Honda RC166 - Tamiya - 1/12

[belugawhaleman]

A great finish Rob! Well done!

[HubertB]

She's a beauty !

Hubert

[Landlubber Mike]

Quick but spectacular build Rob!!  Really nicely done!

[KevinM]

Yeah you breezed right through that one Rob came out looking really Nice you must be on Holiday?

[BlrwestSiR]

Wow, that looks stunning. Can't believe how quickly it went together. 

[FullArmor]

12 hours ago, DocRob said:

The speedy little Honda was a fast project indeed. It took me only two weeks to accomplish and leaves me with a "is it really done ?" expression.

The fairing was the most problematic part of the build. I sprayed it with AK´s Extreme Metal flat aluminum and when I added some mild Tamiya decal fluid, I got a bad paint surface. The fairing needed respraying and then, I glossed over the flat aluminum with Alclad aqua gloss, after my Mr. Color GX100 clear wasn´t working. Not for the first time, it produced a candy cotton effect, equal, which mixing ratio I took. When it works, GX100 is perfect, but often it doesn´t for me and I don´t know why.

Then I applied the decals which were generally nice to work with. They contoured well with Tamiya Mark Fit Strong fluid applied on top, using a hairdryer as well.
For some reason, the 1 of the #16 deformed a tiny bit with the Mark Fit, but I corrected this with a marker.
The numerous tiny metal rivets were applied, using a flat cut toothpick with low tack double sided adhesive tape. Before, the molded rivets were cut away with a sharp blade and after marking the center with a steel needle, I drilled 0,5 mm holes.

  







Cheers Rob

Really nicely built👍🏆. You could think the motorcycle was real. If I may suggest, I would add some fine wire to handlebars grips to represent as safetywire. 

[DocRob]

16 hours ago, belugawhaleman said:

A great finish Rob! Well done!

 

15 hours ago, HubertB said:

She's a beauty !

 

14 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Quick but spectacular build Rob!!  Really nicely done!

 

13 hours ago, KevinM said:

Yeah you breezed right through that one Rob came out looking really Nice you must be on Holiday?

 

13 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Wow, that looks stunning. Can't believe how quickly it went together. 

 

5 hours ago, FullArmor said:

Really nicely built👍🏆. You could think the motorcycle was real. If I may suggest, I would add some fine wire to handlebars grips to represent as safetywire. 

Muchas gracias amigos, a phase of bad weather helped to finish the Honda quickly. On the islands of eternal spring, spring is the worst of all seasons and seemingly lasts forever .
The other determining factor was fun. It was a pure joy to put this perfect engineered kit together. the extra set are the salt in the soup, detailing wise and to add a bit of challenge.
@FullArmor, I thought about safety wires, which are everywhere on the Honda, but skipped it, as I wanted a oob build with only the extra detail sets added. You are allowed to call me lazy .

Cheers Rob

[DocRob]

They are only separated by one year and two cylinders. Even the top speed doesn´t differ that much, but what a difference my last two builds have in appearance.





Here, I picked my very first motorcycle build out from the shelf and sided it to the tiny Honda





Cheers Rob

[KUROK]

Those look great together.  Congrats on a gorgeous finish!

[DocRob]

Thank you Kurok, the finish is one of the most delicate tasks to master with car and bike kits. I learned a lot through these builds, but are far from perfect.

Cheers Rob

[Spitfire]

Now that is a real beauty of a build, one of my all time favourite bikes, what an incredible machine, and what a noise, and in the hands of my favourite racer Mike Hailwood a real winner. 

I was lucky enough to see Mike race in the IOM on the Ducati.

Cheers

Dennis

[DocRob]

Thank you Dennis, must have been a great experience seeing Hailwood in the Isle of Man race. 

Cheers Rob