VonL Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 This kit fought me every step of the way. Imai 1/12 Harley 'Fat Bob'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 Now THAT ........be awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbrogan57 Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 Looks GREAT!!! How did it fight you ever step? Also, where did you find the figure for the photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 I'm thinking the kit didn't fight him; he had to fight the distraction offered by the figure! LOL! Nice win Bob! Bike and figure both look magnificent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMoore Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Did someone say there was a bike in the picture? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonL Posted November 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 (edited) Thanx guys. The Imai bike was challenging. Every step included at least one fiddly, fragile part that disintegrated on the sprue during cutting, or didn't seem to fit right and/or was not clearly depicted in the instructions, issues with cutting & trimming chrome parts, etc. Am still not sure if I got the tubing/cable runs right. Not really happy with it. So my lovely assistant is there to distract any contest judges from finding those various faux pas. Can't really compete it anyway, as the fine, custom paint job was done by Greg Hansel, who did the factory paint demo at the CO Nats. The figure is a Legend Productions product, '150mm Cow Girl', IIRC. Given the (in)famous biker culture in our state, she has more of the character that I was looking for, compared to the very few, Euro-car-show type figures out there. Searching '1/12 resin figure' and 150mm on EBay was interesting. Then there was the need to do an image search of 'biker babes' - research, and all that. I did make a subtle, but important mod to the chaps, so it was time well spent. Yup. "Hi, this is my friend Kytt. She's...a model..." Edited November 6, 2015 by VonL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbrogan57 Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Thanx guys. The Imai bike was challenging. Every step included at least one fiddly, fragile part that disintegrated on the sprue during cutting, or didn't seem to fit right and/or was not clearly depicted in the instructions, issues with cutting & trimming chrome parts, etc. Am still not sure if I got the tubing/cable runs right. Not really happy with it. So my lovely assistant is there to distract any contest judges from finding those various faux pas. Can't really compete it anyway, as the fine, custom paint job was done by Greg Hansel, who did the factory paint demo at the CO Nats. The figure is a Legend Productions product, '150mm Cow Girl', IIRC. Given the (in)famous biker culture in our state, she has more of the character that I was looking for, compared to the very few, Euro-car-show type figures out there. Searching '1/12 resin figure' and 150mm on EBay was interesting. Then there was the need to do an image search of 'biker babes' - research, and all that. I did make a subtle, but important mod to the chaps, so it was time well spent. Yup. "Hi, this is my friend Kytt. She's...a model..." Cables and hoses look right from this angle. Would need to see better photos of the left and right sides to be sure though...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonL Posted November 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) Better photos! I'm not gonna sweat the cables. Don't really wanna know, at this point. I'll let Kytt handle it. Edited November 13, 2015 by VonL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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