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Offline Orcade-Ian

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Patience needed!
« on: January 08, 2023, 09:52:26 AM »
A friend sent me this you tube clip of a 400/4 model build - admired the process but not the result.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=C47VW-vy9E0&feature=share

That model is about £40! Incredible value and detail

Ian
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Re: Patience needed!
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2023, 10:26:46 AM »
I'm astounded at the detail of the kit although I do wonder if some of the internal parts needed to be modelled. Like you Ian, the end result is not my cup of tea....
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Re: Patience needed!
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2023, 02:58:05 PM »
Good kit! I have an old Ducati 900 MHR  and an RD350 which I built years ago and h ave been languishing in a box.... I might remodel those to be cafe racers too!.
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« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2023, 03:07:03 PM »
They are great kits, very detailed and accurate fit of parts. Just like a real Honda!
My modelling skills aren't brilliant but it turned out ok. The most fiddly kit I've ever made.
It sits alongside an RC30, RC211V and a Z900.
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« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2023, 03:36:15 PM »
Where do you get the kits from?
1974 CB550 K0
1980 CB650
2000 CBR929RR Fireblade
1966 Lambretta LI150 Series 3
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1972 Raleigh Chopper
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Re: Patience needed!
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2023, 03:40:12 PM »
Steve, Kent models seem to have stock.  I dare not buy one - at my age I might not finish it - same reason I stopped buying long playing records   :)

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Re: Patience needed!
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2023, 03:42:08 PM »
Turned out very well, if you ask me, Gareth...
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Re: Patience needed!
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2023, 03:46:13 PM »
Gareth, that's not a model - it's your bike on a photoshopped piece of wood - very well done, that man!

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« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2023, 04:01:48 PM »
Where do you get the kits from?

I got mine from Hiroboy. Kent models often have them in stock as well.

Thanks for the compliments guys, just don't look too closely. 😉
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« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2023, 04:13:42 PM »
There are 2 versions of kit with the different pillion peg mountings.
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Re: Patience needed!
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2023, 06:09:33 PM »
Steve, Kent models seem to have stock.  I dare not buy one - at my age I might not finish it - same reason I stopped buying long playing records   :)


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Re: Patience needed!
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2023, 07:17:31 PM »
Some nice modelling going on here, makes me want to build one myself but my main interest is aircraft and I am halfway into a build at the moment so I will resist.

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Re: Patience needed!
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2023, 11:21:11 AM »
Steve, Kent models seem to have stock.  I dare not buy one - at my age I might not finish it - same reason I stopped buying long playing records   :)


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Well I typed ‘Kent Models’ into Google, I got their website but also got some pictures of some rather large scantly clad ladies  :o
1974 CB550 K0
1980 CB650
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1966 Lambretta LI150 Series 3
1981 RD350LC
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1974 Raleigh Tomahawk
2011 Henry Hoover

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Re: Patience needed!
« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2023, 12:51:35 PM »
Steve, Kent models seem to have stock.  I dare not buy one - at my age I might not finish it - same reason I stopped buying long playing records   :)


 ;D ;D ;D ;D

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Ian

Well I typed ‘Kent Models’ into Google, I got their website but also got some pictures of some rather large scantly clad ladies  :o

I'm going to have a look right now! 😂
Gareth

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Re: Patience needed!
« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2023, 01:55:14 PM »
Kent models you say?

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Mornings are the invention of the devil!

1977 CB550F (current money pit!!)
2002 VFR800 VTEC (The Beloved)
1977 CB400F (the last money pit!)
1998 Ducati 748\853 conversion(sold :()
1980 ish CB750KZ in a billion bits (need to get rid, anybody want one?))

 

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