Kawasaki H-2 Production Racer
Steve at the start of a race in 1974 on his H-2.
All of the finning is assembled one piece at a time. The top sprue has the cylinder head fins.
The soft vinyl sprue and some body parts in black plastic.
Two of the chrome plated sprues.
Steve had begun working on the kit back in the 70's but gave up on it.
The clear sprue, decals and some silver soft wire.
Black sprues.
Lots of parts in this kit, 316 in all.
Wheels in progress.
Steve had assembled most of the frame also.
Starting to fill some seams and painted the engine cases.
The disc brake had some nasty ejector pin marks.
I punced out some .005" thick filler pieces and glued them in.
Then sand the disc, add a little Alclad II Stainless Steel paint.
Air brush a wee bit of darker shade.
Dress it up a bit with semigloss black for the carrier.
The kit supplied exhaust baffles lack detail.
Drill a .024" hole through.
The real baffles have a steel pin to grab with pliers, so insert some .024" plastic rod.
A bit of matte dark gray paint.
Looks much more like the actual piece.
Commentaires
10 November 2019, 15:46
MunkyslutThose exhausts look pretty good, is the plating as nice as it looks in the pics? Will you have to strip it for the forks etc?
10 November 2019, 21:49
Norm SheppardThe plating is not the best, in some cases I might have to try some Alclad Chrome over gloss black. For the forks, I will have to repaint with a more realistic shade. Oddly enough, the kit fork tubes are black plastic, not plated. The lower fork legs will need to be done like polished aluminum.
10 November 2019, 21:58
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Using the Heller kit to replicate a production racer ridden by my close friend Steve Bond. For it's time it was a very detailed and fairly accurate offering.
