1/8 Heller Kawasaki 1972 H1-B 500

[Lee Chambers]

Hi all, here are the final pictures for the H1. It is not a shake and bake kit and far from perfect but it will be sitting on the shelf next to its bigger brother the H2 750.

Thanks for looking in on this 70's "snap crackle and pop" classic bike.

 

Edited June 6, 2021 by Lee Chambers

[Stef N.]

Another excellently built and painted bike Lee. Like that orange colour.Top work. 👏

 

[Natter]

Oh, those big beautiful clours of blue smoke. Run it on Castrol 747 and smell the racetrack with every twist of the throttle. You evoke fond memories Lee.

[Lee Chambers]

5 hours ago, Stef N. said:

Another excellently built and painted bike Lee. Like that orange colour.Top work. 👏

 

Cheers Stef, Its my own mix, orange basecoat over a 2k white primer, then a light dusting of gold pearl, followed by candy orange.

Then 2k clear coated. Once that's had a day or so to cure I 1500 flat the clear and add the decals, then a final 2k clear.

The pearl is very subtle, it should look out of scale for this size model, but its looking great in the sunlight, just hard to photograph.

[Lee Chambers]

3 hours ago, Natter said:

Oh, those big beautiful clours of blue smoke. Run it on Castrol 747 and smell the racetrack with every twist of the throttle. You evoke fond memories Lee.

Thanks, a time when the world was far simpler !!

[Toryu]

Classic! I build the Revell 1/8 with this 3 cylindre two-stroke (500cc if I remember correctly) engine when I was a youngster - just glued together, no colour at all... Yours look so real.

[TBC]

Very nice, Lee. Rode them both when I was a younger man. A couple of tank-slapping monsters,

[S. Uehlinger]

Excellent work of a Legendary Bike!