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BMW R/75 Motorcycle w/Side-car 1/48th Bandai

Being a model builder primarily of what some consider the one true scale, 1/48th the plethora of aircraft models has never really been an issue. The availability of vehicles though was not so abundant. Bandai issued a large series of [...]

Tamiya 1/6 Harley Davidson FLSTFB Fat Boy Lo

Happy New Year to all. Here is something that flies but on the ground instead of in the air. This kit was absolute fun to build. Typical Tamiya superb quality let down only by the sub standard brake rotors and exhaust mufflers which were [...]

Yamaha YZF R1M

Hi again folks, I've got another motorcycle here for you. The R1M! I do have a soft spot for Yamaha bikes. I've been lucky enough now to have owned three. I've owned an R6, and two R1's. And I've never crashed a Yamaha neither, so I [...]

Repsol Honda RC213V

Hi Folks. It's almost Easter, so Happy Easter if that's your thing. I personally just like the chocolate. This is the fairly recent Tamiya 1/12 kit of the 2014 MotoGP championship winning bike, rode by Marc Marquez. Marquez won the Moto 2 [...]

1/9 Montesa Cota 247

Now finished: WIP here: (link) Cheers! Dolf

Perfect Chrome

After I have done couple of motorcycle models I learned something about chrome. I tried a lot of paints and combinations, including Molotow, Gunze SM06 and SM08, Testors, Tamiya enamel, Vallejo Metal Color, Alclad and AK Extreme Metal [...]

Holy Grail?

George Williams hit the nail on the head with the 1/6 Tamiya kit. So here's what I'll be building soon. Yes, it's a 1/6 Tamiya Harley with the sidecar. Personally, I consider this to be the "Holy Grail" of the Tamiya [...]

TAMIYA 1/12 SUZUKI GSX1100S KATANA

Well, this one is now complete. Although an older kit from Tamiya it was a good build. With the exception of just a couple of very minor issues. Starting off was the usual engine build. Seems that almost all of the Tamiya motorcycle [...]

TAMIYA 1/6 scale KAWASAKI KZ1300 B TOURING

The model of the Kawasaki KZ1300 B Touring motorcycle finally arrived. Needless to say I wasted almost no time in opening the package. I did a visual inventory before opening the plastic bags. The, one by one, I opened them to make [...]

Revell 1/12 Custom Chopper

I'll be reviewing the Revell Custom Chopper here. This is kit number 85-7324 As you can see by the box art there doesn't seem to be a lot of detail on this kit. However, upon opening of the kit there are a number of options available. [...]