Tamiya Kawasaki KZ1300 B Touring 1/6th

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Juergen Klinglhuber
Great idea! Nice display and good model! 👍

12 April, 15:47

Bike-Queen
Thank you very much! It was fun and addictive, the more I weathered it the more i wanted too! Thanks for your comments 🙂

12 April, 15:50

Giorgos
This is just AMAZING !!!!
I only build aircraft in 1/48, but when I saw this my jaw just dropped!
R E S P E C T !

(You must have had this particular bike in front of your house for quite some time, right?)

12 April, 17:55

Bike-Queen
Giorgos … LOL. Yeah couldn't sell for the life of me 😉. Thank you so much for your comment 🙂

12 April, 17:58

Bozzer
Blimey!
That makes me want to strip it down and return it to it's former glory!
I never thought I'd ever say this, but I'm glad your decals failed. You should consider exhibiting this, at your next local show. I thought it was real at first.

14 April, 12:29

Spanjaard
impressive weathering

18 April, 13:08

Bike-Queen
Spanjaard, thank you sir 🙂

18 April, 13:11

Greg Baker
Wow. Very nice. I'm always impressed by the fascinating irony of these kinds of builds. To make them look like they've been neglected, you have to do an enormous amount of work.

18 April, 13:57

Bike-Queen
Greg Baker thank you sir! It was a ton of work but the more I did the more I couldn't stop 🙂

18 April, 14:00

Greg Baker
Well, the quality shines through the grime! 🙂

18 April, 14:11

Bike-Queen
Greg Baker, once again…thank you 🙂

18 April, 14:41

Yves Van de Veken
Very nice work! Top quality!

18 April, 17:13

Bozzer
The front forks did it for me. That surface rust is just perfect! I can imagine the pitting on the stanchions and the oil leaking from the seals! Kinda wants you to buy it, and save it?

18 April, 17:50

Mike Thomas
My gosh! What an absolute, terrible mess! .....it's perfect! The rust on the frame really caught my eye. Incredible work all around!!

18 April, 20:51

Bruce Huxtable
Totally ridiculous! Totally gob-smacked! When a walk-around melds into a super-real work of art! Congratulations on your creation🙂

18 April, 21:03

Mr James
That is so well done. Excellent wear and distress work. Brilliant

18 April, 21:21

Michael Kohl
Top display with a lot of convincing details. My kinda stuff.

18 April, 22:15

Bike-Queen
WOW!!!! Thank you everyone!!! I didn't except this kind of response!! This was my very first adventure in weathering a model. You cant see it but I'm blushing from all the accolades!! Deeply honored!! Thank SO much!!!

19 April, 00:47

Casey Beckett
- Stands up clapping - Amazing.

19 April, 00:55

Bike-Queen
Casey Beckett Thank you sir!!! 🙂

19 April, 01:16

Album info

I bought this kit as I had built the 1300 and needed this to complete my collection.

I knew it was an old kit and subject to some deterioration the tires were fine so I figured I was safe.

I did a great paint job on it but when I applied the decals they disintegrated on contact. I was pretty upset about but a friend told me to weather the "heck" out of it.

I had never weathered any model before so I figured what the heck. I had all the pastels in stock and knew the basics of weathering so I did. Here is the result and some of the work in progress shots

Enjoy and view more of my builds at bike-queen.org/news

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