Tamiya BMW R75/ sidecar

[Guest]

It’s not actually bad paint, but I prefer the older Humbrol from before the switch. ISTR that the main difference is that the pigment in the Super Enamels is finer, but I don’t think it brushes as well as the older type.

[GerryW]

Slowly getting to look like a motorbike :tears-of-joy:

The clothes peg (that you can just see at the top left is for holding the tweezers as I haven't got lockable ones (yet!). The tins are to stop the bits from migrating!

[GerryW]

Oh well, the pillion hand hold has decided to take a holiday - tweezers holding it too hard & it took flight - my fault, should remember to hold gently with tweezers:angry: (for the second time - first time, I found it as I heard it land, this time I didn't!) So to 'plan B' - would've been a handy place to hang a helmet off anyway! :smiling6: Mind you, it may still come out of hiding :thinking:

[Tim Marlow]

Good work so far Gerry. Ive always liked this kit. Wish they’d update it to be honest.
Interesting sidebar regarding humbrols as well. I know I’ve got some back to at least 1972 that are still useful. I’ll check them against the site Jakko has flagged if I remember, because I may have some that are older. The 1990s ones I own are easier to date. Sad man that I am I used to scratch the date on the lids when I bought them..
The JP colours are Joy enamels I think. Bit of a rare bird compared to Airfix and Humbrols.

[GerryW]

Good work so far Gerry. Ive always liked this kit. Wish they’d update it to be honest.
Interesting sidebar regarding humbrols as well. I know I’ve got some back to at least 1972 that are still useful. I’ll check them against the site Jakko has flagged if I remember, because I may have some that are older. The 1990s ones I own are easier to date. Sad man that I am I used to scratch the date on the lids when I bought them..
The JP colours are Joy enamels I think. Bit of a rare bird compared to Airfix and Humbrols.

It's an old kit anyway - bought it for a grand sum of £5.50 from 'Model Zone' when they had a shop in Ipswich (price ticket on the box).
As I said - I've no idea where they came from - they're colours I cant remember using either, no price sticker on them to help place them in history (one of the Humbrol ones has a 52p sticker on it, those were the days!)

[GerryW]

On the 'home straight' now, just the final few bits of assembly, finish the mud splattering - then it's the figures to do (not the ones that came with the kit)

[GerryW]

Realised that the backs of the panniers would be showing (or at least the corners would be) so thanks to the person (sorry, can't remember the post, or I'd credit with your name!) who uses tissue as tarpaulins on here who supplied the answer!

Backs now painted and now drying!

[GerryW]

And I'd like to know - who decided to put padlocks onto the panniers???????

Now to leave them to dry, and get a cotton bud (Q-tip for our colonial cousins) and polish them up (humbrol polished steel)

[adt70hk]

Nice work Gerry.

ATB

Andrew

[GerryW]

Nice work Gerry.

ATB

Andrew

Thanks, still a bit of work to do on it, plus the figures - still not too sure whether to include the mg, or to fill the hole with the mount (might leave that until after I see what sort of mess I make of the painting of it! :upside: )

[Jim R]

Hi Gerry
Fiddly little devil ain't it :tongue-out3: Great progress and nearly there.
Jim

[GerryW]

Hi Gerry
Fiddly little devil ain't it :tongue-out3: Great progress and nearly there.
Jim

It is, but strangely satisfying when I can get it done (2.5x magnification helps!) daft thing is, I've got a cheeky bid on another one on eBay, but the italieri version - just found a sprue shot and that looks worse - might need the 3.5x lenses fitting if I win it!

[Guest]

The Italeri one is more fiddly to assemble than the Tamiya version, I recall from 30 years or so ago, but it is better-detailed. For example, you actually get the supports for the mudguards that Tamiya forgot about.

Of course, if 1:35 scale motorbikes is your thing, then the kits from recent years are far better still, but (from what I’ve seen) even more complex

[GerryW]

The Italeri one is more fiddly to assemble than the Tamiya version, I recall from 30 years or so ago, but it is better-detailed. For example, you actually get the supports for the mudguards that Tamiya forgot about.

Yes, noticed that it's a lot more detailed and the front stays, also the pillion grab handle is an inverted 'U' shape, rather than a circle on a tab, probably have to break out the pointed (watchmaking) tweezers and the 3.5x visor lens

Of course, if 1:35 scale motorbikes is your thing, then the kits from recent years are far better still, but (from what I’ve seen) even more complex :smiling3:

I won't say that 1/35 scale motorbikes 'are my thing', but thinking about the dio that I've got in my mind, a couple of outfits wouldn't be out of place.

[The Smythe Meister]

The Italeri one is more fiddly to assemble than the Tamiya version, I recall from 30 years or so ago, but it is better-detailed. For example, you actually get the supports for the mudguards that Tamiya forgot about.

Of course, if 1:35 scale motorbikes is your thing, then the kits from recent years are far better still, but (from what I’ve seen) even more complex :smiling3:

Indeed Jakko!
The more recent kits are INCREDIBLY more finicky to get together,(Sometimes i think they`re a bit "Over done"!),but,once you`ve managed to get them together they do look the business.Not taking it away from these older kits mind,they can also be made to look quite nice..... as Gerry is proving here :thumb2: .
Andy