20. CDW
    The drive chain saga continues: after all the bragging I did about how well Tamiya engineered the chain building jig, come to find out the chain is too short. 🤥 All is not lost, there are more links, rollers, and pins included. I can measure the distance between the axle location on the swingarm and the hub, multiply that times 2 and I should be long enough by adding those links to the chain. I'm debating whether to throw in the towel on the chain and just use the kit chain and sprockets which are molded as a single unit (the correct length). I've about had enough Tom-foolery with this chain.
  21. CDW
    Seats of ease: being located at the bow, a sailor might need a seat belt in foul weather or else go flying off that seat like a slingshot. 😄
  22. CDW
    A stunningly beautiful model, Yves. All your hard work is really impressive.
  23. CDW
    This kit was first introduced a LONG time ago, sometime in the 70's I believe. The molds have a lot of mileage on them. I think you're doing a great job on this old kit. Keep up the good work.
  24. CDW
    I am now at the stage where the ends of the chain are joined with a "master link". I kid you not, I have spent a couple of hours fiddling with that link this morning. So glad it's done now.
  25. CDW
    Rob The primary weakness with the Tamiya photo etch chain are the problems associated with cutting the links from the photo etch fret after the chain is assembled. Even careful cutting loosens the holding power of the "clips" that attach to the pins. Tamiya recommends gluing each pin/clip contact point with a thread locker glue (CA is what I used). But then you are left with rough spots that need filing down and smoothed out where the links have been cut from the frets. I am not going to attempt smoothing them out. I am certain it will cause the chain to fall apart in various places due to the stress from filing. Too fragile. In retrospect, that resin printed chain looks like a charm. If I had it all to do over again I would buy the resin printed parts but since you already have the photo etch set, give it a try. You may be more successful than I and figure out a better way of handling the issues I described.

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