Thanks, George (@chinesegeorge). All of the prep and pre-painting is starting to pay off now. I am trying to stay 2 or 3 steps ahead in the instructions for getting the prep work done. Being retired sure helps when I am looking for time to build, although I am still surprised by how little free time I seem to have. Cheers.

Thanks, Spiros (@fiveten). This kit doesn't have any part numbers on the sprues to help you ID parts, so I spend a lot of time studying the instructions and finding the correct part. As long as this kit has been around I would have thought someone would have added part numbers to the sprues.

Preparing the pieces several steps ahead has allowed me to move fairly quickly through the last several steps. It is getting exciting, because it is actually starting to look like a motorcycle. Still a lot of step to do, but getting there slowly.

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Looking really great already, George @gblair
The way the exhausts are welded looks very realistic.
Preparing those parts in advance, not the nicest part though, does make the building process so much easier.

The pace seems to have picked up a little. Now that the motorcycle is getting more and more complete, it is getting harder to massage some of the pieces into place.

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Thanks, John (@johnb). It is an actual spring. There are 4 different springs used throughout the bike.

Thanks, George (@chinesegeorge). This really is a comprehensive kit. I just wish someone had cleaned up the molds in all the years this kit has been around.

Thanks, Spiros (@fiveten). It's coming along. The hardest part for me is that the part numbers aren't identified on the sprues. So I am constantly referring to the parts diagram to find the stuff I need. It doesn't help that I am unfamiliar with motorcycles in general, and their parts specifically. It is getting worse now because most of the parts are off the sprues, so it is difficult to tell the sprues apart.