Tamiya 1/12 Honda Rc166

[Paul]

Ive wanted this it for some time and finally splashed out for it.

[Paul]

Well i finally got the engine finished, but i can see a few bits that need attention in the close up pics.

I used mainly alclads and tamiya acrylics, fisrt time ever using alclad and i love it especially the grey primer and micro filler.













Also made a start to the frame and gave it a quick coat of grey primer.

[Paul]

Well i got my replacement wheels after cocking up the first set by not reading the intrsuctions properly.

The frame was sprayed black then the rear section attached annd screwed to the frame, now on to the front section.

[Paul]

I got the front wheel together, which is a pig of a job getting the spokes to line up properly. I then primered and sprayed it in alclad. Brakes and front suspension were next, again sprayed using alclad in various shades. Lastly today the front fender was glued together and then a bad of dissolved putty applied.

[Paul]

A little bit more done today too Got the fairing primered in alclad gloss black primer. Fantastic paint and as its cellulose based its touch dry in minutes. Plus with it being gloss its a great primer for gloss finishes This was then sprayed in tamiya titanuim acrylic. Had a look at the front wheel arch and was punt happy with the finish as there were some fill marks not properly filled. So I sanded it back a d filled it with mr hobby filler. Once dry it was sanded back and polished to a high shine And then primed and sprayed as the fairing was. Ill leave these for 24 hours to harden fully then will gloss coat ready for decals. Getting there now not a massive amount left to do till its complete.

[Paul]

Well I started glossing the body panels all going well until I messed up and had a load of overspray on the main fairing and as the gloss is cellulose based,it made the body colour run. I'm a little rusty withy airbrush at the moment. So I sanded it back with some 2500 grade wet and dry and resprayed the titanuim silver. Just needs glossing now. The front wheel arch, fuel tank and seat holder turned out well enough, and once the fairing has been glossed ill get them decaled up. I have also attached the front wheel arch and added the brake lines.

[Paul]

Got the tank decaled and glossed today and also got the seat mounted too. Decalling the fairing next

[Paul]

Finally finished, nice kit to build although a,bit fiddly at times.

[Atomicdog]

I love it! You did a amazing job on the engine detail.
Thanks for sharing!

[JDMMODELS]

very nice!!

[Bagpiper]

What an excellent build thread. Thanks so much for sharing. And also for sharing your paint problems and how you sorted them out.
Very nicely done

Cheers
Jim

[schweinhund227]

Nice !!!! Too bad that beautiful engine is Hidden !

Awesome job on this....

[Paul]

Nice !!!! Too bad that beautiful engine is Hidden !

Awesome job on this....

The fairing actually comes off, I'll take it off when I get 5 mins

[keith]

Very nice need to get on with my bike's

[ChubberLang]

Awesome Paul! Great job. Enjoyed looking and reading through. Brilliant stuff!

Hopefully I can be as good and do kits as good as yours!

[Paul]

Awesome Paul! Great job. Enjoyed looking and reading through. Brilliant stuff!

Hopefully I can be as good and do kits as good as yours!

Cheers matey

[Nige201980]

Nice I would never get a finish that good.

[DC87]

Very nice, could look at the pics of your finished bike all day. Super build

[WebbyNZ]

Beautifully done.
I almost prefer it without the front faring on, the red really sets of the rest of the bike.

[Paul]

I'll fire up the Nikon tomorrow and get some pics of it without the fairing on

[Andy]

Great looking model. I'm working on a Tamiya bike as well, an older Suzuki. They're a blast to build. I'll post some pictures up when I get it done, whenever that is haha.

[Colin]

Fantastic build Paul, built one of these too and it was easily one of the kits that kept dragging me back to the bench to do more, one of my most thoroughly enjoyable model builds of my life.

WTG.

Yeah for sure I loved Motorcycle modelling but not normally of this vintage ... for sure every now and again Tamiya seem to surpass them selves with kit engineering, when their 1/32 Zero came out it was incredible, same for this kit i reckon and that is reflected in the price of kit too I guess.

[Paul]

Fantastic build Paul, built one of these too and it was easily one of the kits that kept dragging me back to the bench to do more, one of my most thoroughly enjoyable model builds of my life.

WTG.

Yeah for sure I loved Motorcycle modelling but not normally of this vintage ... for sure every now and again Tamiya seem to surpass them selves with kit engineering, when their 1/32 Zero came out it was incredible, same for this kit i reckon and that is reflected in the price of kit too I guess.

Yes mate you did a great job in yours it's a cracking kit well worth the money

Also enjoying the 1/6 tamiya yz250 I'm currently building

[Matthew]

Was it a easy kit Paul I keep going to buy it then I don't has I want it with all the hop up parts that comes to £130

[Paul]

The trickiest part are the wheel rims, other than that it's nice and straight forward.

[pg265]

Hi,

Awesome build!
Great paint job And amazing engine details.

BRAVO!!

Pascal

[Paul]

Hi,

Awesome build!
Great paint job And amazing engine details.

BRAVO!!

Pascal

Cheers pascal, this was one of my favourite builds