Ok
I have photo's (cd added to gibe you some idea how massive this thing is.)
The box is epic
and has some nice pics on the side, sadly none of the finished kit.
everything is nicely packed with a divider and almost all frames in their own bags to help protect against the staples Tamiya are infamous for
The divider holds the hoses, belt, metal handlebars and tools that need a toolbox of their own as there are so many, or a great addition to a diorama.
The tyres are bigger than some entire kits that i have built
The soft plastic parts actually look reasonable leather like.
More parts
Some nice darker chrome parts and nice placement of the sprues mean you could probably get away without repainting these (like we would do that)
and the headlight is great
Wheels
Main engine block
Swing arm
Frame, huge, could almost put a 1/12 scale bike inside it
Engine parts
More chromed parts, the finish is sooooo much better than the cold chrome we used to get in the 80's
Nicely detailed Harley badges
Tank and fenders
Parts, yup this has a lot of them
Discs and indicator lenses
Not many decals on this one
More tools and metal parts. The foam goes inside the tires.
Other side of the metal parts bags. Gonna need a decent tray to keep all these in
Nice blurb about the bike
The tools you need and how to use them. If you need this should you really be handling glue and hobby knives?
An actual battery goes in the battery box, even though it will be near impossible to see one assembled
The now famous assembly of the engine cooling fins. These are gonna be fun to paint :-/
Functioning front suspension.
List of the replacement parts if needed and note the page number, yup 32
So, my overall impressions. WOW. Tamiya once again knock it out of the proverbial park and rightfully so at this price.
What would I like to have seen, well some photoetch gauges etc would be nice but that's why they wanna sell the 'detail-up' set.
I would also have liked some colour reference photos like they have been doing with their 32nd scale aircraft recently.
Is it worth the money, I say yes. It cost me just over NZ$200 to reach my clammy hands but considering a 10 year old 1/12 scale racing bike by Tamiya will set you back $50-$80 here then it is quite fair but like I said, a little photo etch and some colour pics would have just added to the "wow, that's cool" factor.
I have photo's (cd added to gibe you some idea how massive this thing is.)
The box is epic
and has some nice pics on the side, sadly none of the finished kit.
everything is nicely packed with a divider and almost all frames in their own bags to help protect against the staples Tamiya are infamous for
The divider holds the hoses, belt, metal handlebars and tools that need a toolbox of their own as there are so many, or a great addition to a diorama.
The tyres are bigger than some entire kits that i have built
The soft plastic parts actually look reasonable leather like.
More parts
Some nice darker chrome parts and nice placement of the sprues mean you could probably get away without repainting these (like we would do that)
and the headlight is great
Wheels
Main engine block
Swing arm
Frame, huge, could almost put a 1/12 scale bike inside it
Engine parts
More chromed parts, the finish is sooooo much better than the cold chrome we used to get in the 80's
Nicely detailed Harley badges
Tank and fenders
Parts, yup this has a lot of them
Discs and indicator lenses
Not many decals on this one
More tools and metal parts. The foam goes inside the tires.
Other side of the metal parts bags. Gonna need a decent tray to keep all these in
Nice blurb about the bike
The tools you need and how to use them. If you need this should you really be handling glue and hobby knives?
An actual battery goes in the battery box, even though it will be near impossible to see one assembled
The now famous assembly of the engine cooling fins. These are gonna be fun to paint :-/
Functioning front suspension.
List of the replacement parts if needed and note the page number, yup 32
So, my overall impressions. WOW. Tamiya once again knock it out of the proverbial park and rightfully so at this price.
What would I like to have seen, well some photoetch gauges etc would be nice but that's why they wanna sell the 'detail-up' set.
I would also have liked some colour reference photos like they have been doing with their 32nd scale aircraft recently.
Is it worth the money, I say yes. It cost me just over NZ$200 to reach my clammy hands
but considering a 10 year old 1/12 scale racing bike by Tamiya will set you back $50-$80 here then it is quite fair but like I said, a little photo etch and some colour pics would have just added to the "wow, that's cool" factor.
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