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    They are only separated by one year and two cylinders. Even the top speed doesn´t differ that much, but what a difference my last two builds have in appearance. Here, I picked my very first motorcycle build out from the shelf and sided it to the tiny Honda Cheers Rob
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    Muchas Gracias, Gary, Craig, alan and shipman. The RC166 is one of the best engineered plastic kits, I ever build. You feel the love, Tamiya put into the model. It is really easy to get a decent result with that kit and the added detail kits helped as well. I had so much fun, building the Honda, I almost regret it´s over. @shipman, that must have been a very special moment. I guess, capturing the sound on video doesn´t live up to the original entirely. It is absolutely fascinating, how Honda build so much technology in such a small frame and the result was perfect and even looks great. Cheers Rob
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    The speedy little Honda was a fast project indeed. It took me only two weeks to accomplish and leaves me with a "is it really done ?" expression. The fairing was the most problematic part of the build. I sprayed it with AK´s Extreme Metal flat aluminum and when I added some mild Tamiya decal fluid, I got a bad paint surface. The fairing needed respraying and then, I glossed over the flat aluminum with Alclad aqua gloss, after my Mr. Color GX100 clear wasn´t working. Not for the first time, it produced a candy cotton effect, equal, which mixing ratio I took. When it works, GX100 is perfect, but often it doesn´t for me and I don´t know why. Then I applied the decals which were generally nice to work with. They contoured well with Tamiya Mark Fit Strong fluid applied on top, using a hairdryer as well. For some reason, the 1 of the #16 deformed a tiny bit with the Mark Fit, but I corrected this with a marker. The numerous tiny metal rivets were applied, using a flat cut toothpick with low tack double sided adhesive tape. Before, the molded rivets were cut away with a sharp blade and after marking the center with a steel needle, I drilled 0,5 mm holes. Cheers Rob
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    That engine looks beautifully detailed. For my 1/24 Fujimi Ferrari 250 GTO, I have a set, made by USCP, addressing the most visible shortcomings of the engine, the air funnels and ignition wiring with 3D printed parts, but your set is even better. USCP also produces exhausts for the 250 GTO, which are nicely detailed. I don´t know, if they are correct for your kit as well. Cheers Rob
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    I can´t like as fast as you build Craig . Cheers Rob
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    That was fast Craig and looks top shelf as well. I guess, decaling took about half the time. Cheers Rob
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    Thank you Dan, but it is, at least sound wise, mine is not high pitch dentist drill screaming like the real thing . Cheers Rob
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    Yesterday, I airbrushed the fairing, gas tank and rear. For the parts, I used Tamiya´s LP bright red with Mr. Color pink primer as a base. Today, I started decaling, which worked well. The Tamiya decals were easy to use and the carrier film is nearly invisible. The tiny rivets on the seat proved to be difficult to apply. I used a flat cut toothpick with low tack double sided adhesive tape, which helped a bit Cheers Rob
  28. DocRob
    Thank you Alan, it is indeed a very beautiful kit, well engineered and designed. You can feel that there was a lot of love going into it. Cheers Rob
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    Thank you shipman, I used to be a halfway decent landscape and available light photographer, back in analogue times. I stopped photographing for years, as my favorite film, Agfa black and white slide film vanished and fell into a deep early digital hole, not liking what the cameras were able to deliver, since some years ago. I never got back full throttle on photography anymore, but still like the hobby, but less obsessed than in my early years. Since years, I try to take good pictures of my builds, but find it very difficult. Lighting, depth of field, color rendition and of course macroing isn´t easy, at least to me and I´m a bit lazy to improve my skills. Cheers Rob
  31. DocRob
    Thank you Craig and Alan, I had to use, what little time I had with the sun. There are still the hanging doors to fix, an area, I worked on for numerous hours during the build, but had no success. Anyway, I´m mostly happy how the big Cobra Coupe came out and that I pulled through. Cheers Rob
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    De nada Craig, it helped a lot on some of my projects, mainly the carbon fiber decals on my McLaren MP 4/6 and on numerous Wingnut Wings WW1 planes, which got plastered in decals, like the huge AEG G.IV. Your decal job looks fantastic, all snuggled down nicely. You chose the best looking livery out of the four available. Cheers Rob
  33. DocRob
    The sun is shining for a change, so out with the Honda and my camera. Cheers Rob
  34. DocRob
    Thank you Craig, the build is nearly too fast to enjoy, I´m not even two weeks in and can see the finish line. I´ve studied the manual and made a plan, how to approach with other builds in this short time . Cheers Rob
  35. DocRob
    There was a little sunshine outside and I decided to add some natural light pics of the Cobra Coupe. Cheers Rob

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