discussion Motor Cycle help needed!!!!

[Guest]

Oooo, I like that painting jig Kelly, such a simple yet so useful idea. Hope you don't mind me stealing your idea and building one for myself. Look forward to seeing your progress with the bike, they are a really great relaxing build between the military stuff, I just love them.

 

[Guest]

Steal away! For me it was another excuse to play with power tools, I nearly lost sight of why I was building it! My wife went the same shade as the paint when she saw what I'd done with 10 of 'her' pegs.......

Some of the pegs have holes drilled into the gripping ends, slightly smaller than the average sprue size. This seems to help hold items afixed to sprues just that bit better.

 

[Guest]

Graham thats coming along nicely!

Trey

 

[Guest]

Well, I had to make a decision last week as to continuing or calling it a day on this kit. I am sure this is a 'Friday afternoon' kit. The amount of flash and some parts looking as though the moulds were out of register so instead of getting mould lines, which I can live with, you got a step on either side of the parts. Just like two pieces stuck together where it had slipped before the glue dried.

I seriously thought of calling it a day as I had so much more coming up that I needed to get on with, even though the main reason for building it was as a gift. I decided to give it another few days and set the deadline for this coming Wednesday, 03 Nov. Tonight, I have finally prised the last piece into place and hit it with superglue and clamps to hold it in place while it set. I decided that if it all sprung apart, I would bin it. I have just released the clamp and it appears to be holding.

I cannot decide if it is the worst kit I have built but if it isn't, then it is certainly the next to it. The fit of parts is terrible. The screws that hold the swinging arm and the two wheels have nothing to screw into so I have had to put superglue into the final holes and clamp until set making it impossible to take apart again.

All I have to do now is paint the stand and then create a base for it so it can be picked up without touching it. It has not put me off bike kits but I will stick to Tamiya in future.

What I have to decide now is if it is good enough to give to an enthusiast. Too late to take any pics so I will post some tomorrow but I am so glad that this one is almost put away.

 

[Guest]

sorry to hear that kit is that bad Graham,do'nt worry too much I'm sure the gift will be well recieved regardless. I've run into a similar situation with a Protar kit .I used super glue as well but coated the threads with petroleum jelly so I could remove them if needed

 

[Guest]

What I have seen so far of your build Graham, it would make a great gift, maybe you need to look at it again another day, Im sure you would like to know how it ends.

 

[Guest]

I guess I'm just an old wotsit but I remember the days when kits like this were the norm. Early Airfix, Frog amd Aurora were all the same, loads of flash and a challenge to get together. When Tamiya appeared everything changed but I do think that the quality of the kit sometimes detracts from the modelling skills required to put it together.

It raises an intriguing question about what we want from a kit that would make another interesting thread.

 

[Guest]

Got some picies taken. The jury is still out as to it becoming a gift. If it does, it will be mounted permanently to a wooden base. The stand still has to be painted, supposed to be red but I may do it aluminium or black, not sure yet. The whole thing is going in the cupboard for a few weeks and I will decide then.

 

[Guest]

again catching up , that looks fantastic mate , it looks like something out of a model magazine , for the stand you`ve do it black and dry brush it with a gun metal or something similar , can`t believe your not happy with it , to me it looks a 5 star job

Richy

 

[Guest]

Graham , I'de be honored to have such a fine piece of work as a gift. Great job ,I'm with Richy I do'nt see what you're so unhappy about it looks awesome!5stars from me

Trey

 

[Guest]

Graham, whats not to be happy with, a magnificent build, and what a gift to receive.:thumbs-up:

 

[Guest]

Graham, we are always our own hardest critics but sometimes we have to sit back and try to be a bit more objective and a bit less emotionally attached. If this particular bike means something to someone and it has been hand built by a modeller, making it completely unique, anyone would be blown away by it as a gift. It doesn't matter what standard it is built to that part will always be there anyway.

As for the build quality where else would anyone get a model of this bike to this standard anyway? Die cast doesn't come anywhere near and who else is going to build one for them? This is a statement of thanks and the thought and care that has gone into it is the gesture that matters not the standard of the build, which incidentally is fine anyway.

So it was a SOB to put together, the smile on the guys face will say it all and I have absolutely no doubt about that.

Just a thought, I have a couple of bikes on racing stands and they are a bit of a pain to handle. I would fix the stand to the wooden base and then fix the bike down as well so it can't move. .......and paint the stand black.

 

[Guest]

Cheers Richard. Yep, the stand will be epoxy resined to the base and each wheel will have a peg drilled into it and into the base. I want it so that it can be picked up by the base and held at any angle to explore the hidden detail (such as it is). You are right, I am my own worse critic as we all are. It is just that I see things in it that I hope no one else does lol. It will be going to it's new owner as a gift, what he does with it afterwards is for him to decide lol. From what I heard when talking to him about his love of old racing bikes of this period and Agostini in particular, he gets it all from his Dad, who may 'confiscate' the model anyway lol

 

[Guest]

That is truly magnificent, I can hear it crackling on the over-run

 

[Ian M]

I think you have been way to hard on yourself Graham.

That looks reary great and I think the new owner will be well chuffed with it.

Ian M

 

[Guest]

That's lovely! So much nicer than a diecast. Your daughter's teacher should be very pleased to receive that, I know I would be!

 

[Guest]

Awesome job Graham. 5 Stars from me.

Tony..