heller 1/8 Kwak z1

[kpnuts]

Hi all I ordered 2 bikes off ebay yesterday, well amazingly one of them came today

of course the first thing I did was a sprue count (did it 3 times)

I must say I am quite dissapointed, it's not in the same league as the La Reale there are sink holes and seams all over the place (hope the honda is better. I tried to photo them but they dont really show up in the pics, still on with the show.

[kpnuts]

Hi all well this kit is deffo going to be a challenge the frame is full of sink holes and seams also the tank and side panels are moulded in two halves have no locating pins and are warped to hell.

I have glued some tabs to one half and am hoping that the wont foul on anything when it comes to putting it on, and also that it will help with lining everything up, fingers crossed.

[kpnuts]

Hi all well this is the most twisted piece of model I have ever worked on.

I was wondering if I would be able to get it ligned up at all

But after Hurculean efforts

there are no decals in this kit for the paint work, instead there are these handy moulded lines

Handy that is if you want to do it as the box art, not if you want something diffrent so I had so sand all those off.

now to try the marbeling

I am going to add at least one more colour to this so we will see how it turns out. No biggie if it dosnt work got plenty of oven cleaner.

[kpnuts]

Hi all finished the marbeling, and I have to say I am quite happy with it, it needs a few coats of varnish to level it out and finish it off but for a first go at it I am happy, I can see me using this a lot

http://i.imgur.com/NXUgnle.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/n2sAhcI.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/QGnllUX.jpg

[kpnuts]

Hi all here is tonight offering

there is quite a bit I don't like about this kit, but the separate fins I do like, get more detail this way.

http://i.imgur.com/BAXMjRw.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Iv7jSgy.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/WtSV35f.jpg

[kpnuts]

Hi all here is another update on this pig of a kit, it really is no where near the quality of the La Reale the chain is so warped I'm not even going to try to correct it the axles are not going to allow the wheels to rotate and even if they did it wouldnt last long, Why cant kit manufacturers get together and combine all the good thing they all do, then we would end up with fantastic kits.

I really hope the CB 750 K1 is not the same as this.

I decided gold might go quite well with this colour scheme

[Junkman]

Do you realise that this kit dates back to ca. 1980?

OK, that doesn't make it less rubbish, but just to put it into perspective.

Could you please explain your technique of marbeling?

Edited June 19, 2015 by Junkman

[kpnuts]

Hi junkman its a technique kindly shown to me by DeeCee over on jerrys cherry's. First you spray your base colour and allow it to dry then you get a length of cling film and scrunch it up, spray your next colour then before its dry you dab it with the cling film rotating the cling film all the time, till you get an effect you like then allow it to dry varnish it with a couple of coats flat back to level it out then varnish again, you can add more colours as I did or frame it with another colour as I did with the black.

As you can see it's a very easy idea, I will be using it a lot.

[kpnuts]

Well after retrieving the bike from its unscheduled flight across the room (it must be fairly aerodynamic as no breakages just some unguleing) and searching, took me nearly half an hour to find the back of the rear caliper, and almost as long to get it back on, since it's all installed on the rear wheel. I've decided to cut the top length of the chain off as it was so warped I couldn't get the chain guard on, and with the guard in place no one will see the chain anyway. I'm having a bit of a chill out now, before I battle with this kit again. I am determined to win though, I will take no injured in this battle its win or die.

[kpnuts]

Hi all here is the battles progress so far

[kpnuts]

Hi all nearing the end I think the kit has given in. dare I say i'm winning.

[kpnuts]

Hi all well she's finished and no more incidents.

[cobraman]

Glad you hung in there and finished it. Looks good.