Lime Green Mean Machine...

[Mence]

Be calm fella, small steps and abosulutely nobody here will give you a hard time!

[`Boots`]

Oooh we`re sooooo close to the off ............bring it on bud ;D

[Mence]

Ok, foul up, picked up TS-52 instead of TS-22

If anyone wants a tin of TS-52 cheap....

[Mence]

Feel such a tw*t fella.

TS-52 is Candy Lime Green

[406 Silverado]

wow, that really is green eh....

[Deleted]

I thought that was what you wanted?

[Mence]

I thought it was what I wanted too, turns out it's either the Limited Edition exact match Lime Green (long sold out) or TS-22 light green.

Hey ho, I'll shove it on my shopping list for tomorrow, I'm close to Hobbycraft so will try my luck there.

[Mence]

I try not to as it's so darn expensive there but it does from time to time serve a purpose. Mind you, they always have a good selection of bike kits :-)

[Mence]

Yes indeed, I do need some new blades n stuff so maybe it could be a useful trip.

I see you're a Moderator too, blimey, has the criminal element snuck in while I wasn't looking??

[Mence]

Quick way to five stars I guess!

[Mence]

Well Mr Mod, is the chat room defunct tonight, can't get in?

[Mence]

Stop Press.....

This is back on the bench, expecta small update soon...

[`Boots`]

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D.............niiiiiiiiccceee!!!!

[Mence]

Right, not much but here we go.

Frame, swing arm and airbox assembled. Bit of work needed on the old join seams, concentrating only on areas which will be seen later.
Primer then a coat of Semi Gloss Black, finish has come out pretty good actually!

[`Boots`]

Whoop whoop..............we have movement ;D, lookin` sawweeet mucka........even at this early stage

[Mence]

Thanks guys, promise you won't have to wait as long for the next update...

[Mence]

Here we go.

Bodywork...

Spent the morning assembling, filling, sanding, filling again and sanding once more before finally priming



I will lightly flat back once more before a final application of Tamiya White Fine Surface Primer ready for the colour.

[Deleted]

Nice work Prof....and not a bloody seam line anywhere!!!!.....A bloke can go off someone...You know??

[Mence]

Hi chaps, very kind of you.

To answer both your questions, the approach I take is as follows:-

1. Stick the bits together (I know, goes without saying)
2. When dry, sand back the join seam then lay on grey primer. The grey serves to highlight imperfections and missed gaps and seams.
3. sand back any seams you still find and fill any gaps with Cyano. Cyano is my weapon of choice as once dry it has a similar hardness to the styrene so it all sands back uniformly.
4. Repeat if necessary.
5. Lay on White Fine Surface Primer as this serves as a neutral base for the colour coat, grey primer tends to result in a lack of vibrance in the colour coat.

There we have it chaps, long winded but works for me!

[Deleted]

Cheers,Prof...deceptively simple,whe ya think about it!!

[Mence]

I'm sure others do it differently to me?
On cars and bikes, the bodywork is the make or break element so whichever way you choose to prep, it pays to spend what is probably a disproportionately large amount of time on it as the results are likely to be better.

[martyncrowther.]

Really nice work buddy a solid start.

[Mence]

Cheers bro, appreciate you stopping by!

[Mence]

Started fiddling about with the detail up set with a view to building the forks, should be an update tomorrow...

[`Boots`]

;D

[Mence]

And here they are. Five parts to each, all the parts are from the Detail up set but only the lower most part requires paint.



The anodised finish is nearly impossible to achieve with paint so these should really make the front end look sweet!

[TRM]

WOW..those looks tops Mence!! Eye candy!!!

[Mence]

Yes T, we like this sort of thing!

[Deleted]

Ferkin A+ Prof!! ;D ;D

[robbo]

Nice one Prof, this is just the sort of thing I need to give the mojo a kick start