Scale models of cars, trucks, motorcycles, machinery.
Greetings to all forum members.
Every now and then, among so many military models, a civilian model appears... This time I want to show you this Aoshima kit, in 1/12 scale.
It is built straight out of the box. The fit of the parts is good, [...]
This is, of course, a Ferrari, in fact it was the Scuderia’s 2017 entry in the Formula One World Championship.
Tamiya released this 1/20 scale kit in 2018, and so far, it’s their last F1 kit apart from a couple of re-releases from [...]
The Yamaha YZF-R1 needs little introduction to motorcycle fans, and has been featured in these pages before by my friend Richard McStay, indeed he says it’s his favourite bike. Introduced in 1997, it featured a 1000cc engine in a [...]
Browsing the internet one evening, as you do, I came across an after market set of transfers
to help turn Tamiya’s road going kit
into a World Superbike Racer.
When the transfers arrived there were no instructions or maker’s name, [...]
Aoshima 1/12 BIKE series No.86, BLACK LOW RIDER V-TWIN CUSTOM has been assembled.
This kit was originally released by another manufacturer and reprinted about 10 years ago, but I recently obtained it and tried to assemble [...]
Just to prove that I don’t just do motorcycles these days, here’s Model Nu Nu’s 1/24 kit of the BMW M6 GT3.
Nu Nu are fairly new on the scene, they are based in Macau, but seem to be part of the Aoshima group.
I think that the [...]
Back in 2014 my friend Jack Mugan @camaro1 posted his build of this kit, it was his first, and, as far as I know, his only motorcycle kit. In fact, Jack was the first person to post a WIP thread on the then new Automotive group. I [...]
Aoshima has long produced excellent curbside car kits that are superbly engineered and a heck of a lot of fun to build. I had to take a break from building nothing but airplanes over the last three years and this was the perfect remedy. I [...]
Ciao, finally I was able to finish the Celica. The kit is very enjoyable and I had a lot fun. Probably I will weathering soon. Here some pictures
Stay safe
Paolo
Yes, folks, it’s another Tamiya 1/12 scale motorcycle kit, this time, to give it its full name, it’s the Honda CBR 1000RR-R Fireblade SP, one of Tamiya’s more recent offerings.
Here’s an excerpt from the instructions giving the [...]
