That exhaust looks great, Cricket @bikequeen, a good day’s work, or, as the Fab Four would say - A Hard Day’s Night.

Awesome job as always, my friend @bikequeen and I love this exhaust! Interesting that Tamiya fell short on those decal placement instructions - guess you can never take anything for granted. Great that you sorted yourself out with the net pics.

@fiveten @johnb Thanks guys this would be a plain Jane kit if not for the extra details painted, it was made in the 80’s and reissued with clear front cowlings which is why I brought it. The larger decals are a pain 🙁 so i painted some on with limited success….pics later today

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Hi all and @gblair here is my solution to the decal issue. I dont remember where I saw it, but I tried putting Tamiya masking tape over the decal sheet. I was pretty sure it would lift the decal off the backing but it didnt. So I took a razor knife and cut out around the decal to make a mask. Once the tape was in place I sprayed clear over it to limit the bleeding under the tape, It worked pretty well. Some bleed but not bad was able to fix with a tin y brush and red paint. For the decal on the rear side I just taped it off and masked the rest. Tamiya Bright Red seems to be a perfect match. Sadly I didn’t take photos of the finished product :/. But here it is on the bike, (super zoomed in, larger than life 🙂 so all the imperfections are glaring) the bike is done but I had to let the glue set over night on a couple pieces before I could put the cowlings on so I will get completed pics later today. We are supposed to get up to 2 inches of rain tomorrow so I guess my voodoo doll worked ; )

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You got there in the end, Cricket @bikequeen, as you say, just the lines to go. Your brake discs look great. It’s funny about the stands, I prefer the racing stands because they make the bikes stand upright, although they do make the rear wheels a bit high. I’ve got a special etched metal Ducati stand I only bring out on special occasions…….

This one really came out nicely, Cricket (@bikequeen). Your paint masks worked out well.

@gblair @brithebuilder thanks guys! The masks are a work in progress an experiment with future possibilities :). I really happy with the rotor.

Looking awesome as always, my friend @bikequeen! Good that you found the decal sheet, so all good for Tamiya, even better that your decal placement guessing was spot-on (but that was to be expected from your superb skills).