Tamiya Suzuki RGV-r XR89
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therapy
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Very nice indeed!
Nick
Nick
There are other forums!? lol
Great work so far Bob.
Great work so far Bob.
I do like that 
Mickc1440
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It's certainly paying dividends BobCheers guys.
Mick, I seem to have built a lot of bikes this year, after never having built them before. Practice makes perfect I guess.
scottie3158
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Bob, now that is looking nice.
simontie
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Nice, did this one a while back look forward to the end results
simon
simon
Mr Bowcat
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Cheers guys. 
Some progress over the weekend. Got the airbox and radiators together, painted and mounted on the engine, then got the whole lot mounted in the frame. The HT leads should be black, I went with red just to give it some interest.
Some progress over the weekend. Got the airbox and radiators together, painted and mounted on the engine, then got the whole lot mounted in the frame. The HT leads should be black, I went with red just to give it some interest.
Mr Bowcat
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Morning all.
I've been working away on all the little bits (forks, foot controls, front wheel and brakes, etc) but as most of these require multiple colours so I've not taken any pics yet.
I did get the exhausts finished and installed though. I'm still learning how to do convincing heat staining so still not great, but most of it's going to be hidden. I also screwed up one of the kit CF decals for the two pipes that go under the saddle so had to improvise. Again, these will be hidden once the rear fairing goes on so no major problem. I am slightly worried about the decals though, they are very thick and brittle, and as most of the blue parts are decals I may run into some issues. I've scanned the decal sheet so if it comes to it I will have to make some masks and spray the blue.
In other news I've also been prepping the bodywork. The rear fairing, tank and undertray were all two parts so needed glueing and filling, but now ready for paint. The age of the kit showed again with these parts, not the perfect alignment of modern kits but easily fixable.
I've been working away on all the little bits (forks, foot controls, front wheel and brakes, etc) but as most of these require multiple colours so I've not taken any pics yet.
I did get the exhausts finished and installed though. I'm still learning how to do convincing heat staining so still not great, but most of it's going to be hidden. I also screwed up one of the kit CF decals for the two pipes that go under the saddle so had to improvise. Again, these will be hidden once the rear fairing goes on so no major problem. I am slightly worried about the decals though, they are very thick and brittle, and as most of the blue parts are decals I may run into some issues. I've scanned the decal sheet so if it comes to it I will have to make some masks and spray the blue.
In other news I've also been prepping the bodywork. The rear fairing, tank and undertray were all two parts so needed glueing and filling, but now ready for paint. The age of the kit showed again with these parts, not the perfect alignment of modern kits but easily fixable.
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Great attention to detail - the exhausts look really good ( and the rear tyre ! ) 
scottie3158
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Bob cracking work mate. The heat staining on the exhaust is nicely done.
simontie
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Sorry Bob, playing ketchup here...As the guys have said, you seem to have these 2 wheelers down to a science. Those paints sure do give the parts a realistic finish. Metal parts look like metal and the variety colors is tops Sir!!! I'll try to keep up now (as I'm kinda old).......
Prost
Allen
Prost
Allen