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Fenlander
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Humbrol Stainless Steel? Are the exhausts not chrome then? Is the Humbrol one of the Metal Coat ones? I believe you can polish them a bit but I have never tried one.
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garethm
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Hi Graham, I apologise cos I think I called you Martin? anyway back to the Duke, have you tried Hiroboy.com I looked today and they claim to have a set of forks for the Duke. As to the paint yes it is of the metalcote variety and it is very effective. I have tried to get a definitive answer as to what material the exhausts are made of? no real luck but Termignoni who make the system claim they use, titanium, stainless steel, and carbon fibre. So I am going to plum for s/steel, with a bit of blueing it should be okay ( I hope ) or yet another rub down. I tried Zero paints for the body and frame but ended up with Tamiya paint? must be me. I will let you know how it is progressing. Keep the sunny side up Gareth.
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bikerbart
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Im in for this one Gareth, sounds a great build....as you know i love me bike kits 
I reckon the ole metalcote will do you ok bud, ive used it on bits n bobs and it comes up well, looking forward to seeing pics mate, all the best Martin
I reckon the ole metalcote will do you ok bud, ive used it on bits n bobs and it comes up well, looking forward to seeing pics mate, all the best Martin
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Fenlander
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No probs Gareth I have been called a lot worse than my good friend Martin I can assure you lol. Odd because I looked on Hiroboy yesterday and it said out of stock..... I will pop in later and have a look. Cheers for the info on the exhausts, it looks as though the SS is the way to go, thanks for that. I have a few things on the go and very little time at the moment but I have to get back in the saddle and get going on the Duke. I have decided on a Humbrol rattle can gloss red for the body work, I was really impressed with the white I ended up using on the Honda (after dropping the seat unit while wet).
Onwards and upwards my friends, we will get Ron building a bike one day at this rate.... Ducks and runs for cover
Onwards and upwards my friends, we will get Ron building a bike one day at this rate.... Ducks and runs for cover
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garethm
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Hi Graham, just to let you know there are a couple of fork upgrades on ebay from china about 12 to 14 pounds inc postage worth a look see. Thanks for the comments and Martin I will put some piccies of the Duke on this weekend, sod the garden.
By the way did you see the build up of the Honda RC 166 in tmmi. I think he went a little overboard on the tarnishing? the real bike was nothing like that at Goodwood some years ago. Cheers for now, Gareth.
By the way did you see the build up of the Honda RC 166 in tmmi. I think he went a little overboard on the tarnishing? the real bike was nothing like that at Goodwood some years ago. Cheers for now, Gareth.
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bikerbart
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I did have a very quick look at tmmi while in the newsagents, gotta say the one being built on the mm forum is in my opinion better. I so wanna get up to the Goodwood Festival one year...thats another one on the list lol. Looking forward to seeing the pics at the weekend bud, regards Martin
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garethm
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Hi All, Have taken piccies to share with you , so here we go,
This is my attempt at weathering a Tiger 1 it is the Dragon kit with metal barrel?
An attempt at a diorama, I used the Dragon 88mm, and some stuff I found around the house,but my next attempt will be on a wooden base.
My Revell build of Moss`s merc from the `55 Mille Miglia, I still have the figures of Moss and Jenks to make. This is a tribute to the passing of Jenks after seeing all three at Goodwood `95
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I hold my hands up I was playing with the camera when this image turned up so I decided to post this one, forefront is Bernd Maylanders GT 1 class car, and behind is Klaus Ludwigs `94 championship winning car, both by Tamiya.
Last but not least the Infamous Ducati, still a long way to go but its getting there. I don`t know if you can see the exhaust clearly but one is unpolished and the two seperate pipes are partially polished, I`m still not sure about them, I may try Alclad s/steel as the results I have seen on their website are more realistic. I hope the piccies turn out okay if not I will try again, and Graham enjoy Waddington, I live about 10 miles to the north and we can see a lot of the planes flying overhead, we had the Lancaster fly over yesterday afternoon quite low. anyway keep gluing all. Gareth.
This is my attempt at weathering a Tiger 1 it is the Dragon kit with metal barrel?
An attempt at a diorama, I used the Dragon 88mm, and some stuff I found around the house,but my next attempt will be on a wooden base.
My Revell build of Moss`s merc from the `55 Mille Miglia, I still have the figures of Moss and Jenks to make. This is a tribute to the passing of Jenks after seeing all three at Goodwood `95
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I hold my hands up I was playing with the camera when this image turned up so I decided to post this one, forefront is Bernd Maylanders GT 1 class car, and behind is Klaus Ludwigs `94 championship winning car, both by Tamiya.
Last but not least the Infamous Ducati, still a long way to go but its getting there. I don`t know if you can see the exhaust clearly but one is unpolished and the two seperate pipes are partially polished, I`m still not sure about them, I may try Alclad s/steel as the results I have seen on their website are more realistic. I hope the piccies turn out okay if not I will try again, and Graham enjoy Waddington, I live about 10 miles to the north and we can see a lot of the planes flying overhead, we had the Lancaster fly over yesterday afternoon quite low. anyway keep gluing all. Gareth.