Awesome @bikequeen. I'm looking forward to following you on this one Cricket. The box is a great idea for organization. I have a collapsible file organizer that I picked up a while ago. The box will definitely help more with the moving though.

Looks like to be an impressive kit, Cricket @bikequeen
Looking forward to see this tri-colored variant.
You clearly found a very practicle approach to keep the sprues nicely seperated and a way to easily clean the table.

Thanks all….I am not getting ANY emails notifications so if I dont reply please forgive me, I simply am not seeing them on any groups :*(

Meanwhile, I started the engine yesterday, it’s going well and I am resisting the urge to railroad it all through :). Large subassemblies are done, I painted the engine and some other parts for it. The “gold” parts are disappointing it should be more bronze than gold. I mixed the paint per the instructions (one to one, Titanium Gold and Bronze) and it came out silver….UGH. So i added more Titanium silver and it still looked off, so I added Gold Leaf and reshot it…looks better but not quite right to my eye. Lots of bits and bobs to add to it and paint the screw heads. Due to the 2 rather heavy coats of “gold” it is tacky and to keep from messing it up I am putting it aside for now.

The frame will be next

4 attached images. Click to enlarge.

@johnb, thanks John and no they r not in the spam…they one in sporadic..i got this one for instance been this way since I joined a couple months ago ;/

@gblair Yes it’s was built for a desert endurance race in Africa. It’s the 3rd in a series built by Honda and the largest engine (A “Twin” Cylinder). The race in Africa’s was discontinued but the bike went on to other races such as Baja. It is essentially a high powered dirt bike. Roger roger on the sporadic emails :). I will have more complete info on the bike when it’s done and I write it up for the main event 😉

Your engine colours look OK to me, Cricket @bikequeen, just be patient and let it dry completely. My e-mail notifications all go to the “junk” folder, maybe that’s what you call “spam”, but you should get a “mention” here at the top of the page as well. Looking forward to seeing the frame stage. Most of the bikes I build have four cylinders, but then a “quad bike” is something else again.

Looking great, my friend @bikequeen...and, yes, better let it dry sufficiently...

My friend @gblair, regarding the heritage of the Africa Twin name, I had read back in 1988 that, apart from the obvious "Africa" (from the African/Paris-Dakar races) and "Twin" (for the twin cylinder arrangement), it was also a somehow poetic approach, as to remind the title of the legendary The African Queen 1951 film.