Little monkey......1/12 Aoshima

[PaulTRose]

Honda Z50 monkey bike.....for thise who dont know bit if a cult bike in japan......incredible amount of aftermarket companies who specialise in bits for it

Ive done a few different Aoshima monkey bikes over the years.....the chrome is good on this one but i can still see some bits im going to strip and paint

Not decided on colour yet.....red or dark blue but theres time to decide yet

[PaulTRose]

Yup.....its a little 'un! :surprised:

[scottie3158]

Yup it is little but good things come in small packages.

[PaulTRose]

Its surprising how hard this is proving to be.....half the size of a normal bike kit plus dodgy instructions plus sausage finger syndrome equals head ache from concentration :smiling6:

[Steve Ski]

This is looking good. Reminds me of the old CT70 from the 70's. The kit looks pretty good.

[yak face]

Love this paul , I remember poring over the Tamiya catalogue when I was a young un and thinking the 1/12 Honda monkey was probably the only big bike model I could realistically get anywhere near affording ! As you show even though it's a big scale its still a tiddler! Looking mighty fine though , did it come with a 1/12 scale monkey rider ? Regards Bubbles

[PaulTRose]

, did it come with a 1/12 scale monkey rider ? Regards Bubbles

Lol no.....i wish icould get at my stash cos i have one of the tamiya rider figures.... . Would look funny .... full leathers knee down on this

[PaulTRose]

Not much done today......paralympics on the telly so been watching that

The rack was a pain.....comes in 3 bits so one of those things where you need 3 hands whilst glue is drying.....also its supposed to be chrome but to make it easier i stripped it and went black to match the frame

Exhaust wasnt much easier....3 points of glueing

But the end is in sight

[Jim R]

Looking good. Never heard of a Monkey bike. Certainly tiny for a 1/12 scale bike.

[papa 695]

That’s looking like a great build Paul, very nice work so far.

[PaulTRose]

Looking good. Never heard of a Monkey bike. Certainly tiny for a 1/12 scale bike.

Honda started making them in the late 60s......they still do a version now.....bit of a cult bike for customising in japan

They also did a slightly larger but not yet a full sized bike called an ape