I'm eager to start my new toys

[Guest]

Hi all I bought off ebay my favourite bike of all time the cb750 k4 Honda and another bike a kwak 1000 the Honda was my favourite bike of all, (and I've owned some bikes I can tell you) the Honda was something else and if i could afford it and one came up now I would buy it just for the memorys .


I would have loved the 1/6 tamiya one but at 350 quid (and that's the cheapest I've seen it ) I went for the 1/8 heller kit (yes the first thing I will do is a sprue count) the Heller kit is silver, mine was red so this will be also I engraved the engine casings on mine so am going to try that on this if the engine is big enough I think looking at my 1/6 bikes it might be, I know you're all yelling I thought you wouldn't get another heller kit, but hey they make some tempting kits.

[monica]

pics plz as I have no clue what all that means lol,

[Guest]

Will post pics when they arrive, they've been dispatched.

[papa 695]

Looking forward to seeing the Honda Ken

[Guest]

Yes pics would be ace

[Guest]

well amazingly one of them came today


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of course the first thing I did was a sprue count (did it 3 times)


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I must say I am quite dissapointed, it's not in the same league as the La Reale there are sink holes and seams all over the place (hope the honda is better. I tried to photo them but they dont really show up in the pics, still on with the show.


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[eddiesolo]

I thought you meant real bikes Ken. Nice models though and I know you will do them justice.


Si

[Robert1968]

Now this is a trip down memory lane Ken and from what I see so far you will make and do these bikes true justice. I am a retired biker at only 47 but I too owned a hOnda or two in my time and a Kwaka too. Ohh let me think


My first bike was a 250N then I had the 400 Honda then I had a Kwasaki 500 then jumped back to the Hondas and had the 700 transalp owned 2 of these then went to the Kawasaki 1300 and she was a monster then my last bike was a Varedero 1000 Honda full kit


I've only tried making one bike and that's the 600 ninja by tamiya but got stuck on the brake pipes( used the wrong glue and detereoted the piping so I need to look into getting more piping one day to finish.


Anyway I'm digressing


I will keep an eye on this one as it looks like you know your stuff.


I do like the frame that you have done ( you sure that's not a real frame???


The weathering on it is so sublime and so authentic!!!!


Looking forward to more





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Robert

[Guest]

Have you checked out my other bike build Robert.

[monica]

I see what you mean,that's looks like a nice kit,

[Snowman]

Oooooh, NICE ONE!!!!