kpnuts

Hi all I know this was not on the list of WIPs I asked if you wanted but it's one of my favourite genres (this one based on my own bike from way back when)

Once I had progressed from my first bike a Raleigh runabout (how many of you can remember them) I went on to the giddy hights of a honda c90 after a couple of years I progressed to a cz 125 an kwak 550 then the amazing honda (I will admit I was a bit of a nutter back then)(hence the name kpnuts) I will admit I did some stupid stuff back then which resulted in it being dropped a few times I've added the wear and tear I gave this bike in the build. Hope you like it.

Incidentally these 1/6 tamiya kits are amazing.

There are YouTube videos of the replica running and it's more of a growl than a purr

Last update.

There were extensive modifications to this kit to get it to look like this not just a colour change.

I actually called the dio vive la resistance 

And since you've already guessed the end here is the final dio.

Another update.

Another update.

Hi all did some work on the explosion and added some decals

Hoping it will look a bit like this (maybe not so big)

I thought the dio would be a surprise in the end. Not now.

Heres another update.

Done a bit more on this one.

More work on this one.

I used to have your exact same idea that my models were so poor compared to others I even considered giving up but after several people all kept drumming into me that it's not a competition (there will always be someone better so trying to be as good is a losing battle) it's a hobby you're supposed to enjoy and I had lost that, the enjoyment was crushed by looking at others (who i could never be as good as if I lived to be 300)and feeling crushed I couldn't do it.

Now I just build for the enjoyment of it (although some models can be frustrating in fit problems or poor instructions) I no longer compare to people like the diorama king tiking for instance I just enjoy his works of art or roymattblack the king of scratch built cars again I just enjoy their builds and use them as mentors.

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR MODELLING.

As for slow progress as others have said it's not a race, I've lost interest in a model (the Bismarck or Soleil for instance) they both sit in a cupboard awaiting either inspiration or room but will be started again the Soleil must have taken 2yrs already and I've not got to the complicated bits yet. There are lots of reasons builds take a long time and generally it's just life gets in the way, as long as you're enjoying its that's all that matters.

The corvette is a C2 I think, i gave it opening gull wing doors and a furry interior.

It's an amazing kit there was a build on britmodeller where the poster was using this as the basis of his and built the whole chassis in brass (and it was well detailed made the kit look basic) but then he just disappeared, that would have been spectacular when finished. 

Yes following that one mike.

Italari have re released it.

They're all finished but I have a full build log of all of them

I wouldn't call any of this megre skills I would say more accurately amazing skills, I think you're forgetting I'm working at 1/8 scale this is tiny compared to that.

Thank you so much, I'm blushing at the moment, if this keeps my head will be too big to fit out the front door.

I've got loads of these builds, what would you like to see next

An unusual garage (I did a dio of army surplus type vehicles as if you could buy them off the high street) 

A 1/12 Bentley 4.5 litre blower

A 1/8 scale Corvette 

A 1/24 london bus 

I've got literally dozens of them.

Yes individual links has a special little jig for them but still very fiddly and time consuming, you have to weld the ends of each link but being careful not to weld the links together.

Heres another update on this.

Time for another update.

Beautiful I feel I know every part of your brother's car intimately having built this 3 times must have been a joy working on the full sized car.

You really wont be sorry it is an amazing kit I've built it 3 times now, this was my first then I built a custom then I cut the roof off and built it as a hot rod put a 7 litre v8 in it (cant seem to find pics of that one I will keep digging but I do have over 30,000 pictures of models I've built