Tamiya's Repsol Honda RC213V'14
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17 September 2017, 11:21
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Thank you Martin. I had only just unwound the wire and I just HAD to post it mate. hehehe All excited at how well it turned out and just HAD to share. 🙂
17 September 2017, 12:14
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Having this kit in my stash, also with the fork update i thought about building this it in the near future...definitely will follow your WIP to see where the stumbling stones are 😛 That exhaust looks fantastic btw!
18 September 2017, 10:35
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Great exhaust painting! But i guess the Repsol logo will be tricky to apply...
18 September 2017, 11:48
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Nice detail painting! I'll be following the build as it is one of the kits I really want to build in the future.
18 September 2017, 11:51
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looking amazing already, and you just started. i will not miss this one for the world 🙂
18 September 2017, 11:54
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All my distinguished friends, I am really pleased with the progress so far, but as always, TIME must be spent in doing all the tedious chores. Like seam lines and flow gate removal and all the ejector pin marks. Alclad preparation is time consuming, but be warned, get a big stock of cotton gloves, as you cant afford ANY finger marks to show on this little gem. 🙂
I am stoked you like it so far. 👍
Thank you all. 🙂
18 September 2017, 12:39
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Doesn't look too bad, that rim. Just to clarify, you buy two kits and accessories to build ONE model in case you screw something up majorly?
21 September 2017, 08:31
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Alexander, NO NO NO. I am building one bike in "Wet race" set up with wet tyres and the second with the "Dry race" slicks. All in a small 'garage' /pits dio scene. 🙂 👍
21 September 2017, 09:54
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With having two kits the same, it allowes you to portray a different scene with each. Like my TAKOM 1/35 King Tiger. I opened it up in a 'cut away' and the other, it will be 'war weary', with superficial damage from small arms and maybe the odd hit from someone who managed to 'get a hit'. 🙂
21 September 2017, 09:57
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Hy Kerry looks great so far. 👍 I wish you good luck for the rest of the building.
21 September 2017, 11:37
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Johne and Alex, Greatly appreciate your thoughts and comments guys. 👍
I am waiting for the right paints to arrive and then I will get too and have some serious fun. hahahaha 🙂
21 September 2017, 12:00
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Awesome idea with the braking fluid! Fantastic painting job, too. The exhaust indeed looks very unusual and "colourful" but in the end when all parts come together i bet it will look awesome. Looking forward to it!
30 September 2017, 10:01
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Alexander. I am most grateful for you comments mate.👍
I have just seen where I can get some micro thin tubing that can better replicate the brake and throttle lines to a more believeable scale than the Tamiya garden hose size stuff. 🙂
Also some .050" hex bolt heads to replace the phillips head screws that completely kill these kits because of the ship rivet type look. 🙁
All American stuff, but SO cheap for what you get.
BTW,I HATE poor paint jobs, especially ones that have an 'orange peel' look.
But that's just me. Oh well.
Cheers.👍
Kez.
30 September 2017, 10:34
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Spanjaard, At the moment, I have to content myself with what is in the box, but here is the link to the video where I saw the micro tubing used. Youtube Video Go to the 47th minute on the timeline and he discusses the tubing. Cheers. 👍
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1 October 2017, 10:10
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those micro tubes may come handy... i found a couple of things
hareline.com/tub123.html
hmhvises.com/tubeflygear.php#tubes
even one shop around here flyandspin.nl/hareline-tubing-serie.html
1 October 2017, 10:48
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By the looks of it, one can replicate the double tube system on the front brakes quite nicely. 🙂 I will post an image of what I mean.
1 October 2017, 11:25
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the clear should be possible with the thinnest and transparent of hareline, or maybe the middle one. right?
1 October 2017, 12:58
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Even thin fishing line would give the same result. It 's not like its going to actually be hollow. I am going to get some, but first, I need to see what it is like. So I will get a pack of each and do an album on it and all that jazz. Yes. ? AND, In that video or one of the ones he made, he had bought some hexagonal bolt heads that were "Acorn Nuts" .050". from RB Motion.com Amazing stuff, all for the scale modeller of vehicles mainly, but there are certainly many other applications for what they have. google.com.au/url?sa..XA3dFI6RVDS5LluG9Tj5
1 October 2017, 13:17
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A world of discovery at every touch of the keyboard guys. Anything and everything is out there. All for our pleasure and the spectators delight. hehehehe 🙂 👍.
1 October 2017, 20:58
Album info
This will be the "full montey" build, meaning the front forks update kit, and what's the point in doing the front if you don't do the back end. I will be covering the appropriate parts that are made of Carbon fibre with the decal of the same and I will be paying special attention to the exhaust system and it's unique look and colour. I hope you like what I am about to do.