Grey Ghost 531 Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Here's my latest completion. A Tamiya 1:12 scale Honda CBR400F, '83-'85 model. I expect the kit dates back to around then too. It was given to me by a club member who got it at a yard sale for a dollar. He only builds street rods (highly and superbly modified) so when he saw this kit laying forlornly on the blanket in its battered box, he thought of me. Thanks Bill! It's built almost out of the box. I only added a few punched disk bits to represent fasteners that Tamiya couldn't include and still get the parts out of the molds. I also filled in hollows in the off sides of the exhaust, forks and hand grips that Tamiya used to, I presume, eliminate sink marks in those parts. Brake rotors are drilled out, as are the triangular panels behind the steering head on each side. Those have about 50 little holes apiece. Paint is: Testors' Boyd's White over Tamiya white primer for the fairing. Floquil 'Old Silver' for the frame, Tamiya Satin Black for most of the engine, the airbox, fenders, turn signals...Testors' gloss black for most of the rest of the detail except that I used Alclad black primer for the exhaust to give a little variety to the tones of black. Oh, yeah, I added a drop of white to the satin black for the airbox to add variety there, too. The glinty-bits are various shades of Alclad. Chrome over unpolished Alclad black primer on the exhaust cans, and the same over polished gloss black for the fork legs, carb tops and a few other bits I wanted shiny; Alclad stainless steel for the braking surfaces of the rotors and Alclad airframe aluminum for most of the rest not already mentioned. I didn't weather it at all but did use a bit of Tamiya 'Smoke' to add depth. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Put it outside in the sun on some pavement and you'd think it was real. Very nicely done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrGlueblob Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Excellent build! I remember scootin around on that little revvy thing back in the day. Glad a yard sale orphan found a good modeler to do it justice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gluefinger Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 The color variations are what makes your kit believable. Everything looks great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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