Gunze Sangyo 1/12th Honda CB72 Clubman

[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

Edited March 23, 2024 by Wolf

[PappyD340]

Super nice bike!

[ChrisR]

Awesome build!

[Wolf]

19 hours ago, PappyD340 said:

Super nice bike!

Thank-you Larry. I appreciate your comment.

Cheers,    
Wolf

[Wolf]

19 hours ago, ChrisR said:

Awesome build!

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

Cheers,    
Wolf

[shoeman]

I can hear those twin megaphones now!  Nice job.  Love that era.  

[Wolf]

On 3/24/2024 at 5:37 AM, shoeman said:

I can hear those twin megaphones now!  Nice job.  Love that era.  

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

[shoeman]

6 hours ago, Wolf said:

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

Quite the contrast from the actual bike as far as weight goes.  Those things are like bicycles with motor's  I used to roadrace vintage bikes in the 90's and a few of those and the 350 versions were always present.   If someone made a model of the RD350 I could recreate my old race bike in miniature.