Tamiya 1/12 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon
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Not a stupid question at all mate as some on here can produce great paint finishes with a brush or rattle can.
Andy.
Mr Bowcat
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Yep, definitely airbrush Lloyd. As Andy said some on here can brush that well, I'm not one of them. 
Been cleaning up the front fender/mudguard and swing arm parts the last couple of evenings and gluing everything together, so not interesting enough to post pics. So instead, here's some gratuitous engine in frame shots.
Been cleaning up the front fender/mudguard and swing arm parts the last couple of evenings and gluing everything together, so not interesting enough to post pics. So instead, here's some gratuitous engine in frame shots.
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PaulinKendal
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That is indeed an aMAZing paint job!
Mark1
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Excuse me while I wipe the drool off my chin!
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scottie3158
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Bob,
Loving that green mate and the AM stuff adds a lot of detail to an already great build.
Loving that green mate and the AM stuff adds a lot of detail to an already great build.
What he said!
That looks excellent Bob.
The finish on that paint and the extra detail is eye popping!
You mentioned painting a car in that green colour a few posts back. Would look nice on one of those Japanese Street cars. Or some nice old US pick-up!
Mr Bowcat
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Cheers guys.
Ian, I have been looking at various kits including some American muscle, the Foose F100 pick-up, and some Japanese tuner cars. However I feel this colour is deserving of a hypercar, so I'm currently looking at John's selection of Aoshima Lamborghini's.
Back to the build and yesterday evening I had a couple of PE parts to make, which took about 3 hours. First up was a part for the swing arm suspension, no idea what it is but it's made of 14 seperate parts (including a couple that were less than 1mm wide) and sits on the top of the shock tower. Pictured next to the kit part on top of a Tamiya paint pot for scale. I see from the pic that I still need to clean a bit of extra CA off.
Then it was on to the rear brake caliper frame which was another 12 or so parts.
I packed it in after that, my hands were starting to cramp up so I quit while I was ahead. However, just for John, heres some more gratuitous engine in frame pics.
Ian, I have been looking at various kits including some American muscle, the Foose F100 pick-up, and some Japanese tuner cars. However I feel this colour is deserving of a hypercar, so I'm currently looking at John's selection of Aoshima Lamborghini's.
Back to the build and yesterday evening I had a couple of PE parts to make, which took about 3 hours. First up was a part for the swing arm suspension, no idea what it is but it's made of 14 seperate parts (including a couple that were less than 1mm wide) and sits on the top of the shock tower. Pictured next to the kit part on top of a Tamiya paint pot for scale. I see from the pic that I still need to clean a bit of extra CA off.
Then it was on to the rear brake caliper frame which was another 12 or so parts.
I packed it in after that, my hands were starting to cramp up so I quit while I was ahead. However, just for John, heres some more gratuitous engine in frame pics.
Jim R
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Hi Bob
That is so realistic and the detail is superb. Your painting is the icing on the cake.
Jim
That is so realistic and the detail is superb. Your painting is the icing on the cake.
Jim
therapy
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That's coming on superbly!
Your miniscule PE nightmare is the shock damping adjusters.
Nick
Your miniscule PE nightmare is the shock damping adjusters.
Nick
Mr Bowcat
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Good morning all.
Work has continued on the rear end, slowly. I started with the suspension parts, decided to paint the spring to match the frame (have I mentioned Iove this colour).
Can't see much of it once mounted to the swing arm.
Then I moved on to the cogs and chain. There's 110 pins on the chain, they give you plenty of extra although I only lost 5 or so. The pins are around 2mm diameter at the thickest part and around 3mm total length.
I still need to add links to the back of the chain, but it's taken several sessions to get to this stage. Again, working with tweezers and such small parts my hands soon start to cramp so I can only work in small sections.
Work has continued on the rear end, slowly. I started with the suspension parts, decided to paint the spring to match the frame (have I mentioned Iove this colour).
Can't see much of it once mounted to the swing arm.
Then I moved on to the cogs and chain. There's 110 pins on the chain, they give you plenty of extra although I only lost 5 or so. The pins are around 2mm diameter at the thickest part and around 3mm total length.
I still need to add links to the back of the chain, but it's taken several sessions to get to this stage. Again, working with tweezers and such small parts my hands soon start to cramp so I can only work in small sections.
Mark1
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Nice 