Tamiya Kawasaki ZZR 1400

Started by Cricket · 40 · 8 months ago
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    Cricket said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    @fiveten Thank you Spiros πŸ™‚

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    Cricket said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    @rory, thank you sir! It going to look pretty HOT πŸ™‚

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    Frederick J Seitz III said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    Making some really great progress, Cricket! Fantastic.

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    Cricket said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    @fjs3 Thank you Fredrick! Appreciate you looking πŸ™‚

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    Cricket said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    @jagmkx @eb801 @j-healy @faraomike @pb_legend @airbum @fjs3 @ij001 @ssgt @fiveten @eb8010 @eb8011 @eb8012 @eb8013 @eb8014

    Got a little more done on the ZZR 1400 today.

    A couple pics. I drilled out the rotors which probably took the most mite :). Before and after pics attached. Lots of little tiny details to be added. Probably be done with it tomorrow. It’s been perfect painting weather πŸ™‚

    So here are a couple pics.

    And 911, NEVER forget, 343 firefighters lost their lives that day

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    George R Blair Jr said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    Is it my imagination, or is this model a lot more detailed than your last one, Cricket (@bikequeen)? Painted parts look really awesome. Nice 911 memorial photo.

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    Cricket said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    @gblair Yes and no George! The other a 1966 Honda, os it was simpler as a machine however it had a lot more parts. This one is and, I will have to check the year, much much newer. This one seems to have less parts judging by how fast its assembly is going. The cowlings/fairings are way cool πŸ™‚ and makes it bold super bad πŸ™‚

    Thanks on 911

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    Awesome result so far, my friend @bikequeen.
    Great memorial 911 photo.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    Your progress is amazing, Cricket @bikequeen
    Those firefighters should never be forgotten, nice picture.

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    Cricket said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    @johnb @fiveten thanks guys and a colleague from the neighboring county sent the 911 photo, I β€œborrowed” it

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    Eric Berg said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    That metallic paint looks terrific, Cricket @bikequeen. That's going to be a hot looking bike. And thanks for reminding us about the loss of our firefighters on 9/11.

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    Cricket said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    @jagmkx @eb801 @j-healy @faraomike @pb_legend @eb8010 @eb8011 @eb8012 @eb8013 @eb8014 @eb8010 @eb8011 @eb8012 @eb8013 @eb8014

    Some updates and buttoning up soon!

    This kit has metal transfers for the log and they are really nice. Had an upset this morning, put the turn signal on one side fairing and the glue bled over the paint so I had to redo it, when I did that I realized there another spot on the metallic black that had to be fixed, so that trough a monkey wrench into the works. Other than that its ready to seal up for ever an ever :). The front cowling is a trip! Looks like a bug …LOL

    Have to hook up the lines to the handlebars as well

    Please note the 1000 tiny hand painted silver dots all over πŸ™‚

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    George R Blair Jr said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    This will look really cool when you bring all of the various colors and tones together, Cricket (@bikequeen). How in the world did you paint all of the tiny silver dots?

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    Cricket said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    @gblair Thanks George! It’s done, getting ready for the photo shoot :). I painted all the tiny dots very carefully πŸ™‚

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    John vd Biggelaar said 8 months, 1 week ago:

    Very impressive work done, Cricket @bikequeen
    Especially the 100 dots.