Tamiya Monkey Groupbuild
1May 1, 2022Very crisp moulding and great detail!
2May 1, 2022How am I going to paint this as smooth as silk??
3May 1, 2022Drilled holes in the brake discs. 0.5mm in the smaller disc, 0.6mm in the larger
4May 1, 2022It needs to be glued someday, why not today!
5May 1, 2022Dry fit to check where mould lines need to be eradicated
6May 1, 2022
7July 3, 2022All parts cleaned and skewered
8July 3, 2022Ready to rock with the Mig parts.
9July 3, 2022Still ready to rock after two weeks
10July 3, 2022Alclad gloss black base
11July 3, 2022Mr surfacer 1200 from a jar
12July 4, 2022Paint it white
13July 4, 2022Paint it black
14July 4, 2022Paint it ruby
15July 4, 2022Yum!
16July 7, 2022Masking took some time
17July 7, 2022Worth it!
18July 7, 2022Alclad aluminium
19July 7, 2022And some dark aluminium
20July 7, 2022Details done with Vallejo Silver & yellow
21July 7, 2022Details done with Vallejo silver, Ammo rubber & Revell red
22July 8, 2022This isn’t supposed to be black!
23July 8, 2022Stripped
24July 8, 2022Repainted
25October 10, 2022Gold bmf on the suspension
26October 10, 2022Decal stripe
27October 10, 2022Some more decals
28October 10, 2022Added some Kristal Klear as lenses on the spedo and the Honda badges
29October 10, 2022Sticky business!
30November 23, 2022Sanded and polished
31November 25, 2022Started on the final assembly. Phase 1!
32November 25, 2022The rear fork didn’t want to fit over the frame. Some paint-shaving did the trick.
33November 25, 2022Same here. The eye on the right should meet it’s counterpart inside the chrome ring. Some scraping of the paint was needed.
34November 25, 2022In the end it worked out.
35November 25, 2022Phase 1 complete. The rest will be done later.
36November 25, 2022
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1 October 2024, 04:50 -
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A bunch of guys monkeying around!
