kpnuts Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Â Hi all well I enjoyed the last build of this, so here is my second bite at it, going to do it slightly different I am going to do it in a dio of a workshop with the engine out on the workbench and the tank and panels in the spray booth having a respray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 Â Hi all made a start on the spray booth for the workshop, Dont look like much at the moment but I am going from memory and its been 20 plus years since i worked in a spray booth. Â Â Â Â Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 Â Hi all here is an update on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Great Start! Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 Thanks Ira praise indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted August 16, 2015 Author Share Posted August 16, 2015 Â Hi all well I've added some more water to the back of the spray booth and made a bit more progress on the bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted August 17, 2015 Author Share Posted August 17, 2015 Â Hi all here is an update on this. My first of several problems I can forsee coming up The carb inlet openings are blanked off as they normally wouldn't normally be seen, as they are inside the airbox, os I've had to open them also since the cable are not connected I have to show the inner cables and the nipples on the ends of those, think I've opened a can of worms here, we will have to see what else crops up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 Â Hi all as I said opened a whole bag of worms, of course with no tank or seat on the wiring loom would be visible, advice please does this look convincing ( obviously there would be loads more wires really but I don't have any thinner wire to hand and I don't want the loom to get too thick)I realise I need to add the copper connectors to the end of the wires, and I realise the wires should be wrapped in black insulating tape, also the loom would not be tied with string, this I purely to check if its worth using this method. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSNJim Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 The airbox looks great. It's been more than 20 years since I had my 750F, so I don't remember a whole lot of specifics. The wiring loom seems a little heavy for the bike; even on my Goldwing with its miles of wire, there are very few cable runs, if any, larger in diameter than my thumb. That's maybe an inch to an inch and a quarter in diameter. Most of the cables are much smaller - less than a half inch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 (edited) Model is looking good (especially the paint and weathering), but if you want my honest opinion, your wire harnesses are way out of scale spoiling the overall look of the model. It is thicker than the bikes frame tubes. Details like that are what makes or breaks a model.If you think about it, most wires in the harness of the 1:1 bike would not be usually larger than 1/8" (that is the overall thickness of the insulation of the wires). Many will be even thinner and few (like battery cables) would be thicker.To correctly represent those wires in 1:6 you would need something that is about 0.021" diameter (0.125 / 6 = 0.021) or thinner. A 30 AWG wire-wrapping wire has overall thickens close to that. This type of wire is usually available from electronic parts suppliers. If you have a Radio Shack store nearby, they should also have the wire-wrapping wire. For even thinner wire use some of the 1:24 scale ignition wire from Detail Master. It comes in 0.016" and 0.007" diameters. Perfect to represent chassis wiring of a 1:6 scale bike. This will dramatically improve the realism if your model. As far as wrapping the harness, that will be tougher. Some thin-wall heat-shrink tubing might fit the bill. Wrapping regular electrical tape will look out of scale. Edited August 20, 2015 by peteski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted August 22, 2015 Author Share Posted August 22, 2015 Â Hi all here is another update on this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted August 24, 2015 Author Share Posted August 24, 2015 Â Hi all here is an update on this one. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 Â Hi all here is tonight's update and this will end up being my bottle of WD40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Hi all another update on this one.        I've weathered the tyres a bit     Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 Â another little update on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted September 2, 2015 Author Share Posted September 2, 2015  Hi all here is an update on this one, thanks to a friend  he sent me some networking wires which are half the thickness of telephone wires, I am now happy with the wiring loom, I dipped the ends in clear bathroom sealant for the plastic insulation over the ends of the copper connectors also I used flattened soldering wire for the cable ties to the frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixties Sam Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Wow! This is an amazing build! Incredible detail work!Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 The wire harness looks great! Very realistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 Â Hi all here is the latest update on this kit, I had a couple of errors pointed out to me, one of them blindingly obvious the rear sprocket should be on the rear wheel so I've sorted that and of course the tank filler hole should be taped up to hide the bit you are supposed to attatch it to the bike with(not there on the real bike) now I know the qverall size of the bike I am going to try and build one of those bike ramps you see in workshops nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted September 30, 2015 Author Share Posted September 30, 2015 Hi here is a small update on this obviously these exhaust flanges would not have the lge locating flange on the back they would be a sliding fit over the down pipes and would pull the downpipes up by the flange on the downpipe, so they needed drilling out. Made a rack for the exhausts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 3, 2015 Author Share Posted October 3, 2015 Hi all did some work on the bike ramp for the garage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 Hi all on the last leg with this one, the bike itself is nearly finished, I am attempting to scratch a compressor, which of course would then involve trying to scratch a 1/6 spraygun, still trying to make convincing socket set(you may notice I've made the socket wrench) definitley on the last leg though (may have to make some shelving for the stuff that's laying around on the floor, it looks a very messy workshop which would fail any health and hygiene inspection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 Hi all well the bikes finished now, still some more to do on the dio but deffo on the last leg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 What color blue did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 18, 2015 Author Share Posted October 18, 2015 Humbrol metallic 52 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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