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That's the advantage/disadvantage of being retired and spending between 4-8 hours per day modelling.
Great fun, but the models get built 'too quickly'.
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Looking great with all the extra additions Roy  Al
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Great looking kit Roy.it looks like you have a railroad track in your yard.Do you have a garden railroad?
Carl
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Looks superb mate, and I've Bern around bikes all my life and so know how they should look (rats or well cared for) you are doing a superb job. Ken's the name modeling's the game.
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Many thanks Ken. Carl - yes, I've got a garden railway - SM32 narrow gauge. I scratch build my own loco's. Railcars and shunters, Battery power. Roy. roymattblack attached the following image(s):
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Oh man those trains are very impressive as well.
DeAgostini kit builds:
Millennium Falcon: 18% Complete
Shelby GT-500: 28% Complete
Thunderbird 2: 13.75% Complete
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Railway look amazing.  Mark
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Thanks chaps. The railways has been a bit neglected over the past year but the upshot of that is that all the moss and nearby growth has made it look more realistic and part of the landscape. I'll get around to cleaning it up a bit this summer and get a few trains running. It's nice to see it out of the window at my desk, with a battery loco just chugging round while I'm working. With rechargeables, an engine will go for 5-6 hours continuous. Anyway, the Duc is on the home stretch. Still a great deal to do on the electrical side panels before fitting the bodywork, fuel tank and seats, so actually maybe another 2 weeks... roymattblack attached the following image(s):
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Absolutely mountains of wiring needed to be scratched for the two electrical side panels. Those areas also provided the locations for the umpteen wires added elsewhere previously. Moving to conclusion now... I'll be sad when it's finished - what next??? Roy. roymattblack attached the following image(s):
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Roy your really building this quick and outstanding detail as well amazing  regards Phil COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
So Much to Build,But What a Hobby!
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Many thanks Phil. It's a great kin and a fun project. As I mentioned somewhere before, being retired is great but the downside is having tons of time to spend on model making - hence stuff get built fairly quickly. I've moved on a good way now and the beastie is pretty much completed. The fuel tank, seat and fairings all went on in a very straightforward manner and the display case arrived a few days ago. My problem now is WHERE am I going to put the thing??? ...Also, what's next? Roy. roymattblack attached the following image(s):
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Looks great man, really enjoyed watching you build this beast. Maybe for the next one you should do one of the locomotives? Those look really fun and something completely different.
DeAgostini kit builds:
Millennium Falcon: 18% Complete
Shelby GT-500: 28% Complete
Thunderbird 2: 13.75% Complete
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Superb build Roy looks great. Al
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Superb build Roy, the detail you have there is breathtakingly good. Regards Mark
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Another stunning build Roy.
Regards
Keith.
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Superb result, but then i would expect nothing else from you roy (exactly how big is it, ive built quite a few 1/6 bikes and 1/8 and always tgought the 1/6 looks huge next to them this must be monstrously huge. I just hope mine turns out half as good Ken's the name modeling's the game.
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Hello Ken. Very kind words from you. Yes, the Duc is BIG. The pic below was in the earlier stages. The model car is 1/43. The display case the bike is now in is 26" long... As a rough guide, the bike on its stand is about an inch and a half longer than the Heller Traction Avant. The Jaguar on the table is 1/8 scale - the bike dwarfs it. Roy. roymattblack attached the following image(s):
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That's huge and I love it. One day I will have one.
DeAgostini kit builds:
Millennium Falcon: 18% Complete
Shelby GT-500: 28% Complete
Thunderbird 2: 13.75% Complete
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Wow Roy, you made great progress while I've been away  wish I was retired  Fantastic job and end result
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Thanks for the scale info she is a whopper i mean the traction is huge. Ken's the name modeling's the game.
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