Tamiya's Rc-166 Honda 250cc Six Cylinder

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The Honda "Pit's" at the Isle of Mann
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My diorama of the same sort of 'work bench' seen in the previous photo.
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The fairing stand I saw in the video of the Rc-166 engine disassembly and made it from plastic rod and sheeting..
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The clutch assembly is part of the front forks update set, with all the friction and drive plates.
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The copper wire is seen on the brake pedal, as it would have been a disaster if the pedal was to fall off.
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I drilled a hole through every bolt head that held the rear sprocket to the wheel and tie wired them in sequence too.
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Here is a clearer view of that wiring on the bolt heads. Note too, the wire used to secure the exhaust pipes to the mounting bracket.
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Everything that had a nut and bolt was drilled and wired on the 1/1 scale bike, and I have just wired the arms without drilling the bolt and nuts.
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The oil cooling pipes without the radiators.
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Wires were seen on everything that moved or pivoted. Again, the wire holding the exhaust to the bracket.
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At the back of the carberettor bank, the fuel lines were all linked together and the rubber connector pipes were all 'clamped' with the tie wire, and I have also replicated all of these too.
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And the list goes on.
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an image of the genuine article, clearly showing the copper wire twisted around the connector pipes that were in between all the carby's
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This image shows the copper wire ties on the carby pipes I have put in place.
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And from the other side as well for the tie wires.
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The piston and con rod. Anyone for golf ? 🙂
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The chain and sprocket update set.
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The front fork update set, which also included the clutch friction plates too.
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The real thing, with the tie wires on the bolts for the sprocket.
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The 1/1 scale rear brake actuator arms with the tie wires as well.
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The finest copper wire around is from the small drive motord in useless CD players
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The drilling of the drive sprocket was done with the finest drill I could find.
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July 18, 2015
Once I had finished the chain, I had to remove the "Burrs" from where the links were attached to the main tree runner.
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This is an "oil stone" and I laid the side with the 'burrs' on the stones surface and with a gentle back and forward motion, I was able to remove the burrs without any links comeing apart.

Comments

13 July 2015, 04:14

Kerry COX
Youtube Video

Youtube Video

13 July 2015, 08:46

Kerry COX
Video 2 is excelent

13 July 2015, 11:19

Christian Meyerhoff
Excellent work Kerry!
I hope to finish mine by the end of this week.

13 July 2015, 12:03

Kerry COX
Christian, Thanks for your comment mate, and I will add here, I have tried leaving comments on your build, but I get "Invalid request" when I hit the 'enter' button, but I have seen where the clear coat went off on top of your decals and that must have been just so disappointing, especially after all your superb work to get all the different metal effects to look the way the do.
It is an exciting kit to build and I am sure you enjoyed it as much as I did.
Cheers mate. 🙂 👍

13 July 2015, 20:16

Album info

The Honda cooperation went to the Isle of Mann in the early 1950's with some revolutionary machines of varying Cubic Capacity and engine layouts.
They cleaned up in every class, but the one that grabbed everyone's attention was the 250cc Six cylinder with double overhead cams, and the pistons were the size of a golf ball, revving up to 15,000 Revs per minute and producing a sound that to this day, still sends s shiver up the spines of all who hear it.
With all the research I could find, I have super detailed this 1/12 scale kit with ultra thin copper wire to replicate the tie wire securing system that was used on this machine.
I hope you like what I have done.

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