Aoshima 1/12 Monkey Honda Z50j-1

[Casper]

I did this tiny Monkey a couple of years ago for the Mrs. she likes the small bikes and car kits and sometimes asks me to build her one, she likes the egg planes as well but I haven't done one of those for years. I have a couple of Monkey bike kits including the Tamiya Monkey 125 but wont be doing that just yet.

Box Art and contents


chrome isn't too bad

Black sprue

white sprue and decals



first thing I did was drill some small holes in the seat for some steel pins



looks a little oversize but this thing is tiny


a couple of small mods.
I chopped off the rear axle and inserted a pipe and cut the pin off the inside of the two engine parts so I could fit them both later.




The chrome parts were dipped in oven cleaner for about 4-5 minutes and came out squeaky clean after a wash in soapy water.




primed and given a black base coat


I had a go at the rear shocks, they don't look that bad to be honest but lets take the chrome off


springs are a little oversize now but hey ho! on we go



left the chrome on the handle bars, added some cables and a spark plug of sorts.


The exhaust pipe end was thinned and shortened and a small brass pipe pushed home






Tank, forks, headlight and side panels primed. Engine fitted. wheels and forks had a coat of Vallejo dull aluminium and a small brass 0.5mm added to the rear break drum.




I cut two masks for the tank and side panels before spraying with Vallejo green (cant remember what green) and then off white.

springs look awful looking back




Lights were painted satin black and the lenses flooded with Tamiya clear rad and left to dry for a couple of days till hard




its getting very tricky to hold on to now but I have a solution



all done





casper (mark)

[RangerNeil]

Neat little bike - and I love the idea for "holding" it"!! Well done

[Casper]

Neat little bike - and I love the idea for "holding" it"!! Well done

Cheers Neil she was a lot of fun to build.

[BigWall]

Nice build! Thank you for sharing it with us Mark.

[Casper]

Nice build! Thank you for sharing it with us Mark.

Thanks joe glad you like her mate
casp

[Twokidsnosleep]

Really nice indeed
Love the mods you made
There are great pinstriping tapes, or make your own with painted Washi tape
I use those a lot as a cheat cover up for dramatic color transitions like that tough white/ green one on the tank

[MrBowcat]

Really like that Casp, good work on the mods.

[Casper]

Really nice indeed
Love the mods you made
There are great pinstriping tapes, or make your own with painted Washi tape
I use those a lot as a cheat cover up for dramatic color transitions like that tough white/ green one on the tank

Hi scott, thanks mate
I have some pinstripe tape now but didn't when I did the bike. Washi tape?

[Casper]

Really like that Casp, good work on the mods.

Thank you MrB she was fun to do

[Twokidsnosleep]

Really nice indeed
Love the mods you made
There are great pinstriping tapes, or make your own with painted Washi tape
I use those a lot as a cheat cover up for dramatic color transitions like that tough white/ green one on the tank

Hi scott, thanks mate
I have some pinstripe tape now but didn't when I did the bike. Washi tape?

Tamiya tape or the like....they are rice paper based and take paint well.
Amazon has cheap and a number of colours.
I can totally see a gold pinstripe at the paint intersections

[WordenB]

Lovely job Mark, looks like it builds up nicely which is pleasing as I just bought the yellow Gorilla version. I really do need to finish my RC30 first though, I see from your last photo you did!

[Casper]

Lovely job Mark, looks like it builds up nicely which is pleasing as I just bought the yellow Gorilla version. I really do need to finish my RC30 first though, I see from your last photo you did!

Thank you
you will have lots of fun and some naughty word moments along the way and end up with a great model to be proud of I'm sure
very small and fiddley

[WordenB]

Thank you Mark, I don't mind small and fiddly until I drop it on the floor then its small and missing!