MyAlbumHonda RC166
1August 28, 2022Box art
2August 28, 2022After you cut away all the flash and spru parts your left with these components i have stripped of the origional plating
3August 28, 2022Partial assembly these all fit very well indeed
4August 28, 2022Glued and clamped
5August 28, 2022Final result before painting (its ordered and coming from spain)
6August 28, 2022Frame and fairing support it looks quite flimsy but will see how it stands up to the build
7August 28, 2022Engine cylinder is made up of individule parts and these go together very well
8August 28, 2022Bottom of cylinder
9August 28, 2022Carbs again went together well. Clips were a joy to paint!!
10August 28, 2022Carbs with detail up bell mouths fitted these are a nice touch.
11August 28, 2022Cylinderhead and top of gearbox
12August 28, 2022Engine almost complete just the plugs to fit detail up clutch also in the kit looks great as well
13August 28, 2022
14August 28, 2022Frame now freshly painted with rubber mounts for the seat and tank fitted along with 3 coils for the big 6 cylinder engine
15August 28, 2022Frame
16August 28, 2022Frame and engine
17August 28, 2022Were im at
18August 28, 2022Unfortunately i mistakenly painted the engine the wrong colour!! There is a mistake in the assembly instructions and to be fair a rectification note in the packaging despite crossing out the error i still managed to mix the paint wrong!! ??
19September 3, 2022So after the paint issue i stripped it all and repainted the right colours ?
20September 3, 2022Now back on track with the build engine swinging arm and rear wheel assembled and in the frame ?
21September 3, 2022Rear end
22September 3, 2022Rh side
23September 3, 2022Lots of tubing
24September 3, 2022Exhaust and fork stantions in the booth
25September 3, 2022Top tubes are DP’s and look very nice in deed
26September 3, 2022However fitting the cir-clip is challenging & @ about 2mm in diameter very hard to find when it pings off ??
27September 8, 2022
28September 8, 2022forks and exhaust fitted (forks are temporary they need to come off to put the fairing on)
29September 8, 2022Steering damper
30September 8, 2022Oil filled pipe work used clear yellow for it took a bit of sucking!!!
31September 10, 2022Tank and seat painted
32September 10, 2022Fairing and mud gaurd painted
33September 10, 2022Few other bits almost there with this build
34September 18, 2022Fairing fitted last couple of decals to fit
35September 18, 2022
36September 18, 2022
37September 18, 2022
38September 18, 2022
39September 18, 2022In fills panels in place
40September 18, 2022
41September 18, 2022Magnets in place for the in fill panels on the fairing
42September 18, 2022
43September 18, 2022Ready for final assembly
44September 21, 2022Front end and faing infinal possition
45September 21, 2022In the cabinet
46September 21, 2022All done just the 16 to add on the front once the white panel settles down
47September 21, 2022Good kit a bit fiddly with fat fingers bit looks nice once completed
Simon
48December 26, 2022Managed to get a mike Hailwood figurine
49December 26, 2022No decals in the kit and luckily only the one is on the helmet so i made one
50December 26, 2022Together
51December 26, 2022In position waiting for the start
52December 26, 2022Ready steady go…..
53December 26, 2022Cabinet picture
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3 December 2024, 19:50 -
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Had this in my stash for a while and decided to give it a whirl so far its been great to build even the wheels have been fun to put together over 12 parts in each wheel frame engine just about completed
