Awesome!!! Iv been eying kits like that up in my local model shop . It the painting I'm nervous of doing
Used to do them all the time JG. Not too many bikes though. Only really stopped as I had nowhere left to put the damn things. I've done aeroplanes, ships, spacecraft (real and fictional), people, locomotives, tanks, you name it. It's a good hobby. Teaches you patience.
Me to I have done a few bikes and the painting becomes easier as there is a smaller area to get wrong .very satisfying end product but they are dust collectors unless in a case .every model I have built and there have been some good ones are usually broken up and skipped.Start up cost are very dear as the paint or spray you get for one model won't do the next so you end up with loads of the stuff .Check out air brushing models on you tube .
I know a guy who does immense models. If you are anywhere near as good that will be ace. Finished pics needed pls
Got it from a shop called e models cheaper than modelzone. Had to buy all the paints and stuff aswell so cost a few bob but should be good making it. The painting side will be interesting
Honda NSR500 `84 (Model Car) Item picture1 Leave the fairings off and you can take some paint back !!
Just a note on this .If you buy the older type of "vintage " model 1970s the tooling was good but nowhere near as good as today's items so parts may not fit correctly which was ok in the day as a quick file ect made it work ,however these days we are used to exact fitting items .So if you are new to this fine hobby start with a new item and with skill work your way back ways (what do you think Ken)?
Much of the things I used to get right before I stopped doing it as a hobby was based on stuff I got horribly wrong on previous models. Giv' is right. The tools and dies now used are massively more accurate and finely engineered than even 10 years ago. Couple that with advances in the quality of the plastics and modern models are a lot more precision built than they were. Most manufacturers put guides on the boxes as to the skill level required to complete the kit but unless you're giving the kit to a child you can usually ignore the first two or three skill levels. Watch out for resin kits though. They are often the exact opposite of what I've stated above and have to be fettled and fitted to make them look real. Keep away form these until you have learned the pitfalls of scale. The engineers amongst you will invariably be disappointed with the level of accuracy on things like the bikes though. Most of them are designed from photographs, not blueprints and at the smallest scale of fittings the dies simply cannot be tooled accurately enough, so pinpoint accuracy is left up to the finishing stage of the build. Personally this was the part I enjoyed the most. Making the kit look as if it had been used, rather than straight out of the factory. Distressing, as it is known. Almost none of my stuff has survived but I have got a couple of pictures of some Games Workshop stuff I did as an exercise about 20 years ago. These are about 1 1/2" high and are a good challenge for a shaky hand.
Right bit of progress. Taking time due to work etc plus it takes ages to paint all the little bits etc. So got the engine, frame and exhausts ready to assemble. Got the engine in the frame with the worlds smallest screws Then got the exhausts on Need to do a bit of touching up paint wise then loads more to do.
I know you're a big lad JG but I hope you got somebody to help to lift that mill into the frame. Lift with your knees and all that Matilda's.
