discussion Tamiya 1/6 Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin.

[tigersteve]

Looks extremely good to me - love the 'bars !

 

[JayCee]

A very nice build, Andy.
John.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Just beautiful Andy sorry so late I was really impressed with the way you built the wheels awesome

 

[outrunner]

I managed to get on with this today as the weather was a bit cooler here so my workspace was OK to work in. Spent the last week or so out on the bike and also painting my shed, unfortunately it had to be painted by brush.
Anyway, nearly there with the model bike now.

Just the screen, footrests, rear brake pedal and rear number plate to fit along with a couple of small decals and it's done.

Andy.

 

[Mark1]

Looking forward to the finish :thumb2:

 

[Nicko]

That is looking really nice Andy. How did you finish the seat - it looks very realistic?

Nick

 

[Allen Dewire]

Wow Andy!!! Not only the seat looks real, but the front forks are fantastic too!!! Standing tall and looking mighty fine Sir!!!

Prost
Allen

 

[simontie]

That is stunning :thumb2:

 

[outrunner]

That is looking really nice Andy. How did you finish the seat - it looks very realistic?

Nick

That is a long boring story, but you asked. The instructions call for the seats to be painted with a mix of blue and white with black panels along each side but the box art and the picture on the instructions show it with black seats and I also know a guy who has a real Africa twin in that colour scheme and it has black seats. I primed the seats in white then gave them a coat of light blue sprayed from a distance to give a slightly grainy finish and the final coat is rubber black which I think makes it look a bit like the real thing.

Andy.

 

[outrunner]

The bike is all done now and I will post more pictures in the completed section shortly but here is a size comparison with it and my 1/35 scale Jeep.

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Andy.