Great job George. Your photos make it look like the real thing! Maybe the fairing won't fit because the paint is too thick...LOL.

It's looking fantastic @chinesegeorge... I'm looking forward to hearing why the cowling was a challenge...

Great that the source of the problem was found, my friend @chinesegeorge! Looking super!

I can't believe how real it looks! Well done George.

@chinesegeorge, I actually laughed out loud when I read what the issue had been George. The feeling of the exact same thing happening to me on may builds came flooding back. So great actually. No matter what, I'm happy you found the problem without needing to hurt the model in any way. Your progress is looking fantastic!

Good afternoon, @brithebuilder, @anthonyricco, @gblair, @rory, @bikequeen, @johnb, @fiveten, eb801, thanks to everyone for your kind comments, the nose cone/headlight assembly seems to fit OK now.

So on to the side cowlings, first black on the insides, then a coat of pink as a primer, and a top coat of Tamiya’s Pure Red, all from the rattle cans:

The Pure Red is somewhere between Bright Red and our old favourite Italian Red. On their website says it’s ideal for modern sports cars such as Ferraris, which is weird as Tamiya have deleted all their Ferrari models.

Anyway, I’ll give it a day or so to really harden up before applying the transfers, of which there are quite a few.

As ever, thanks for looking and commenting, it’s much appreciated, and happy modelling.

The process going from black to pink to red results in a very nice finish, George (@chinesegeorge). It is amazing you can get such a shiny finish from rattle cans without getting pooling or "runs" in the paint. I use rattle cans all the time and usually manage to get some runs. I usually discover them after the paint has dried. Well done.

Hey mate, progress is looking good on the ducati!
I’ve just bought the carbon fibre decals for this kit, and also the fireblade sp. So I’d best buy the kits!
Have you started the HP4 yet? I’m about half way through my one, I’m building it out in Barcelona.