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    You are hard on yourself. This model looks really good and has lots of details. Yves
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    I love the Century series of fighters: - F-100 Super Sabre - F-101 Voodoo - F-102 Delta Dagger - F-104 Starfighter - F-105 Thunderchief - F-106 Delta Dart Excellent choice for the F-104, the flying reactor. Yves
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    I cannot believe you have such collection of Wingnut Wings ....and those enormous HPH kits.... Okay, be honest, these are pictures of a shop...right? Yves
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    WOW! This is superb. I love the patina and how you resurrected that beautiful model. Yves
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    I am now trying to catch up with the Tamiya kit. Assembly of the engine is in order: The Tamiya engine is incredibly realistic and well molded. The color is perfect without being chrome plated. The closer color is the Chrome Silver by Tamiya. Touch-ups are almost invisible. What you see above are just the parts glued. Nothing has been done to the block yet, and no details have been added. The Tamiya engine is not easy to put together and care must be applied to align the fins of the cylinders. You see way too many beautiful assembly of that kit, with mismatched fins: Here, I have tried to align them, by filing the space in between each fin. It is not perfect, but way better than a lot of kits you see on the Internet. Once the cylinder walls have been dirtied a little bit, it should be quite realistic. After insertion (dry run only) of the engine in the frame, we can compare the two kits: The Tamiya kit is 1.5 times bigger than the MPC..... but it seems it is so much more..... To take a break from the models, I am also replacing the battery on my Scale 1:1 BMW R1100S. Not exactly easy to access, but the replacement is done every 4-5 years, so it is not too bad: Battery has been ordered and the K&N filter washed and re-oiled: Yves
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    Finally, a first picture of the Build. Thank you ! Yves
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    Amazing build. I really like how you are approaching the building of that hull. Yves
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    Beautiful paint. Yves
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    Superbe. On se croirait a Carcassonne!!! Yves
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    Due to some security firewall issue with this web site, I have lost an entire and comprehensive update on the MPC kit. Therefore, I will only post a few pictures and give some brief explanations (I hate to do things twice). The MPC engine parts were de-chromed in a few minutes, using a warmed ultrasonic cleaner with Super Clean. Parts were assembled, primed and painted Tamiya flat aluminum. Sorry for being so brief, but everything was clearly documented with a galore of pictures in the lost post. The engine was then inserted into the frame and glued in place: And finally, the rear shock were installed, locking the rear wheel holder in place: I have looked at quite a few pictures of HONDA CB750 of the early days. The engine has very few chrome parts and I have only kept that cover, with the original chrome plating. I think that most of the time, it is aluminum highly polished: Now, I need to catch up with the Tamiya kit..... Yves
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    Interesting model. I can see the re-spoken wheels and it does make a difference. Yves
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    I love it, it feels like tinkering with a real bike. Yves
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    Frames have been painted with Tamiya Black X-1: Yves
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    Mike, In my dream, the models I saw were still acceptable in size (6-8 feet long), probably 1/96 or 1/72 made of plastic. Yes, I am aware of that giant museum model which was recreated in the Yamato Museum. Yves
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    Very nice progress. Beautiful planking and elegant hull. Yves
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    No need to go to a Mad Max movie around here..... You see plenty of these modifications in the street 🙂 They tend to appeal to a certain fringe of the population.....I won't say anything more. Yves
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    So realistic KPnuts. I love the treatment that you did to the seat. Nice touch with the British license plate, too 😉 Yves
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    Moving along to the front fork. Tamiya fork presents some kind of suspension, whereas MPC is solid. The instructions: Working suspension for Tamiya, a lot more simplistic for MPC: Tamiya uses a nice brass tubes arrangement and two springs to offer about 5-6 mm of travelling: MPC did cast the fork with Chrome plating, which needs to be removed, as there is no chrome on the fork of a CB750: All the parts are soaked in that Super Clean degreaser suggested by CDW and Egilman, and after 6 hours, the parts are turned to their original black molding. Other parts only took a few minutes, after setting them in my warmed ultrasound cleaner..... Somehow, the plating on the fork sprue seems to be very thick. Sizes and complexity comparison: Finally, forks have been glued, sanded, painted with Tamiya flat aluminum: To complete this part of the assembly, here is the Honda Manual page on the fork and a picture of a real Honda CB750 fork: You can see how the Tamiya rendering of that part is so exquisite. Yves
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    Well, even though it may be massive, please keep us in the loop when the full Fletcher in 1/35 is made available, or when you have additional pictures. I am going to relate a couple of things that may seem crazy to certain people: I have had a few dreams (spread over many years) where I am being taken in Asia and shown incredible models of ships. Most of them are really large and I always come back with the impression that South East Asian people are very creative, industrial and how much I wish their astral/dream models could be real. Some of the ships I see are just incredible and are way beyond what Trumpeter offers in their 1/200 or 1/48 ship series. I am hoping that the prototypes I see in my dreams will come out on the market one day. Producing the Fletcher in the scale of 1/35 would be fantastic, too. In some of my dreams, I have seen enormous Yamato models among others....... so there is hope. Yves
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    Very impressive. Yves
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    Superb planking for such a tiny hull. Congrats. Yves
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    Is this going to be a no-picture build thread? Just discussions? Yves
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    KPNuts, I will be following with interest the building of that very rare and ultra expensive kit. Yves
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    Great start PJ. I love all the research you did on that legendary vessel, in your first post. Also, Artesania Latina kit is in the scale of 1/65 which is the standard scale for a lot of period ships, if you ever decide to build a small collection of them. I will be following with a lot of interest. Yves
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    This is a beauty EG. Yves

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