Kawasaki Ninja XZ-RR (Tamiya of course)

Started by Cricket · 116 · 7 months ago
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    Spiros Pendedekas said 8 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Excellent job, my friend @bikequeen!

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    Cricket said 8 months, 2 weeks ago:

    @ssgt @fiveten. Thank Jay and Spiros, al lot of work, I will NOT be installing the cowlings on this one 🙂 but they will be built and displayed separately

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    John vd Biggelaar said 8 months, 2 weeks ago:

    This looks amazing, Cricket @bikequeen
    First time that I see a bike model with such a harness.

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    Cricket said 8 months, 2 weeks ago:

    @johnb thanks John me too, it took hours to decide it all as the instructions are very vague and there is no sequence of assembled so a lot of jumping around frm kit instructions to these

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    Brian Mennenoh said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    @bikequeen - Holy @#$* Cricket! Fantastic work. The level of quality in your work is amazing. This is going to be the super star of your collection so far... until the next one!

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    Cricket said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    @brithebuilder I’m getting better with this Top Studio stuff, the electrical connector are difficult to work with they are very tiny and both ends need to be drilled and painted. The resin is very fragile

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    Brian Mennenoh said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    @bikequeen - You must have the patience of a Saint Cricket...
    Check this out, my latest: https://imodeler.com/2024/03/cyclops-from-the-7th-voyage-of-sinbad/

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    George Williams said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    Leaving the cowls off it’s cool idea, Cricket @bikequeen, as it will help to display all your extra detail work. Maybe build another one with the cowls attached? Only joking.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    Very tiny, Cricket @bikequeen
    What is the diameter of that drill, looks to be 0.2mm or even less.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    Wow! Amazing job, my friend @bikequeen!

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    Cricket said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    @chinesegeorge HAHA…yeah lets build another one :). The cowing one it’s own will be its own unique model especially with those decals which I am dreading

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    Cricket said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    @johnb the diameter is .35 mm its large enough to accept the wire without stripping it, which would be better but wire that tiny is almost impossible to strip.

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    Cricket said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    @fiveten thank you Spiros 🙂

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    Cricket said 8 months ago:

    @brithebuilder @johnb @fiveten @chinesegeorge @ssgt @jdtruby @clipper @gblair @anthonyricco @epinac

    Slow going the last couple weeks, took advantage of the warm weather (up and down 70 one day 40 the next UGH). Anyway here are some progress shots not been feeling so hot and just a lot of stuff going on. Painted the fuel tank yesterday and a couple other GREEN pieces :). The fuel tank and seat are temporary and what is shown is all the cowlings this bike will have on it. I glued all the cowlings and fairings in one piece and if it works up I will paint the assembly. Supposed to be very windy and rainy the next few days so today is the day. The decals went on pretty well, the larger ones for the cowlings will be a pain and I will likely cut them and piece them on.

    Still tons of wiring to do but my hands are shaking way to much to attempt them today…sure is GREEN 🙂

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 8 months ago:

    It's GREEN and it looks awesome, my friend @bikequeen!