Complete through step 2! LOL!

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Engine looks great, Brian (@brithebuilder). The extra work and careful painting paid off.

@kalamazoo - Thanks Allan, much appreciated.

@gblair - Thanks George, I still feel like the flat aluminum, titanium silver and chrome silver are too similar. I suppose it's pretty accurate though, so I'm going with it.

@fiveten - Thanks Spiros. A little panel lining should go a long way to get the details to pop.

You're progressing nively, Brian @brithebuilder
The engine looks really great.
Nice idea on the paint shaker, for sure it mixes better than a men's hand and is less tiresome.

Some more slightly insane detailing.

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@fiveten - Thank you, and I agree. I don't mean insane in a bad way... That little spring may be the smallest spring I've ever seen though.

Rear damper and chain. Waiting for the frame and swing arm to dry. The instructions called for the front sprocket to be flat brown... seems like an odd color to me. The blue does pop nicely though. And the rear damper is partially from the Tamiya front fork detail set.

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