Honda Monkey 125 (Tamiya 1:12)

 

 

Photoetched Parts 

The Engine is glued 

Same with the Frame 

Clear part painted and dipped in Future 

Frame glued, filled, sanded and primed 

Engine has gotten his basic color 

Swingarm glued and filled. To get the new Photoetched stretcher the original has to cut down 

New Stretcher for the swingarm.  

Some parts sanded and primed 

Painted Frame. I painted the most Black parts before I painted the Yellow Layer 

Painted Fork. First Layer with Vallejo Metal Color Gold. Second Layer was a mix out of Tamiya Clear Orange and Clear Yellow. I Think it was 2:1 

Glueing the Photo-echted screw Heads. Feels like forever. 

Finished Engine 

Finished Engine 

The Frame is almost fnished. The decals and a light washing is missing 

The Swingarm painted and with the new Photo Etched Parts.  

Rear Fender. The license plate is a photoetched part. The Screw of the plate, too 

This are the Parts for the sprocket. Can someone please remind me why I'm doing this 

Some parts for the chain. I have to think how I will do this 

Startet with the Chain. You can see the small chain links 

 

Finished Glueing the Chain. Only thing left is a little bit color 

Cutting the old rear brake disc 

Say Hello to the new Rear Brake disc.  

Original Front brake disc 

Some Parts of the front brake disc 

New Front brake disc glued together 

After finishing the frame I realized that the original Bike doesn't have a colored frame.
All Bikes have black frames  

 

Swingarm with Wheel 

Swingarm with wheel and the Photo-etched Chain 

The last parts are painted. The Details on the handles are not painted yet 

Fork Spring are installed 

Fork Spring are installed 

 

The Instruction for the Photo Etched parts doesn't say where all the Screwheads are to be glued. So I used them everywhere I think that they could be 

Original and Photo-etched Part 

 

 

Used a small 0.5mm and a 1.00mm tube to make some Tension Jigs 

Painted handle with glued Tension Jigs 

Painted the Tension Jigs with Vallejo Steel 

Installed Cables 

Installed Cables 

 

 

Exhaust with photo etched parts. 

Installed and glued exhaust 

 

Got some problems with the tank. Sprayed the white part and after masking the yellow part. Went away over the weekend and when I peeled the mask some reaction happend with the white color. So I have to paint it again. After that tried Tamiya X-22 got some problems with that, too. In the end I carefully remove the clear coat and used the UVLS Gloss Coat from createx again. 

while the clear coat of the tank is drying i painted the white on the seat 

Mirror  

Tank with Decals. Last Clear coat is missing 

 

Almost finished. unfortunately my last clear coat on the Tank didn't came as gloss as the last ones.  

finished. As soon I get the chance I will polish the tank a little bit. Don't have the materials right now 

 

Detail of the Chain 

Screhead details 

 

 

Rear Brake Detail.  

 

 

Some More details 

 

 

 

 

Handlebar Details