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Terry Wright (Smoos Workshop)
GB

Build #9 Tamiya 14016 scale Honda CX500Turbo

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23 December 2015, 01:14

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It was a nice kit build right up until fitting the steering yokes and forks (they wouldnt sit square with the frame headstock) and trying to get the fairings to fit properly and the fettling with the seat to get it to fit, also graphics/decals were apalling (might be due to the age of the kit), this is not the norm for Tamiya and is one of their cheaper earlier 80's kits.

I suspect (due to it's age) that some warping of the plastic parts has occurred and that the decals were past their sell by date, one of the things you just have to deal with when sourcing Out Of Production (OOP) vintage kits I suppose.

Kit was hand painted using Tamiya acrylics and TS-45 Pearl white

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