Kawasaki H-2 Production Racer

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November 10, 2019
Steve at the start of a race in 1974 on his H-2.
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November 10, 2019
All of the finning is assembled one piece at a time. The top sprue has the cylinder head fins.
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November 10, 2019
The soft vinyl sprue and some body parts in black plastic.
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November 10, 2019
Two of the chrome plated sprues.
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November 10, 2019
Steve had begun working on the kit back in the 70's but gave up on it.
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November 10, 2019
The clear sprue, decals and some silver soft wire.
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November 10, 2019
Black sprues.
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November 10, 2019
Lots of parts in this kit, 316 in all.
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November 10, 2019
Wheels in progress.
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November 10, 2019
Steve had assembled most of the frame also.
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November 10, 2019
Starting to fill some seams and painted the engine cases.
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November 10, 2019
The disc brake had some nasty ejector pin marks.
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November 10, 2019
I punced out some .005" thick filler pieces and glued them in.
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November 10, 2019
Then sand the disc, add a little Alclad II Stainless Steel paint.
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November 10, 2019
Air brush a wee bit of darker shade.
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November 10, 2019
Dress it up a bit with semigloss black for the carrier.
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November 10, 2019
The kit supplied exhaust baffles lack detail.
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November 10, 2019
Drill a .024" hole through.
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November 10, 2019
The real baffles have a steel pin to grab with pliers, so insert some .024" plastic rod.
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November 10, 2019
A bit of matte dark gray paint.
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November 10, 2019
Looks much more like the actual piece.

Comments

10 November 2019, 15:46

Munkyslut
Those exhausts look pretty good, is the plating as nice as it looks in the pics? Will you have to strip it for the forks etc?

10 November 2019, 21:49

Norm Sheppard
The plating is not the best, in some cases I might have to try some Alclad Chrome over gloss black. For the forks, I will have to repaint with a more realistic shade. Oddly enough, the kit fork tubes are black plastic, not plated. The lower fork legs will need to be done like polished aluminum.

10 November 2019, 21:58

Album info

Using the Heller kit to replicate a production racer ridden by my close friend Steve Bond. For it's time it was a very detailed and fairly accurate offering.

Tribute to a good friend

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