Coming along nicely.

I have found some hoses need warming a little to stretch and others require a small touch of superglue otherwise they fall off.

Alec

Looking good Gray its also getting a bit heavy now

Al

Coming together very nicely Gray. Excellent work.

Mark

Mark, Alan, thanks for looking in. Next stage due shortly

Regards Gray

Stage 41.
The left frame.

The upper frame support piece is fitted to the frame and screwed in from behind. The lower frame support is attached in the same way. The frame is then attached to the left hand side of the engine with the type 'V' screws supplied.
It's really starting to look the part now

Thanks Alan, your comments are always appreciated

On with the build.
Stage 42. the Cross members.
This is where i ran in to a problem. The lower cross member would not allow the screw to seat properly. You can see from the photos that the screw sits proud of the member itself. The first image shows just how far i could screw the first one in. I thought about either drilling or tapping it out, but in the end decided to ask customer services for a new one (this proved to be a blessing, as you'll find out later.

Issue 43: The right frame.

We don't actually do anything with the parts received for this issue. If not done previously, we attach the pipe added in stage 9 to the engine.

Here, i differed slightly from the instruction, which tell you to fit the tank assembly. I firstly attached the connecting tube pipe to the tank assembly.

Here is where i had another problem, and because i had asked for another Issue 42 was able to remedy it (of a sorts). The instructions tell you to retrieve the pipe from issue 42, and cut to 100mm. my pipe was only 90 mm, so fell way short. I checked with what i had received from CS and that one was the same. Rather than try to get another replacement issue, i decided to join the two pipes i had. Luckily, a paper clip was the right size to act as a joiner, so i snipped a small piece off, inserted it into the pipes ad glued them together (told you requesting a replacement would be a blessing ). I then attached one end to the other peg on the tank assembly, then fitted the assembly to the engine (easier than trying to fit the pipes afterwards).

The top cross member then slots into the left hand frame.
And that completes this Pack.

Looking very impressive, love the detail on this kit.....

Regards

Alan

Thank for looking in guys hopefully next pack should be here soon

Thanks Alec, you're not wrong there!

On with the build. After a prolonged wait for Pack 12 i received not only this pack, but Pack 13 as well

The first problem was that one of the threaded holes in Stage 44 that holds the engine in the frame was not threaded enough to allow the screw to seat

(see 3rd photo).

After info from Alemo (thanks Alec) i was able to drill out where the thread should have been, and retap it using an old 'type V' screw. Once that was done i could then mount the engine to the right hand frame.

The lower suspension mount and gas cartridge are attached next, completing Stage 45.

Stage 46 sees us attach a couple of brackets to the top of the radiator, and the Lambda probe pipes and gaskets to the exhaust. I found it easier to fit the exhaust gaskets in place on the engine block, then push the header pipes into place (easier to line up). As Alec says, with the exhaust mounted and attached to the exhaust bracket, it's starting to look like a motorbike