395 - A Disappointing Purchase

To revamp my Wild One with in mind the improve of its durability, some weeks ago, I’ve bought the GMade crossmember for the front shock towers.

In other occasisons I’ve built this kind of parts from scratch but, this time, I decide to go for an aftermarket item.

This GMade reinforcing brace looks like a nice piece of alluminum and I was convinced that it was minded to be a direct fit but unfortunately I realized that it need some extra millimeters to fit between the Wild One shock towers. It’s disappointing, not scaring for a modeller but, IMO, an advice that it needs some extras to be completed could be included/printed somewhere.

Surfing the Web, as result of a simple Google search I’ve found that someone used the same parts with in addition some spacers so, to complete my Wild One revamping, I will look for something usefull to do the job in my spares boxes.

394 - I Did It Again!

The head banner of this blog have been updated… again!

I really love graphics inspirated by the californian bmx/skate/punk scene they feel so “energetic” in some way but my heart beats hard for something different and it depends by my background of course.

With this new graphic I've made an attempt to be closer to classic racing cars appeal that are my soft spot from when I was a teenager: I love the clean and sharp looking of some old motorsport sponsors plate or banner and the patches on racers suits so, here the result, not definitive... for sure. 

393 - A Step Ahead For The BBX And The Other For The Wild One

Finally the BBX driver figure have been finished with a coat of flat clear Tamiya TS-80 and with its driver's head.

The TS-80 did a god work giving to the figure a matt finishing that is expected by the driver's suit and by the seat belt but, on the other hand, it makes evident the imperfections due the use of water based markers to paint the driver's body... that's fine, my other attempts were far worse and the most important target to well define the white parts from the black ones have been reached. Its head also have been painted, with some smears of course, but it's ok overall.

I wanted to make a try to upgrade the Dirt Tuned motor destinated to my revamped Wild One with a pair of ball bearing in place of the bronze bushings but I've realized that open it is not a quick and clean work as I expected... so I give up to avoid damages to the endbell or to the can.