@fiveten, thanks a lot, Spiros

Looks great, John (@johnb). I think the silver color is fine. The slick tires are cool.

That silver colour looks fine to me, @johnb, as does the rest of your work on the rear swing arm, especially the drilled out brake disc.

@gblair, thanks, George. I'm always impressed by the detailing of those motorcycle kits.

@fiveten, thank you, Spiros. Likely in the end the difference will be barely visible.

@chinesegeorge, thanks a lot, George. How do you usualy apply a clear coat on your builds, when everything is set together or after finishing several part?

@kalamazoo, thank you, Allan. It took some time to get it done, but the disk brake does look much better this way. A good thing that Tamiya pre-molded the locations of the holes.

Great progress, my friend @johnb! I use the same pen for small parts, even painting the oleos of landing gears and I also believe the result is good, the only remark being that painted parts are very sensitive if touched by hand (paint fades away).

Hi, @johnb, if I’m clear coating I usually do it during the build when each component is finished, e.g. I would have probably given the rear swing arm a gloss coat before attaching the rear wheel. However, I don’t think there are any strict rules, but trying to gloss coat when the model is completely finished wouldn’t be feasible as there are too many components that don’t need glossing. Hope this helps. You’re making great progress with this.

Exhaust, or should I say a spaghetti of tubes, is set together and painted in titanium silver. I used an own mixture of silver with a drop of yellow.