The kit:
The completed build... Yes, I painted the same gold as Tamiya Gold Leaf in between mist coats while painting the stripes on the Shelby Mustang.
Tiki Trike
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BlackSheep214
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Tiki Trike
In between dealing with the Ford truck disaster and working on the Shelby GT350H, I've been working on this kit. I picked this up at Walmart a couple years ago.
The kit:
The completed build... Yes, I painted the same gold as Tamiya Gold Leaf in between mist coats while painting the stripes on the Shelby Mustang.
The kit:
The completed build... Yes, I painted the same gold as Tamiya Gold Leaf in between mist coats while painting the stripes on the Shelby Mustang.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Nice!
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Looks good Tom. The paint came out great. Tom Daniel kit I assume... they are so much fun
Thanks,
John
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Ah man, that is too cool! 
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BlackSheep214
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Re: Tiki Trike
keavdog wrote:Looks good Tom. The paint came out great. Tom Daniel kit I assume... they are so much fun
Thank you. I honestly don’t know. I am assuming they’re not. I had a chance to pickup another in the series but opt not to.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Thank you for the comments. It is a fun build. A lot of chrome parts that needed to scrap for gluing pieces together. I did had to resort to touching up glue spots on chrome with Molotov chrome pen. Lots of fiddly parts too; so special care not to break them when trimming them off the sprues. Molotov touch up after sanding off stubs off chrome parts.
My first motorcycle kit in over 40 years. There are vintage motocross, custom bikes and a CHP Harley Davidson Police bike I’d love to do again. Heck, I’d love to build those old school Suzuki, Kawasaki, and Honda motor bikes from the 70s. I’m not into those Tamiya motorcycle kits. Too modern for my taste.
My first motorcycle kit in over 40 years. There are vintage motocross, custom bikes and a CHP Harley Davidson Police bike I’d love to do again. Heck, I’d love to build those old school Suzuki, Kawasaki, and Honda motor bikes from the 70s. I’m not into those Tamiya motorcycle kits. Too modern for my taste.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Cool. Kinda wish I'd gotten one.
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Re: Tiki Trike
Hmm that's different. Great build
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That is awesome! The gold sets it off nicely, beautiful job!
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We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.
Virtuoso of Miniatures
"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with 'till you understand who's in ruttin' command!"
-Jayne Cobb, Firefly Episode 2 "The Train Job"
We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.
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Wouh, really nice!!
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