Pocher 1/4 ducati panigale s

[Guest]

Hi all well here is the first disappointment with the upgrade kit he supplies the steel beads to make the banjo connectors for various connections but then tells you to use poacher 2 millimetre bolts for the head of the banjo connector (there are none supplied in the kit only cross head screws) I realise Paul has built loads of poacher kits, this is my first so I don't have any poacher 2 mill bolts, what I do have though is these.

So onwards and upwards

I've made the springs for the exhaust too.

[Guest]

Hi all well (despite the gorgeous paint job on the kit parts) I've primed it ready for the new colour (I intend to leave this for at least a week to cure before adding the first coat of the two pack paint I have)

Done some more to the engine

[Guest]

Hi all here is the next instalment.
I got fed up with taking longer to find a part on the many sprues in this kit by looking for the small tab on each sprue with the letter I needed (I'm surprised I didn't think of this the 2 times I built the Traction Avant kit) I've written a large letter on each bag for which sprue is in it.

I've made the starter motor terminal from a piece of whittled down sprue

Added the oil cooler with the added layers and the banjo connector using Paul Coos detail adding info

And the finished starter motor.

Bit more weathering on the engine.

All in all I'm quite pleased with the progress (even if it's glacially slooooow)

[papa 695]

So you should be pleased Ken, there's some great work going into this one.

[Guest]

Don't stick a battery on Ken, that thing with start matey. Great attention to detail.

Have fun, John

[Guest]

Thanks Ian and John, I'm really enjoying this.
I made this connector with some sprue, Paul Coos CD really is a mine of information (loads of reference pics of the actual parts, that's where I got the seams on the exhaust from)

This part is like a little kit in its own right

[papa 695]

Nice

[Guest]

Hi all i wanted to try and show you all just how big this is so, this is a 1/24 lorry engine.

Now put it on the engine and you get an idea of just how huge this is.

I just couldn't wait here is base colour (No clear lacquer yet)

[Guest]

Well we've been away for the weekend at our friends caravan and I came back to a bit of a disaster

All the plastic parts are fine I couldn't work out what had gone wrong but now I have

No primer, I assume the plastic parts were primed hence they are ok.
I've removed the paint

(Another chance to see how big this is its nearly as long as my thigh)
Now I just have to 're prime it, I'm just wondering if I have enough of the blue left this thing is so big it took nearly a whole can to paint it(admittedly I did both sides of all the parts as I was not sure if the back of any parts could be seen) hopefully no more problems will occur.

[Guest]

Hi all repaired the tank. I have to say I really, really, really love this colour


Made the water pump too.



Did I mention how much I really, really, really love this colour.

[Guest]

only just seen this ken , that is some really nice work mate .

[Guest]

Thanks Steve much appreciated

[james pithouse]

nice work so far ken. It is a beautiful blue, better than my bike. I have to reorder the kit just to get the front fairing as it works out cheaper than just buying the fairing. For the cbr 1100xx 1/12 scale as Tamiya says, as I dropped the pocsy
thing after I glued, the wing mirrors in place, I got a phone call, from them bloody cold callers asking questions, about house bills and it made me jump getting the phone call as, I was trying to concentrate on where the next part goes, and smudged all the indicators and the window that covers the headlight with glue as I held in place, till just enough to hold it self, in place so for now my models are on hold. But I will be back to finish off properly. That's why their are no more photographs at the moment

[Guest]

Thanks Jim it's annoying when something goes wrong but we've all been there look forward to you restarting it.

[papa 695]

Great work Ken, and your not the only one that likes the colour.