Honda RC166 by DocRob - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/12 - multimedia

[DocRob]

10 hours ago, shipman said:

I must say, not only is your build top notch; so is your excellent photography.

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

[Canute]

Your build is looking like the real deal.

[DocRob]

3 hours ago, Canute said:

Your build is looking like the real deal.

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 

[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

[Danstream]

Indistinguishable from a real specimen!

Cheers,

Dan

[DocRob]

29 minutes ago, Danstream said:

Indistinguishable from a real specimen!

Thank you Dan, but it is, at least sound wise, mine is not high pitch dentist drill screaming like the real thing .

Cheers Rob

[DocRob]

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

[gsdpic]

Amazing result!  I know it is a cliche, but it really does look like the real thing.
 

[CDW]

Beautiful, it looks amazing, Rob. Top shelf.

[king derelict]

Congrats Rob, the bike looks terrific. The wheels are especially good.

alan

[shipman]

The finest build of this kit I've seen, congratulations.

 

I've had the privilege of seeing/hearing 2 originals and an equally rare replica.

They don't make 'em like that anymore.

[DocRob]

16 hours ago, gsdpic said:

Amazing result!  I know it is a cliche, but it really does look like the real thing.

 

14 hours ago, CDW said:

Beautiful, it looks amazing, Rob. Top shelf.

 

14 hours ago, king derelict said:

Congrats Rob, the bike looks terrific. The wheels are especially good.

 

12 hours ago, shipman said:

The finest build of this kit I've seen, congratulations.

 

I've had the privilege of seeing/hearing 2 originals and an equally rare replica.

They don't make 'em like that anymore.

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

[DocRob]

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

[Canute]

Another outstanding  build, Rob. Beautiful finish.