Full restoration

Spanjaard
very curious to see how the restoration goes

Carlos Proença
Spanjaard thank you. Thank you for the support. The restoration will be complete, as you can see in the photos. New paint, new decals, and lots of repairs to do. It will take some time, but I believe it will be fine in the end.

Spanjaard
lots of work, but at the end it will be worth the effort, no doubt

Jv
Very cool how did you take it apart

Jennifer Franklin
I'm curious now, too; I have yet to learn anything about restorations.

Carlos Proença
Jennifer, not everything turned out perfect. As this assembly took place many years ago, the glue was weakened. With some lateral movements and a little force, I managed to get the glue to break. In some cases it worked, in others it didn't. In the ones that went wrong, I'm fixing them so that in the next stage of gluing, the parts come together. It's not easy, it's very meticulous and time-consuming, as it involves parts that wear out over time. I have to remove the glues, decals, paints, do the scraping, so I can start painting soon.

Jennifer Franklin
Did you use superglue originally?

Carlos Proença
Jennifer, in the first assembly, and this was about two decades ago, I used the original Tamiya glue. See the last photos I posted now, how the difficult reassembly is going. As in the case of the cowling, at the three fitting points on the base, I drilled holes with the three points on each side of it and inserted a brass pin to connect the two.

Carlos Proença
Guys, I'm looking for the decals for this bike, whose Tamiya item number is 14042 and I can't find them anywhere. If anyone has any advice, I'd appreciate it. I already got the decals for the other models I'm restoring.

Spanjaard
sometimes you can find someone who duplicated the decals and can print them for you. you can also create them on inkscape and get them printed as well

Carlos Proença
Thanks Spanjaard for the suggestion. I'll see if I can do it, graphic design isn't for me. But I will try.

Spanjaard
good luck