The exhaust was a pleasant surprise – the silencer is one piece except for the very tip which is made up of 2 parts. I don’t usually have a whole lot of spare time for modeling so I try to streamline the build to save time! If you choose to re-chrome the parts, the planning will help identify what needs to be stripped up front so you get that soaking on your favorite “de-chroming solution” while you prepare the tank and fenders. Nothing complex, but this is where most of the attention is in a motorcycle kit so the seam has to be flawless…. The tank will require special attention since it is made of 2 parts and will need to be glued together and the seam filled and sanded smooth to look good. Painting instructions are called out thru the build, but my advice is for you to plan what color you want the bike to be (tank and fenders at least) and decide what will be chrome so you get to do some tasks in parallel while paint cures or the chrome is being removed. The instructions are detailed enough to get you from beginning to end without a problem, but only the actual build will confirm that. If you are rough or careless with the parts and you want chrome at the end, you will be stuck stripping and repainting most of the chrome! And there is more! You also get to build a “pocket bike”, if you wish! The pocket bike is a mini chopper and looks like a very, very simple build with only a handful of parts.Īs I inspected each sprue and browsed the instructions, here are my thoughts….There is a huge amount of chrome parts in this kit! If you are careful removing the parts from the sprues and gentle with the clean up you will likely take advantage of the chrome already there. This is a very cool kit as it allows you to build the Wild Chopper with a mag wheel on the back and either a mag or spoked wheel on the front. On to the kit! We have 10 sprues: one sprue of clear parts, 3 chrome, 3 blue, 2 black and 1 gray. Just a little extra for the hobby room wall! Remove the cardboard poster and you see plastic bags containing 10 styrene sprues, instructions Sheet (in Japanese and English) and a small decal sheet with speedometer gauges and some pin striping. Upon opening the box you get greeted by 12x8 inches cardboard color poster of the 2011 Vibes Fox Girls. Will look great out of the box or can be a starting point for a super detail project if you feel like it. This is a typical Aoshima kit with plenty of detail and options. This is the Aoshima V-Twin Wild Chopper 1/12 scale motorcycle.
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