Honda NR750 Oval Piston Stealth

[Scale-Master]

Turned out to be an enjoyable one week build except I had to wait to print the license plate decal and then wait until I could photograph the finished bike…

I copied the look of the reflective coating seen on stealth aircraft for the windscreen. Alclad II and Tamiya Transparent Yellow were used for that. Just about everything else was covered in the WIP thread…

WIP thread:

http://www.modelcars...showtopic=46503

[Harry P.]

Apart from the fact that you spelled "Stealth" wrong...

How did you create the "embossed" lettering on the license plate?

[Scale-Master]

It should be obvious by the way I titled the post and used the word elsewhere, I intented it to be spelled that way on the plate...

(I have another project with the correct spelling on the plate and I didn't want the redundancy in the showcase.)

I cut out the letters in self adhesive vinyl and applied them under the decal. (Yes, before I applied the decal, it is a real pain to slip them under the decal after the fact...But you can try if you'd like.)

I have used electrical tape on other plates to create this effect too.

[Harry P.]

It should be obvious by the way I titled the post and used the word elsewhere, I intented it to be spelled that way on the plate...

I know. I was kidding. Hence the "I was kidding/just joking/sticking my tongue out and smiling" emoticon...

[Scale-Master]

I was playing along... Not everyone is as sharp as you Harry....

[Harry P.]

BTW... very clever with the embossed look on the plate.

That wouldn't be a bad "Scratchbuilding School" feature...