Honda Monkey 125 (Tamiya 1:12)
Photoetched Parts
The Engine is glued
Same with the Frame
Clear part painted and dipped in Future
Frame glued, filled, sanded and primed
Engine has gotten his basic color
Swingarm glued and filled. To get the new Photoetched stretcher the original has to cut down
New Stretcher for the swingarm.
Some parts sanded and primed
Painted Frame. I painted the most Black parts before I painted the Yellow Layer
Painted Fork. First Layer with Vallejo Metal Color Gold. Second Layer was a mix out of Tamiya Clear Orange and Clear Yellow. I Think it was 2:1
Glueing the Photo-echted screw Heads. Feels like forever.
Finished Engine
Finished Engine
The Frame is almost fnished. The decals and a light washing is missing
The Swingarm painted and with the new Photo Etched Parts.
Rear Fender. The license plate is a photoetched part. The Screw of the plate, too
This are the Parts for the sprocket. Can someone please remind me why I'm doing this
Some parts for the chain. I have to think how I will do this
Startet with the Chain. You can see the small chain links
Finished Glueing the Chain. Only thing left is a little bit color
Cutting the old rear brake disc
Say Hello to the new Rear Brake disc.
Original Front brake disc
Some Parts of the front brake disc
New Front brake disc glued together
After finishing the frame I realized that the original Bike doesn't have a colored frame.
All Bikes have black frames
All Bikes have black frames
Swingarm with Wheel
Swingarm with wheel and the Photo-etched Chain
The last parts are painted. The Details on the handles are not painted yet
Fork Spring are installed
Fork Spring are installed
The Instruction for the Photo Etched parts doesn't say where all the Screwheads are to be glued. So I used them everywhere I think that they could be
Original and Photo-etched Part
Used a small 0.5mm and a 1.00mm tube to make some Tension Jigs
Painted handle with glued Tension Jigs
Painted the Tension Jigs with Vallejo Steel
Installed Cables
Installed Cables
Exhaust with photo etched parts.
Installed and glued exhaust
Got some problems with the tank. Sprayed the white part and after masking the yellow part. Went away over the weekend and when I peeled the mask some reaction happend with the white color. So I have to paint it again. After that tried Tamiya X-22 got some problems with that, too. In the end I carefully remove the clear coat and used the UVLS Gloss Coat from createx again.
while the clear coat of the tank is drying i painted the white on the seat
Mirror
Tank with Decals. Last Clear coat is missing
Almost finished. unfortunately my last clear coat on the Tank didn't came as gloss as the last ones.
finished. As soon I get the chance I will polish the tank a little bit. Don't have the materials right now
Detail of the Chain
Screhead details
Rear Brake Detail.
Some More details
Handlebar Details
Hozzászólások
19 11 October 2022, 15:40
Kyle DeHartI really enjoyed this kit. This is looking excellent! Those photo etched screw heads!!
31 October 2022, 02:21
Jennifer NijhuisThank you. Some of the small parts are driving me nuts. I think I have lost a handfull of those screw heads. Thankfully there are more than enough
6 November 2022, 20:14
JvYes I hope you don't loose any of them like I have done on one of my builds
And another one were some small parts vent flying more the one time but luckily I managed to find them
I just got a suggestion today to use tape when handling small parts I haven't tried it but I will probably give it a go
By the way I think your bike will look great whed the colour on the frame I think it will make parts stand out a bit more
6 November 2022, 20:32
Markus AntoniusThose extra Parts really make it more realistic and closer to the boxart!
10 December 2022, 09:13
Jennifer NijhuisThank you very much. I'm really happy with the result. I've learned a lot about working with photoetched parts.
10 December 2022, 10:12
Michael KohlI don't like the bike too much but your model is just spot on. The PE parts make all the difference.
11 December 2022, 12:34
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I will use some Photo etched Parts from Hobby Design. It is my first time using Photo Ecthed Parts. We will se how this will go for me. I hope I can finish this build before the deadline of the Groupbuild
Group Build
Tamiya Monkey Groupbuild
1. Május amíg 31. December 2022
1. Május amíg 31. December 2022