Wolf

Gentlemen, Thank-you for all your kind responses. They’re much appreciated! That’s a great question Brian. I don’t know. I’ve been dealing with cancer since the end of last December. After chemo, radiation, and two surgeries, I’ll be starting my second round of chemo at the end of this month. I have no idea how I’ll react to the chemo and what side effects I may have to deal with. At this stage of the game I’m just hoping to make it to the show. 😬

Phenomenal piece of work. Amazing really! Cheers, Wolf

I just recently finished building Tamiya’s 1/12th Yamaha XV1600 Road Star Custom. I used some of the Hobby Design detail set specifically for this kit and added aftermarket fasteners from various different sources throughout the build. I also replaced all the moulded rivet detail for the seats, backrest, and saddlebags by drilling holes and installing Tameo’s 0.9mm rivets purchased from Spot Models. The paint scheme was done using Tamiya’s spray can lacquers Pearl White and Pure Metallic Red decanted and shot through the airbrush. I used the kit provided decals and masks. To give the model a little more bling I masked off and sprayed the retro white walls on the tires with Tamiya’s Fine White Primer after I had installed the spoked wheels as I didn’t want to flex the tires over the rims and risk cracking the white walls. Tamiya’s bike kits are a real joy to build and I highly recommend them to anyone wanting to build a bike. Cheers, Wolf

Derek, I’m not sure if you’re still looking for the etch parts for the Galaxie ‘47 Chevrolet Fleetmaster Aerosedan but Spotlight Hobbies has it available. It’s priced at $6.95 plus shipping. https://www.spotlighthobbies.com/all-products/decals/9131/galaxie-limited-chevy-fastback-sedan-delivery-photo-etched-stainless-steel-metal-transfers/ Hope this helps. Cheers, Wolf

Thanks Geoff, I love that era as well. I just wish the kit had a lot more injection moulded styrene. Much easier to work with and a lot lighter. For a 1/12th scale kit it weighs 7.4 oz and was difficult to handle at the end. Cheers, Wolf

Thank-you Chris. Much appreciated and I’m glad you like it. Cheers, Wolf

Thank-you Larry. I appreciate your comment. Cheers, Wolf

Just completed this build. Certainly not the easiest build as the kit is 90% white metal with the remaining parts in styrene (fuel tank, seat, and front fender) and photo etch. Lots of metal rods and wire for the spokes as well. Many parts were modified to enhance their detail and lots of scratch building details was necessary to build an accurate representation. For example the carbs were heavily reworked and the intake trumpets were scratch built to replace the horrible kit items. Top Studio detail parts were used throughout as well. Thinking far ahead in the instructions is mandatory as all parts had to be dry fitted well in advance to ensure they’d fit when the time came to add them to the assemblies. The #7 decals came from the spares box as no decals come with the kit. In the end I’m happy with the results but I think I’m getting too old to have to deal with all the wailing and knashing of teeth so the next bike will be another Tamiya offering. The last photo shows my previous Honda bike build alongside the Clubman as a size comparison. Cheers, Wolf

Congratulations on two beautiful builds! I agree with you that Gunze’s Hi-Tech kits are not the easiest to build as I just finished their 1/12th Honda CB72 Clubman kit that I received last Christmas. Lots of work involved in cleaning up the white metal parts and some were replaced with scratch built alternatives as their castings were quite rough. Nice models when finished if you can persevere through to the finish. Cheers, Wolf (who’ll likely stick to Tamiya’s 1/12th bike kits)

Thanks Chris! Cheers, Wolf

Very cool indeed! I wish I had one of those. I have a neighbour that could use a good stun from time to time. Cheers, Wolf

Thanks Warren. Yeah, the made a number of models of these old pumps. Lots of different logos too like Texaco, Phillips 66, and more. You could even wire ‘em up so the globe on top could illuminate. Thank-you Jim. Like I said, I wish I had bought more of these. It’ll look good with a couple of my Johan ‘32 Cadillacs sitting beside it. I imagine those ol’ V-16s were a bit thirsty.

Thanks Jay. The color is Tamiya’s spray lacquer Pure Metallic Red.

Something a little different. This is R&D Unique’s 1930s Shell gas pump. You used the handle on the side of the pump to pump gas up into the glass cylinder which showed how much fuel you were going to purchase. Gravity did the rest when you pulled the handle on the nozzle at the end of the hose. The silver conduits from the pump body to the top contained the wiring to illuminate the globe. I really wish I had bought more of these multi media kits.

Thank-you Bruce. Much appreciated. Vielen Dank Mathias!