Thanks everyone, @rory, @johnb, and Spiros @fiveten. As seems to be usual with these bike kits construction starts with the engine.
The instructions are not as well detailed as Tamiya’s, and there’s very little written information, in fact the whole kit feels very Japanese, nothing wrong with that.
The colour call outs are brief. Most of the engine parts are to be painted with 5 parts black to one part white, dark grey in other words.
I selected a spray can of RAF Sea Grey for this.
The carburettor mounting should be “burnt iron”, I sprayed it Gun Metal.
The grey has an overall matt finish, I’ll try some dry brushing with with metallic grey to try and brighten it up a little when it’s completely dried.
That’s it for now, thanks for looking, happy modelling.
