Wonky Donkey Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 (edited) Hello friends! 👋 Been a while since I've been on here and even longer since I posted anything. You know, what with the virus thing and all... Anyhew, time to start up a bike build.. 👍 I bought this kit at Telford (ahh, the memories... 😂) a couple of years ago for a sensible price. I had grand plans to backdate it to a '77 machine and do it in Sheene' s colours. But it needs too much work for my skill level /time availability /patience.. It also turns out the decals are probably furchtbar. So I had a rethink and picked up some Studio 27 Mike Hailwood, 1979 TT decals (sheet covers Senior and Classic TT). The TT bike and the 1980 GP bike are quite different. Mainly : wheels should be 5 spoke not 3, seat unit is the wrong shape, exhaust repositioned, fairing slightly different shape (though it would pass IMO), and there were winglets on the fairing on the TT bike (as if that would catch on...... 😂 😂). Too much work there too... 🤔 So what is this build!? Well, its a "what if". What if, in 1980, Suzuki decided to turn out their GP bike in a special, one-off tribute livery to Hailwood's last TT win? Like Yamaha have done recently with the speed blocks, the Fiat500 scheme, or various riders basing one-off schemes on their flag for their home gp round and so on. So, a 1980 Suzuki RGB500 in Hailwood's 1979 Senior TT winning colours. Just for fun! Here we go then. W-D Edited August 26, 2020 by Wonky Donkey Wait, Where's my pictures gone...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonky Donkey Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 (edited) Bother adding pictures. Try again... Oh, for crying out loud-this used to work fine... 😡 Edited August 26, 2020 by Wonky Donkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonky Donkey Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 This is gonna be an awfully dull build thread if I cannnot sort why my Flickr links aren't working... Bare with me.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef N. Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Wonky Donkey said: This is gonna be an awfully dull build thread if I cannnot sort why my Flickr links aren't working... Bare with me.. Try this place if you are still having trouble. Easy to use and designed by a Britmodeller especially for this site (and others of course.) https://hobbyphotohost.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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