Ducati 916, Tamiya 1/12

[PaulTRose]

thought id do a bike next since i have a bottle of the right colour red lol

might tkae a while before next update........got LOTS of bits to paint before assembly can start

[The Smythe Meister]

Ooooh,one of my favourite bikes of all time....a real classic
Always loved em,but was never lucky enough to own one
Good luck with it... I'll be following the build for sure !!

[tigersteve]

Iconic bike, I rode down to Monza in 1999 to watch Fogarty do the double win in World Superbikes ( great racer but a bit of a cock really :tears-of-joy: )

[Tim Marlow]

Always like a bike build. Great stuff.

[Jim R]

I've never built a bike kit apart from one 1/35 ages ago. This looks a nice subject and as you had the paint .... :rolling:
I watch how you get on.
Jim

[PaulTRose]

finally some progress.....next step is spraying the bodywork

[AlanG]

( great racer but a bit of a cock really :tears-of-joy: )

Certainly was. Jamie Whitam and Yanagawa were far more friendly and approachable.

[Snowman]

Nice start!:thumb2:

[PaulTRose]

been a while since any progress......first it was the commonwealth games and european championships distracting me........then i had a period of cantbearseditis.....then when i did get going its took over a week and a half to do the body work........just couldnt get the joins smooth enough,.....got tired of the filler/sand/prime/sand/repeat cycle....still not happy now...........then the first paint job i wasnt happy with.....my own fault cos i used a light grey primer so it wasnt red enough......stripped the paint off and started again, this time with a white primer......3 coats of Mr Hobby Aqua, last one being a good wet coat to get the shine, and then a coat of automotive clear coat from a rattle can

cos i made some progress with the body work it kick started doing the rest.....got it on its wheels today

[Mark1]

Looking good so far.

[Tim Marlow]

Sweet!

[AlanG]

Sweet!

Instant image of 'Dude where's my car?' film came to mind there

[Nicko]

Very nice indeed....

Nick

[Andy the Sheep]

Nice job, Paul.
By the way, I learned a new nice word: cantbearseditis... :smiling4: and discovered that there's a site (verbotomy.com) dedicated to those new words. :thumb2::tears-of-joy:

Andrea

[Ian M]

Sweet!

Dude.

Sorry it had to be done.

Nice job on the ducati.
The 916 was very close to getting in my garage.