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Nicely done JR

Here here, it's always this kind of attention to detail that grabs my eye, beautiful job Jonny!

Started on the OW01 kit - some subassembly & all the painting; I didn't think the transfers were going to work that well on the fuel tank (which looks spookily like a Farscape DRD ), fairing, bellypan & front mudguard, so I painted them instead

More progress ...









... quite a lot of leftover transfers





I'm much happier with how this one came out - I'm a lot more confident I can do the RC30 justice







Another couple of kits to add to the list - Tamiya Ducati 900 Mike Hailwood Replica is straighforward enough, the other is a Hales /OHTA Yamaha Mini Racer ... I'm really not convinvced it's a genuine bike - it looks like an early DT50 but missing its lights, clock, airbox, battery & sidepanels, but gaining later Kawasaki wheels & inexplicable watercooling ?

I've started on the Hales/Ohta kit... standards of realism & fit are truly appalling. I've seen better models come out of cheap Christmas crackers

Edit - completely lost patience with it & binned it

It's been a while since I touched one of these kits, but I fancied doing one & built the Ducati Mike Hailwood Replica over the last few days

Why am i only just finding this thread its awesome

Jon that Ducati is

I am fan of the tamiya bikes. My wife offered one for last Christmas. And wahouuuuu

Also built the Tesi ... this one made me feel a bit old, it doesn't seem that long ago when the idea of hub centre steering was new - and the date on the kit is 1992 In the end it didn't really catch on (although IIRC Yamaha built a bike with a similar forkless design), it didn't work any better, plus the added weight + the need for all-encompassing bodywork to hide all the extra levers & rods made for bikes that looked a lot portlier than average.

Note the price on the box - I paid a bit less than the "reduced" price, no way would I have paid the full Duck-Billed Platypus for it

Also note the left over transfers - painting the red on means I don't have the very fine line around the edges, but I still think it looks better than the transfers would have done

Jon your paintwork is the best pal it looks so realistic its a beautiful chassis design then they hide it all behind that big plastic fairing