kpnuts Posted May 17, 2020 Share #1 Posted May 17, 2020 Hi all I love these Tamiya 1/6 bike kits but I realised that a lot of that wonderful detail is lost when you put it all together ( I would have loved to do this with the Yamaha 1100 midnight special which I built in my youth as a bike I dreamt of owning but as it was no longer in production i couldn't afford the stupid prices it was going for on ebay) So money being tight at the time i went for the Honda. Of course what seemed like a simple idea at the time quickly turned into a nightmare, a kit intended to be displayed complete opened up a whole bag of worms when you decide to put it in a garage totally dismantled ready for restoration. lmagna, Old Collingwood, Canute and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted May 17, 2020 Share #2 Posted May 17, 2020 I'm loving your bike builds. The detail is incredible. The only bike model I've ever done was the old "Widowmaker". It was (as I recall) a Harley frame with a Hilborn injected small block Chevy sitting crosswise built and owned by a guy named Potter. It was pure exhibition drag racer back in the day. Canute, lmagna, popeye the sailor and 1 other 4 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted June 1, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted June 1, 2020 Thanks Mark I've built loads of these fantastic tamiya kits. Well all garages need a spray boothe so I had a go at making one. Canute, mtaylor, lmagna and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted June 2, 2020 Did some work on the engine (as I said at the start because this kit was designed to be built complete I had to overcome some problems firstly the carb intakes were blanked off so I had to drill those out. Then of course I had to bung the hole up with some rag to stop the dust getting in there. Of course all workshops need a bench. yvesvidal, lmagna, Egilman and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted June 4, 2020 Share #5 Posted June 4, 2020 ....in the land of Lilliput.........don't tell me..........let me guess.........your chief mechanic's name is Gulliver! kinda cool in a way........it shows the scale of the model. with the large scale models I've built in the past, I wondered about it too.........why aren't some of these ports tooled open? there so much that can be done to enhance these models.....are you going to use screen for the ports, or did they simply have the butterflies in there? I suppose we'll just have to see what your pint size pit crew comes up with. Canute, lmagna, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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