Hi all when I had mine I totally rebuilt it and whilst i was at it i stripped all the paint off the engine casings polished it and engraved it, so I thought I would do the same with this kit. being 1/8 of the original size it obviously wont be as elaborate but will give the general idea.
roughly pened on
this is the tool of choice
oops didnt work too well
I think my next attempt will be heated scribe .
“oops didnt work too well”
what was you actually trying to achieve? is it just a pattern in the castings?
yep thats it on my original bike it was ornate leaves but not at this scale.
Hi all well i’ve made a start proper on this, I have decided to do the very best I can on this kit, as it is my favorite bike of all time
Well I am totally peed off this was advertised as new and unstarted. Someone has gone ahead on the instructions and started the frame, only they’ve glued it all wrong (and used plenty of it) I’ve tried getting it apart but it’s like it’s welded together, and even if I get it apart I’m not sure I can reposition it where it should be, so this is another one that’s on hold, funny its another Heller kit.
Putting the glued parts in to the freezer for a while, works on some glues- makes 'm brittle-er (?) and able to be cracked apart
Thanks will give it a go
Hi all I have to apologise to the seller it was my 10 yr old nephew he came over during the day with his mum to visit my missus and decided to have a go. That’s what you get for trying to encourage youngsters. He is now banned from my model room unless I am there.
HI all well here are some pics of the bodged up frame (Most of it is under the tank so wont notice), lots of cleaning up to do, thanks to help from my nephew.
Hi all here is a small update on this
Awww, man, nice recovery.
Yep, looking good. Pretty sneaky of the young fella to do some modelling when you weren’t there eh ?
Did you ever finish it ?
It got further thsn this but no not finished yet.
I still look through others posts but i dont post build logs on here any more sorry