Simon Williams Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 (edited) Morning All, Well, due to work and the wife's health and many other factors, I haven't really had a great deal of bench time this year. After a trip to Perth with Washington Model Club, I came back with a few kits, one of which was the 1/6th. Suzuki GSX1100S Katana, a kit I'd always wanted to build, ever since I saw it in the Tamiya catalogue, all those years ago. It also made a pleasant change from my usual focus of aircraft models, so much so that I bought a Tamiya Honda CBR100XX Super Blackbird kit the other week and I fancy the Ducati Super Panigale kit as well. Here it is, before I put the decals on. IMG_1424 by simon_rw, on Flickr And here it is, decalled up. IMG_1427 by simon_rw, on Flickr Thanks for looking. Edited September 17, 2017 by Simon Williams changed title slightly 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1fuN0 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Very Nice indeed Simon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 (edited) Most unusual for me to drop by in this section, but I think that's a lovely job. Well done.What paint did you use for the chrome areas, please? Edited September 17, 2017 by Vinnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Williams Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 Hi Vinnie, The chrome bits are the plated plastic that came with the kit. I just put an enamel wash on the engine and round the bolt heads on the gearbox. Cheers Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Nice one Simon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Wasley Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) SO good looks like you went to the dealer and bought the real thing,can't wait to see the others you bought,hope the wife's health improves and you can get to your work bench.Cheers. Edited September 20, 2017 by Jim Wasley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 That looks straight out of the pages of Superbike magazine (anyone else remember that)? Ace model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeKay Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Lovely job mate, it looks like it's 1:1 stood in your lounge! Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 I agree with the above, that looks real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Williams Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 Thanks for the compliments, everyone. It was a fun build and definitely made a change from wingy-thingies. @Jim Wasley my wife's health seems to be better these days, she's applied for a job where I work and, yes, I am getting loads more bench time in :-) Simon (recovering from night shift) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Wow you kept this one quiet great finish will look great on the club stand at the next show beefy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Williams Posted September 30, 2017 Author Share Posted September 30, 2017 Cheers Keith. Been after this kit since I was 17, soon as I saw it at Perth I had to have it.. I painted it with Suzuki Silky Silver from Halfords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Cracking build and finish Simon,happy memories as I owned the GS 550 version back in the late eighties when these thing's looked really different than the norm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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