This looks like a really cool kit, Cricket (@bikequeen). All of the extras will certainly raise the level of this build. I had never been on Ebay until a couple of years ago, and now I use it to find out-of-production kits and details.

There’s a lot more to this kit than meets the eye, Cricket @bikequeen, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.

@coondog @fiveten @anthonyricco @gblair @chinesegeorge @johnb @brithebuilder

Ok so after some dicey (several) weather days and tons O rain i decide to once again pour over the directions. The detail-up chain is stuck somewhere in Poland :/

I started the engine….I just couldn’t resist.! Is this really a 250cc 6 cylinder bike?

All along I have seen this kit for sale but figured it was one of Tamiya’s old reissued kit. How wrong I was the detail is unreal and it will be a joy to build and yes I will need to …..GULP…. Use an airbrush 🙂

Here a couple of teaser pics

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@gblair Yep it was pretty neat, I will actually use an airbrush too! LOL. Got to mix colors for a lot of engine parts. But I saw a video somewhere on this site about thinning paint and it gave me a lot of info and a bit of confidence to try it….will probably be today. I have to mow if the ground isn’t still soaked

The engine detail on this kit is really cool, @bikequeen, yes, a 250cc 6 cylinder motor, it sounds great. I just checked, the wheel detail set doesn’t seem to be currently available here in China either. The standard kit’s wheels are OK, just a bit fiddley.

@fiveten @gblair @chinesegeorge

Thanks it really is a nice kit, and yes Airbrushing is the way to go but for the same reason i cant use the printer, airbrushing is a pain here, but I won’t whine about it :). George W, hose wheels aren’t available anywhere, but it;s cool the kit ones are pretty nice and i can do fun things with them 🙂

I have the engine parts assembled. I try to put as many parts together that are the same color and shoot them all at once. The part on the left will be gloss aluminum, the parts on the right will be a mix of titanium gold and red brown the latter being airbrushed. This thing is tiny for a 1/12. Very humid here so the painting will have to wait for later when the heat index is 147 :). Also included is the assemble sheet for the engine ….after paint and mowing the carbs will be next 🙂

PS, i will use gravity feed airbrush…..double GULP 🙂

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@bikequeen, can’t remember when I made mine, but I’m pretty sure I used Tamiya aerosol cans.