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Rod - (the_crack_fox)
AU

FZR750R

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9 4 July 2021, 13:08
Rod -
I've only got one good set of decals. I'll display one with fairings and one as a chassis. I bought 5 of these in the last couple of years trying to find a good one. 25 years ago, a Tamiya fzr was the last model I worked on before having a very long break from kits.
4 July 2021, 21:08
Rod -
I used to ride a 1992 fzr600 with the same graphics.
4 July 2021, 21:11
Casey Beckett
Oh those kits are soooo fun! Now if they would just make a more recent VFR kit!
5 July 2021, 02:05
Rod -
Chassis-only version finished. The decals in this kit were completely ruined, couldn't salvage any of them unfortunately.
14 July 2021, 13:54
matt
coming along very nicely rod, can u not scan and reprint those decals on some decal paper from ebay?
14 July 2021, 14:16
matt
whats the engine and box on the painting stand for then?
14 July 2021, 14:26
Rod -
I never thought of that. I don't know how to do it either.
14 July 2021, 14:27
matt
you just scan them in with a standard scanner, and then print them out on the decal paper, laquer them, let them dry and cut them out, i've never done it either but apparently it's quite simple
14 July 2021, 14:28
matt
or you could just load the decal paper into a colour photocopier? https://ebay.co.uk/itm/25432..pid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A2334524

14 July 2021, 14:30
Rod -
I didn't see your comment Matt, the engine is for a dodge challenger.
15 July 2021, 10:36
matt
ah fair do's just curious, did u check out my mates ninja in my new album?
15 July 2021, 10:44
Rod -
I did, nice bike. Getting scarce these days. I haven't seen one on the road for many years (except for mine ? )
15 July 2021, 11:04
matt
all the good stuff is usually rare in my opinion, one of the things that makes them cool too i guess
15 July 2021, 11:07
Rod -
1st coat of clear on. Decals were terrifying but went on ok-ish. Not perfect but they are 25 years old. I'm pleased they worked at all.
24 July 2021, 06:48
matt
ah well done rod, looking good! you've probably thought of this... why not mix up the exact shade of paint to fill in the gaps where the decals were buggas?
24 July 2021, 08:14
Rod -
I thought about mixing exact shades, then I just used tamiya red and blue off the jar instead. There's only a few tiny blemishes. The few bad spots in the pic are actually shine on the wet clear.
24 July 2021, 08:19
Rod -
I bought 5 kits to get that one decal sheet. Five kits!
24 July 2021, 08:20
matt
crikey! 5, 4 kits to custom paint then?
24 July 2021, 10:23
Rod -
I sold 3. I kept the best and the worst one. The worst one was a box of parts rattling around off the sprues and mouldy decals.
24 July 2021, 10:40
matt
blue stuff do a gauloises one it think and there was a cool tt replica set floating around ebay a while back
24 July 2021, 10:56
matt
ah fair enough
24 July 2021, 11:04
matt
what clear coat do you use rod? just put some alclad aqua clear on my yzr :-/ well not too excited about that stuff tbh
24 July 2021, 16:07
Rod -
I use Mr hobby super clear, mostly from a spray can. Mr color GX100 is the same stuff in a jar.
Or I use SMS 2K clear. Both are excellent products.
24 July 2021, 21:32
Rod -
Only took 25 years and six kits, but I got there in the end!
27 July 2021, 14:08
Spanjaard
it looks great, certainly.
27 July 2021, 14:19
Spanjaard
if you have the same issue, there are companies that can make the decals again for you. price depends of course on how much work it takes. sometimes is even possible to find somebody who already made the. I manage to get a remade copy of the decals of a model that is out of sale for very very long time for example.
27 July 2021, 14:21
matt
looks tidy rod well done ??
27 July 2021, 16:23
Rod -
pic 14, naked bike hiding in the back
28 July 2021, 00:44
Spanjaard
doing two models certainly resolve the eternal question of do i display it with or without fairings 🙂
28 July 2021, 06:51
Rod -
Hehe yes it does. I don't have many duplicates in the stash unfortunately.
28 July 2021, 07:13

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