Tamiya Monkey Groupbuild
Very crisp moulding and great detail!
How am I going to paint this as smooth as silk??
Drilled holes in the brake discs. 0.5mm in the smaller disc, 0.6mm in the larger
It needs to be glued someday, why not today!
Dry fit to check where mould lines need to be eradicated
All parts cleaned and skewered
Ready to rock with the Mig parts.
Still ready to rock after two weeks
Alclad gloss black base
Mr surfacer 1200 from a jar
Paint it white
Paint it black
Paint it ruby
Yum!
Masking took some time
Worth it!
Alclad aluminium
And some dark aluminium
Details done with Vallejo Silver & yellow
Details done with Vallejo silver, Ammo rubber & Revell red
This isn’t supposed to be black!
Stripped
Repainted
Gold bmf on the suspension
Decal stripe
Some more decals
Added some Kristal Klear as lenses on the spedo and the Honda badges
Sticky business!
Sanded and polished
Started on the final assembly. Phase 1!
The rear fork didn’t want to fit over the frame. Some paint-shaving did the trick.
Same here. The eye on the right should meet it’s counterpart inside the chrome ring. Some scraping of the paint was needed.
In the end it worked out.
Phase 1 complete. The rest will be done later.
Comentarii
10 1 May 2022, 07:31
Martin Oostrom
Peter Hardy is right. Build a bike and it stays very quiet! Never had that experience before 🙁
Peter Hardy is right. Build a bike and it stays very quiet! Never had that experience before 🙁
1 May 2022, 18:23
Martin Oostrom
Yeah! People in my zoo! welcome!
Are there any pitfalls David?
This is my main colour of choice SB30-0285 Porsche Rubystone Red, StreetBlisters Paints Matt, Lacquer, 30ml
Yeah! People in my zoo! welcome!
Are there any pitfalls David?
This is my main colour of choice SB30-0285 Porsche Rubystone Red, StreetBlisters Paints Matt, Lacquer, 30ml
1 May 2022, 20:46
Tom ...
Argh, Martin. Now look what you made me have to do... drill lots of little holes... 😠
Your holes look great. I'm going to have to do the same. Great thing about a group build is you get to steal ideas from everyone else! 😄
Argh, Martin. Now look what you made me have to do... drill lots of little holes... 😠
Your holes look great. I'm going to have to do the same. Great thing about a group build is you get to steal ideas from everyone else! 😄
1 May 2022, 21:26
David Fuller
The only real issue I had with mine was that I had too much paint build up on the front struts where the lower triple mount attaches. I ended up having to scrape out a bunch of paint to get the parts to fit correctly. Very tight tolerances!
The only real issue I had with mine was that I had too much paint build up on the front struts where the lower triple mount attaches. I ended up having to scrape out a bunch of paint to get the parts to fit correctly. Very tight tolerances!
1 May 2022, 21:46
Martin Oostrom
Thanks David, I had to get rid of the Citroën on my bench and I had to Google 'lower triple mount'. Two chores done, so now it's full steam ahead to get my Monkey going
Thanks David, I had to get rid of the Citroën on my bench and I had to Google 'lower triple mount'. Two chores done, so now it's full steam ahead to get my Monkey going
8 May 2022, 15:24
Martin Oostrom
And finally some progress. Sunday was primer day. Alclad blck base for the metals and Mr surfacer 1200 for the rest
And finally some progress. Sunday was primer day. Alclad blck base for the metals and Mr surfacer 1200 for the rest
3 July 2022, 12:36
Kyle DeHart
I made progress today as well! 😀 Work has been interfering with all of my builds. 👎 Looking good
I made progress today as well! 😀 Work has been interfering with all of my builds. 👎 Looking good
4 July 2022, 01:21
Martin Oostrom
Mmm. Finished the Chevy, decalling the Monkey, painting the Mercury and sanding the Firebird and some prep on the group C. That's 5 rivers 😉
Mmm. Finished the Chevy, decalling the Monkey, painting the Mercury and sanding the Firebird and some prep on the group C. That's 5 rivers 😉
10 October 2022, 19:49
Martin Oostrom
A small update. All parts were clearcoated with 2k gloss I wet sanded and polished the tank and the …cover?
A small update. All parts were clearcoated with 2k gloss I wet sanded and polished the tank and the …cover?
23 November 2022, 22:46
Martin Oostrom
Thanks Kyle and Spanjaard 👍. Final assembly phase 1 is complete.
Thanks Kyle and Spanjaard 👍. Final assembly phase 1 is complete.
25 November 2022, 21:48
Martin Oostrom
And this one is done as well: Completed Tamiya Monkey Groupbuild | Album by Mahoo76 (1:12)
And this one is done as well: Completed Tamiya Monkey Groupbuild | Album by Mahoo76 (1:12)
28 November 2022, 10:11
Album info
A bunch of guys monkeying around!