Evening all. A few firsts here. My first images of a new build, my first motorcycle, and with that a whole truck load of new stuff like high gloss finishes and metallic I rarely touch.
I am really into Army aviation (in particular My old lot the Brit Army Air Corps) and after that Vietnam era prop and rotor, and the classic so how the hell did I end up here?
Sadly a couple of months ago my son in law was killed as the side car man in a grass track race here in the UK. 43, leaves my daughter and 3 young girls. He also owned a Harley and I guess would have loved a Ducati so bought this kit. I gave him advice in general terms, an airbrush, but sadly he never got to build it. Julie asked if I would and apart from not having a clue about motorbikes... it’s a work in process. The shiny red paint job is getting there, just waiting on tac rags and decent sanding sponges to get the surface right before I clear coat it.
Sure, there’s bits I could have done better (thankfully mostly hidden) and armed with the right info I would have loved to have super detailed it, but J is chuffed with it so far so hey❤️. Incidentally, I know the chain should be gold but Tamiya called out another colour and some images of the full size show it as basic steel. The pipes are awful. I couldn’t kill the seam without flattening the tubes so if I did it again, I would make the outlet stubs. Will I be taking up motorbikes now? It’s been interesting so never say never😳😆. Thanks for staying awake. Images are phone jobs as the PC is cream crackered...again 🙄
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