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Kerry COX (RedRoo)
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Italeri's "Classic Bikes". MV Augusta 500cc Tripple. 1967

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22 July 2015, 05:08
Martijn Kuijpers
A great bike from the (maybe) even greater Ago, I didn't knew that this kit it self is from 1967 too!! 🙂
It looks like your doing a great job, hopefully the result will be as beautiful as the bike was at that time!!
22 July 2015, 06:35
Kerry COX
I actually stood beside this bike in Melbourne in 1972 when Giacomo Agostini bought one to Australia on a demonstration/ exhibition of his bikes, and he also bought a Honda Rc-166 six cylinder 250 with him as well, and the sound was pure heaven. LOL 🙂
22 July 2015, 06:49
Steve Wilson
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MV Augusta... One of my favourite Bikes!!!
As a child my friends and I would slip away on our Bikes, (the push pedal type) early morning and sneak into the circuit to watch a race.
A hero of mine at the time rode for MV Augusta, he was Tarquino Provini... Better known as Model maker PROTAR. His MV Augusta kits are still sought after. I still have his autograph!!!
22 July 2015, 07:19
Kerry COX
I have had a similar history, as my uncle, Kieth COX rode for Australia in the 60's on his JAP on all the flat track 1/4 mile circuits both here and in GB, and we would give the ticket box the slip and watch the night races at the RNA show grounds in Brisbane as a kid. Great fun. LOL
22 July 2015, 07:40
Christian Meyerhoff
Hi Kerry! Looks great! You did an excellent job on this golden oldie. The only thing you should repair is the yellow decal on the front of the cowling.
22 July 2015, 09:01
Kerry COX
The yellow decal was at least 35 years old and I was lucky to get it to be like it is now, and I have asked Italeri for a replacement but it is no longer in production.

Any suggestions. ? Please 👍 👍
22 July 2015, 09:41

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This kit was produced by Italeri in 1967. The dies were cut and engraved in the traditional way by craftsman tool makers, before the "new wave" type of die production we know today came into being in the early 80's.
As a result, the kit suffered from huge amounts of 'flash' and dies that did not match together perfectly, creating massive seam lines that took a lot of work to clean up to an acceptable degree.
I have done my best to overcome these problems and finish with a half decent build.

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