Here are the components to make the rear shock absorber:

Very nice work on those small parts, George @chinesegeorge
Same for me yesterday, I was not being able to upload pictures in portrait, landscape did upload just fine.

I seem to have lost the thread to this WIP, what with the difficulties in posting pictures, and one thing and another. Anyway, the shock absorber has been assembled and installed in the rear swing arm. The swing arm, main frame, and front forks come with a plated metal finish in these kits. I know that many people choose to strip off the plating, using oven cleaner amongst other things, and apply their own metal finish. The coating looks good to me, certainly better than anything I could do.

Here’s a photo of the frames assembled with the engine installed.

It’s necessary to remove the chrome from the areas to be cemented of course, but everything fits perfectly. The engine is attached with four screws. The screws seem to be magnetized making it easy to locate them using the supplied screwdriver.

I’m sorry if I’ve missed out a few steps, but I can’t find the pictures now. More to come. Happy modelling and thanks for looking.

Looking fantastic, as usual, my friend @chinesegeorge!

Spiros @fiveten and John @johnb, thanks for your continued support and interest, where would this site be without you two. Anyway, here are a few more pictures of the engine in the frame:

Now onto the exhaust. It’s a fairly simple 4 into 1 design with a big silencer and a single tail pipe. I sprayed it silver and then went over it with a light coat of titanium gold and painted the main silencer black

Really nice work, George @chinesegeorge
The kevlar looks excellent.

Nice work at the exhaust, my friend @chinesegeorge! It looks really great attached!