@fiveten, thank you, Spiros

@gblair, thanks, George. Had a look at the bike again yesterday and you are right, the chance of getting it repainted nicely is very low. Still these 'home made errors' bother me.

@chinesegeorge, thanks a lot, George. This explenation will help for sure. Luckily there are ten stickers and only eight are needed, so I can experiment first. I do have to admit that I missed the explenation on the instructions.

@kalamazoo, thank you, Allan. I was surprised as well when seeing those stickers, a new experience.

@gblair, same here, George. If there is something wrong with the kit, I'm the one to blame 🙂 I just consider it as a learning point for next time.

And applied the decals on the left side of the tryes as well.

So far so good mate!
I’ve got this kit in the stash, it doesn’t look easy.
The best tip I was ever given for bike builds, thinly diluted Tamiya X19 smoke for a wash. I coat most metal parts in it, such as the engine block.
It would look great in the exhaust tips on this build.

By the way, @johnb, pretty soon you’ll be coming to the cowlings. I’d recommend fixing them all to the bike before applying the transfers, that way it will be easier to ensure they line up correctly. In fact I seem to remember that one logo goes over the join between two cowlings, have fun.

@richardmcstay48gmail-com, thanks, Richard. To me it is indeed not an easy build, but that could be because I never build a bike before. Thanks for the smoke wash tip.

@chinesegeorge, thanks a lot, George. Thanks for both tips, the tyre decals are indeed very sensitive without coat. Based on experience I can say that they do come loose quite easily. Installing the cowlings first is a good advise as well, thanks for that.

@fiveten, thank you, Spiros

@anthonyricco, thanks a lot, Anthony. Tamiya is helping a lot as well, the kit is a gem to build.