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  1. DocRob
    Thank you Dan, but it is, at least sound wise, mine is not high pitch dentist drill screaming like the real thing . Cheers Rob
  2. DocRob
    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
  3. 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
  4. DocRob
    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
  5. 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
  6. DocRob
    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
  7. DocRob
    The sun is shining for a change, so out with the Honda and my camera. Cheers Rob
  8. 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
  9. DocRob
    There was a little sunshine outside and I decided to add some natural light pics of the Cobra Coupe. Cheers Rob
  10. DocRob
    Looks great, Craig. I´d like to see some outdoor photos. I´m actually waiting for some better weather myself, to take some outdoor shots with the Honda and Cobra Coupe. No luck so far, it rains and rains. Have I mentioned that spring is the worst time of the year on the islands of eternal spring . Cheers Rob
  11. DocRob
    The Honda starts to look like a bike, slowly. I completed the front section, adding adding brakes, fender and front wheel, The tyre was aged a bit, using Flory grey clay wash, to accentuate the profile and branding. I added the cockpit, which only has only one dial, guess what, a rev counter. I also attached most of the tubing, but there might be changes for better fit under the fairing. BTW. fairing and tank were airbrushed in alu-silver and bright red. Cheers Rob
  12. DocRob
    No encouragements from me unfortunately, David, as I still struggle with the rigging of my Dok. Your work looks great to my eye and I may get the push from viewing your beautiful rigging and seriously start mine. Cheers Rob
  13. DocRob
    Very nice, like shipman, I love the Lightning, an elegant brute, specially in natural metal, which you reproduced very realistic. Cheers Rob
  14. DocRob
    Thank you, the good with Tamiya kits, it´s relatively easy to shine, building them, the bad, if you fail to achieve a good result, its only yourself to blame Cheers Rob
  15. DocRob
    Thank you shipman, agreed about the steering damper, the fit is a bit loose and I will fix it as soon, as I finish the front section. For now, it´s a tiny push with the finger to get it right temporarily. Cheers Rob
  16. DocRob
    Lots of sub assemblies got finished over the last days. The mighty six in six exhaust was airbrushed in semi matte black (Tamiya LP-5) and added with some fittings, build to the bike. When I glued together the three per side exhausts, I fitted them temporary into the engine block, while the glue was still not fully cured, to have the proper spacings and layout. The fit was perfect again. I even managed to exchange the sides for the exhausts wondering about, how to lay deep into the curves, but found out my mistake in time . Another addition was the front fork, which is a working full metal affair. The area around the handle bars looks a bit wild for now, but that will change soon. Cheers Rob
  17. DocRob
    Thank you Dan, I had bought the Tamiya PE-chainset, but was really happy, when I saw Falcon Model releasing a 3D printed set, which I used. The detail is fantastic and my treatment with panel liner, followed with rubbed on chrome pigment, made it look good. With bike kits, it is all about material appearance, specially with metals. They have to look right with their individual colors and sheens in these larger scales. Cheers Rob
  18. DocRob
    Thank you Craig, the liquid mask worked really well, holding the spokes in place, but easily movable. I chose the thickest, I had, Mr. Masking Sol Neo. Tamiya recommended using their craft glue, which is in fact white glue, to keep the spokes where they should be. I feared visible residues and therefore came up with the idea of using liquid mask. For adding the spoke nipples, I started with very sharp tweezers, but found, the method recommended in the manual was even better. I used some double sided adhesive tape on the flat backside of a toothpick, to pick the spoke nipples pushed them carefully into their holes and wiggled at the spoke with tweezers, until the spoke nipple slid in. Other than you, I had eight spoke nipples and some spokes left in the end. Cheers Rob
  19. DocRob
    What I especially like about bike kits are the different metal finishes, you need to let it look realistic. Here, I used aluminum, titanium a mix from jet exhaust and copper and chrome, all from the AK Extreme Metal range. Chrome got a undercoat of gloss black, the others were sprayed directly onto the plastic. I was lazy, avoiding masking and sprayed the 3D printed chain in aluminum complete with the chain sprockets. The chain should look like steel and was therefore treated wit a heavy dose of black panel liner, followed by Uschi chrome pigments, which I rubbed in. The tyres received a treatment with a grey Flory wash, to enhance the detail and let them look a little less plastic like. The fit and engineering is still fantastic and putting together the kit is pure joy. Cheers Rob
  20. DocRob
    Your Lysander came out beautiful, Andrew. The matte finish looks perfect. I don´t know, why I always have to think about "The Adventures of Tintin", besides the secret stuff in France, when I see a Lysander. Can´t wait for your Gannet, as I have on in my stash as well. Cheers Rob
  21. DocRob
    The tiny tank came out great, Alan, lots of detail to catch the eye. Cheers Rob
  22. DocRob
    Looking good Craig, I found a hairdryer very helpful to lay down unruly decals. Makes the process much faster. It´s especially helpful with overlapping carbon fiber decals. Cheers Rob
  23. DocRob
    Today, I finished the second wheel, but somehow, it was a chore. I had lots of difficulties to fiddle in the shorter spokes, one half being a fraction of a millimeter to short, the other half too long, that they needed heavy bending, to get them into the rims holes. Anyway, it´s done now and looks better than the plastic wheels for sure. Cheers Rob
  24. DocRob
    Nice progress Craig. The paintjob looks pretty good. I use the same process for painting the gloss black Tamiya lacquer (and others). I don´t wait very long for the last coat. My thinking is, the high percentage of leveling thinner levels not only the last coat, but melts into the one before and evens everything. A guy, over on LSM claimed, that his last coat is sometimes pure leveling thinner. He learned that while airbrushing real cars. I haven´t tried that until now. The blackness, well, I had difficulties with the semi flat black interior of the Cobra Coupe at times. It was hard to see, where to place the parts, especially those which were fitted with the body already mounted on the chassis. I thought about the Meng Audi R8 as well, while there was a very good offer, but I can´t overcome my German background, where I always thought about Audi´s as the typical civil servant car . Cheers Rob
  25. DocRob
    Today, I finished the front wheel any difficulties and started with the rear wheel. After fiddling the spokes into the rim, I secured them with liquid mask and set the rim and spoked hub into the rim. Next, I inserted the spokes carefully into their holes in the rim, where some needed slight bending. Then the troubles began, while I tried to add the firs spoke nipple, some spokes flipped out of their holes in the rim, nasty. It was caused by slight movement of the hub in the jig and therefor, I used some blue tac to fix the hub like shown on the picture. During applying the nipples, a straining task, two spokes came completely loose from the hub, caused by too small heads, which slipped through the hole. Somehow, I got them fiddled in with a lot of swearing. On the pic below, one is still missing, but I fixed it now. Cheers Rob

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