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Thanks Mark! It's a really enjoyable build. The quality of the kit is superb. Body panels all chromed. Not too shabby.  Untitled by Mark Wakelin, on Flickr The grills painted. I painted up both the HD and the Top Studio grills, and to be fair, they both look brilliant. Nothing to choose between them really. I painted them with Zero paints metal etched primer, which sticks really well to the etched fret. Hope it sticks like that to white metal too. Then Zero paints carbon fibre colour. It's designed for carbon brake discs, but I think it works well here. I wanted a slightly lighter colour to give the grills a bit of contrast.  Untitled by Mark Wakelin, on Flickr Here they are glued in palace with Krystal Klear.  Untitled by Mark Wakelin, on Flickr  Untitled by Mark Wakelin, on Flickr The side stand was supposed to be fitted with a cross head screw. Bleahhhhhhh....... I used a piece of plastic rod, then glued an etched bolt head on top. The shift linkage was painted silver, then masked and the black added. However, I broke it when removing the masking tape......  Drill 0.5mm holes in the broken ends, then pin it with a small piece of brass wire. Careful application of superglue, and you can't see the break.  Untitled by Mark Wakelin, on Flickr Brake cables in place. There are still cables from the block on the forks to the ABS pump, and another block to connect cables from the ABS pump to the brake lever.  by Mark Wakelin, on Flickr Two wheels on my wagon  The clutch pipe is fitted now. The was the silver grey sleeve on fuse wire.  Untitled by Mark Wakelin, on Flickr Looking more like a bike every day!
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Looking great!
Is the frame holding the bike something you bought or made ?
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Amazing attention to detail.
This is going to be fantastic when you finish.
Roy.
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Thanks guys. The frame is a Motojig. Worth it’s weight in gold!
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I was thinking it would help for the Suzuki Hayabusa, (if it comes to Australia that is).
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skyfire wrote:I was thinking it would help for the Suzuki Hayabusa, (if it comes to Australia that is).  I looked at this jig when i ordered my Rossi kit, but being 1:4 scale i don't beleive it would be big enough ( only ever seen them for 1:12 scale). Regards Gray
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Definitely too small for a 1/4 scale bike!! Probably OK for a 1/9 kit if you're lucky. I'll find out when I eventually start the MFH Black Shadow or Anzani.
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The brake pipes are more or less finished. The pipe from the lever goes to a block on the front fork, which then goes to the ABS pump. I can only assume that this is to get a better pipe run. Then the pipe from the ABS pump goes to the block on the front fork, which distributes to the two callipers. You can also see the throttle cables not connected yet.  Untitled by Mark Wakelin, on Flickr Here are the fluid reservoirs. These are resin aftermarket parts from the HD set. Much better than the kit parts. They were sprayed silver, then a 0.7mm masking tape was added at the top. Next, sprayed with clear yellow. Then the tape removed, and the whole thing sprayed with gloss clear with a few drops of black added. The result is a pretty good representation of the original bike. The real thing has reservoirs made from a dark, clear plastic. The tops were painted by hand with Tamiya lacquer black. Then they were plumbed in with the thin pipe supplied with the kit, which seems just about the right diameter.  Untitled by Mark Wakelin, on Flickr Here's the rear brake reservoir.  Untitled by Mark Wakelin, on Flickr
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Stunning work, a joy to see....  Regards Alan
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Hi mark what amazing build I also build bikes but nothing like yours the stand wow so useful I am currently building Ducati 1199 in yellow and blue with upgraded parts too keep up the build.
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Superb work going into this. Ken's the name modeling's the game.
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Looks great, what has is it been like buidling the motorbike, easy, hard or inbetweeen ?
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