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Post by veg on Apr 17, 2023 18:11:14 GMT 1
Going to do something I’ve never done before, now I’ve Tapatalk working again I’ll do a comparison build of the new spangly hasegawa Lc kit vs an old tamiya kit.
Just waiting for delivery from Japan and I’ll start it to compare them both.
Bear in mind the tamiya kit is as old as the real bike it was launched 41 years ago and the hasegawa one is state of the art.
I’ll post side by side sprue shots and side by side build. I will update the tamiya as I go along as I did before.
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Post by dusty350 on Apr 17, 2023 19:27:01 GMT 1
Great idea Tim  |
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Post by arrdy350 on Apr 17, 2023 19:28:49 GMT 1
This will be an interesting thread Veg I look forward to seeing this 😃👍
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Post by rigga on Apr 17, 2023 20:24:05 GMT 1
Will it have spannies ?
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Post by veg on Apr 17, 2023 20:45:16 GMT 1
I’ve a set of allspeeds and microns that are 3D printed.
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Post by veg on Apr 17, 2023 20:50:09 GMT 1
Also got a 400/500 gamma and a skoal bandit decal sheet just for marti 👍
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Post by donkeychomp on Apr 17, 2023 22:17:15 GMT 1
Who does the 3D printing Tim?
Alex
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Post by veg on Apr 17, 2023 22:24:50 GMT 1
I’ll pm you his details mate.
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Post by JonW on Apr 18, 2023 0:29:36 GMT 1
great thread!
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Post by veg on Apr 19, 2023 17:09:24 GMT 1
Ok so ordered last Friday arrived today from Japan. 4 kits with a rrp in the Uk of £180 delivered to my door for £100. V happy.
First look it’s just completely state of the art compared to the 40yr old tamiya kit and they are launching a 4L0 in July.
I can see a couple of areas for improvement, use a real spring for the side stand, rear brake rod and the throttle oil pump cable, I will represent the wiring on this and I’ll build it in conjunction with the tamiya kit.
The only changes I’ll make are to make the seat a Uk seat, and do a Uk colour scheme.
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Post by veg on Apr 19, 2023 17:13:07 GMT 1
 New on the left old On the right The new crank case is far superior it has the tacho drive a bolt for the rear engine mount etc. |
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Post by veg on Apr 19, 2023 17:17:01 GMT 1
 Old at the top Bottom is the new kit As can be seen, the new has a seat base a tank base, an oil tank the front mudguard is more representative of the real bike. |
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Post by veg on Apr 19, 2023 17:21:24 GMT 1
 Again old at the top, new at the bottom. As can be seen the new pipes are excellent far more representative of the real pipes. I will start with the motor. What I need to do is spray with my airbrush a gloss black finish on everything other than the bodywork. The gloss black finish is the key to being able to then Spray the metal paints, the alloy, polished alloy, chrome, steel etc. I will as always change a few of the plastic moulded bolts for real steel nuts n bolts. |
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Post by donkeychomp on Apr 19, 2023 21:41:15 GMT 1
Now that is a hell of a difference. Especially the seat base. 4 kits for a ton...bloody bargain Tim.
Alex
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Post by Chewie01 on Apr 19, 2023 22:49:39 GMT 1
It would make some cool wall art to have these done using old scrap parts.
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Post by JonW on Apr 20, 2023 0:10:57 GMT 1
Wow, quite an improvement!
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Post by dusty350 on Apr 23, 2023 7:55:17 GMT 1
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Post by veg on Apr 23, 2023 8:58:45 GMT 1
Some modellers paint the plastic leaving it on the sprue then mount them in frames. Not for me but it does look good, I guess though when you have Hammonds money and space you can do it for real.
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Post by JonW on Apr 24, 2023 1:24:33 GMT 1
He did the same at his biz, The Smallest Cog. I dont know which came first, but he talked about this on the show about the biz as if it was the first time he'd thought and done it.
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