Hello from NZ

[papa 695]

Hi and welcome to the forum Keith.

[KeithR]

Welcome to the madhouse Keith!!

Whereabouts are you in the land of the 'long white cloud'? My wife grew up in NZ and so I've visited a few times and we actually got married in Auckland.

I think the others have covered it all and as they have said going down to 1/72 is not going to help......whilst it s of course the one true modelling scale and my favoured scale, the bits can be tiny!!!

Hope you manage to sort out the issues with the bike.

ATB.

Andrew

Many thanks everyone for your help

After much study I've decided to make my next project a 1:35 Tamiya tank. (I've been spending my drying time hours on the Yamaha, studying the tank instructions in great detail and plotting my approach).

I've pretty much finished the Yamaha but I'm afraid I've made a dog's breakfast of it. All of the small, delicate, parts are just a bit too much for me. Misreading the diagram and putting bits in the wrong way round leading to the next bit not fitting, etc.

I've also now broken two parts and don't know whether they are repairable. I have broken a flange off the forks that hold the headlight shield on. These parts are chrome and I'm not sure whether I could make a repair that would then hold the headlight shield.

The other broken piece is the end of the handle bars. Again they are chromed parts and the area I am looking at is so small. Probably a circle of around 1mm dia.

Any ideas?

Keith (in Wellington)

[boatman]

HI Keith welcome to our forum from me also an its a great place to be nice an freindly
ATB
chrisb

[stillp]

Keith, the handlebar end would probably fasten back on with a tiny drop of CA (superglue). Same with the bracket for the headlamp shield - that shield will also add a bit of strength.
Don't worry about breaking bits, that's all part of the experience - at least it is for me!
Pete