That red's going to look good Terri.

I've got as far as stripping ALL of the chrome off of mine, and working out a colour scheme.

Black engine etc with silver details, orange/red paintwork with the kit stripes for the tank and mudguards and a couple of 'skull' badges from my sons old 'warhammer' kits. I don't own an airbrush so metallics colours are out! All 'chrome' parts with be painted in 'liquid plate' silver.

Sounds like you have a good plan on your colours , more then what I have , Still thinking about my .

Here are some pic's before my camrea thought it would be a good time for the power cells to run out juice !










Before I go any further with this things need to dry up more . the red is still tacky in some places , man I hate oils !

New power cells are in the camrea , work has continued with the build and almost done with the wiring and lines of such . Pic's will be up later today .

Heres a few pic s of some of the detail .













Not much more that has to be done . Should have this one wrapped up in a few more days

Hey Terri, How did you fill the seams on the engine block, and what did you use for filler? I've got one of the choppers in my stash that I started soem time back, but got annoyed with the seams on the engine. I really would like to start back on the kit again....

Hey Penny , glad to see you here . It was very frustrating filling them . I de-chromed the parts first then test fitted them ,did some sanding to get this nice and flat . Glued the two halves together and used liquid paper to fill the seems . Sands really well and takes paint great ! From what I have seen in photos of the motor , to many things need to be re-work on it .

Not a big fan on Revell kits , but they are good for a quick build and do have nice detail .

Nice work on the motor Teri i really like the details you added, after seeing yours and Joe's i may have to start mine.

Thanks Robert !

Feels like the chopper bug has began his work !

That would be great if you started your build on one . I'm thinking about doing another one when this one is finished or one of those racing bike things .

Thanks Terri. What did you use to de-chrome the parts? I'm gonna have to pull mine out of the stash closet and take another look at it.

Hey Penny , I used oven cleaner ( easy off ) place the parts in the sink and spray both sides . .......wait 20 minutes and wash it off srubbing with an old tooth brush will get into all the nooks and crannies . Just work in a well vented place when doing this for the fumes are bad . Also works well as a paint remover . Oh yah ! wear rubber gloves !

I've used oven cleaner, and brake fluid before for stripping paint, but wasn't sure if it would take off the chrome plate. Thanks Terri..

No trouble at all Penny , when are back it with this kit post some pic's . Would love to see your build !

For three days I have been trying to post pic's of my progress on this build , but having problems every time I try and excess the site . Keeps telling me a broken link and when I finally do get on can't go any where with out a broken link . The Gallery still seems to be down so can't post pic's . The only thing I have left to do is the airclear and some touch ups with paint . So for now I do have to get on with my 190 build and get it finished .

Okay I have some pic's here , finally learned how to use photobucket and before I lose the link for this site ............Here they are










I still have to add the glass for the head light and still trying to come up with something for the aircleaner .

looks very good. I would like to have a chopper one day but i guess i should learn to ride one first huh?

Ooooooo!!! Braided wire......mmmmmmmmmm.

Looking good....damn good.

Mike

Thanks Chris and Mike !

Hey..how'd I miss that this afternoon..nice work. Is that candy red over the chrome or is it just my eyes{I need bifocals...really, so I'm not discounting my eyes being the culprit}.
The rear axle...why white?
I like the fork tubes...hahaha...but in real life that would be a big NoNo cause the 1st time that fork slid, there would go the paint...but it looks nice mono colored.
I bought the 1/12 IMEX US Army Harley FLH today and she's got a shovelhead...I'll need to civilianize this one alot, but that's my next build-

Thanks Dave , the forks I spray polished alum with about 4 coats of tamiya clear red . Haven't done any more work on it yet still working on a FW 190 . I will get it done but I need to finish up other projects frist .

Thanks for the heads up on the paint...it looks nice that way.
Hey, toss up a link for the FW190...though my fave has aways been the Ta152.

-Bob