The front fork does look impressive, George @chinesegeorge

@chinesegeorge - Looking great George! I wonder if it will be possible to get actual LEDs in there... hmmm...

Stunning progress made, George @chinesegeorge

@chinesegeorge - Hey George, I'll have to look him up, thanks. I've added LEDs to some pretty small stuff. The Master Grade Gundam Barbatos I built a while back has 7 LEDs packed into it. With the nano style LEDs you can add lighting to some very small spaces. The only real issue is hiding the wiring. Ideally, the wiring just replaces the kit's wiring... and I'm always up for a challenge. I just have to actually get a bike to start on.

@chinesegeorge: I stopped by to see your latest progress. Sure looks outstanding. A couple of years ago somebody opened a Ducati dealership here in Santa Cruz CA but it didn't last long and closed down. Now it's a weed dispensary.

Hi everyone, @brithebuilder, @anthonyricco, @gblair, @rory, @bikequeen, @johnb, @fiveten, @en801. Some more progress on the Super Lightweight, the tail light and rear cowling:

The saddle and fuel tank:

The saddle called for a NATO black seat with a Matt red surround. I hand painted the red, carefully masked it off, and sprayed semi gloss black. But the red didn’t look right. So I masked off the black and over sprayed the Matt red with Tamiya’s new Pure Red, as per the rest of the “bodywork”, removed the masking tape and gave it an all over spray with Mr Matt varnish, finally looks OK, I think.

But, I had a problem when I came to fit the front cowling, it wouldn’t fit!

Anyone care to guess why?

Thanks again for looking, and happy modelling.

Looks amazing, my friend @chinesegeorge! I agree with your chosen red: what looks right is right.
No idea why the cowling does not fit, some tweaking is likely ahead of you 🙂

The red looks amazing, George (@chinesegeorge), it is hard to believe it is handpainted. Don't know why it wouldn't fit. The instructions don't show the instrument cover on the windscreen yet. Was that the problem, or did the instructions just remove it in the diagram to clearly show where things attach?