Next up, Tamiya Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird

Started by Cricket · 28 · 2 weeks ago
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    Cricket said 1 month ago:

    This is nice, no fancy bells an whistles, add ons, etc etc just a basic fairly simple kit

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 month ago:

    Excellent entry, my friend @bikequeen!

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    George Williams said 1 month ago:

    Nice looking kit, Cricket @bikequeen, looking forward to the build.

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    George R Blair Jr said 4 weeks, 1 day ago:

    It looks like this bike is full of colors that are just one shade apart, Cricket (@bikequeen). Looking forward to the painting.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 4 weeks, 1 day ago:

    Great entry of what looks like to be a nice kit, Cricket @bikequeen

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    Cricket said 4 weeks, 1 day ago:

    @fiveten @chinesegeorge @johnb @gblair thanks everyone and yes George B that is the hope, I got some more done it yesterday and today but today was get the water out of the storm shelter day, last week we got over 5 inches of rain in less that 24 hours, 2 tornado warnings in this county at the same time, and then 2 days later 3 inches of snow. Ahhhh life in the Midsouth USA. I used our shop wet/dry vacuum and took out 8 gallons of water from the shelter and removed everything from it. A lot wont be needed anymore for obvious reasons :*( so I will redo everything and restock it once I figure out where it is leaking … ARGH!

    I dont have any photos of todays progress, I’m just to exhausted to deal with it right now, some subassemblies are done oh i lied…..here is the frame and engine block painted Semi Gloss black, i have added a lot more detail to the frmae since

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    George R Blair Jr said 4 weeks, 1 day ago:

    Looks great, Cricket (@bikequeen). Having the same in central Texas. In the last week, we have had rain, freezing rain, high winds, and wind chills near zero, all followed by 80 degree temps. No wonder everyone is sick.

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    George Williams said 4 weeks ago:

    Sorry to hear about the storm shelter, Cricket @bikequeen, we just have continuous very cold weather, it might just reach freezing point today. Nice start on the Honda.

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    Stephen W Towle said 4 weeks ago:

    Cricket (@bikequeen),
    Mother nature can be a PITA. Shop vacs are a life saver. I have had to deal with frozen pipes and leaky basements. A real time saver. Having enough energy and time to model is a blessing. Great to see your photo and progress.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 4 weeks ago:

    Sorry to hear about the bad weather, my friend @bikequeen.
    Good start on the Honda!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 4 weeks ago:

    Sorry to hear that, Cricket @bikequeen
    Fighting nature is not an easy task. I do hope the situation will get back to 'normal' soon.

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    Cricket said 4 weeks ago:

    @gblair! Ahhhhh. You're the one! Keep your lousy weather there and quit sending it to me 😉

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    Cricket said 4 weeks ago:

    @chinesegeorge “almost freezing”. LOL. We had 2 days of 6F and the rest in the teens :). Going to have warmer Wyeth ethe next couple days which will be nice

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    Cricket said 4 weeks ago:

    @stephen-w-towle Thanks Stephen, yeah i had to run the water at night a few days to keep the pipes frm freezing, captured it in 5 gallon buckets so it didnt get wasted. Thank you for the compliments it’s difficult now. NOt the same and my heart is really not into it 🙁

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    Cricket said 4 weeks ago:

    @fiveten @johnb than you Spiros and John. It’s typical, well not 5 inches in that’s short of time but wierd weather is not unusual for here, it’s hard dealing with it by myself though :*(