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Kawasaki KZ1000P
Topic Started: Mar 1 2016, 12:44 AM (522 Views)
beowulf
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Lt. Paul 'Red Dog' Rose
Aoshima 1/12th scale Kawasaki KZ1000P Police bike.......to be precise a bike of the Los Angeles Police Department California Highway Patrol

for a bit of history Kawasaki made variants of this bike from 1977 til 2005

the early one had just a glass screen (any one remember 'Jon and Ponch in CHiPs on tv in late 70s/early 80s?).....this is the later post 1982 version with the fairing

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ive never done an Aoshima bike kit before and im quite impressed/worried by the amount of parts.........the box really is chokka full of sprues!

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and the real deal..........

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Olde Farte
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Lt. Derek 'Smurfy' Reeve
That is a nice kit and review, now get on a build it.
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beowulf
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Lt. Paul 'Red Dog' Rose
easier said than done lol.....some of us work crappy shifts that get in the way of making models :whistle
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Lt. Derek 'Smurfy' Reeve
I also worked crappy shifts mainly 03.45 starts to open a bus garage so do understand and will leave you in peace. :boohoo :whistle
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beowulf
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Lt. Paul 'Red Dog' Rose
im on late shifts this week......in theory i have all morning free, but i just can never get any enthusiasm .........looking forward to the weekend so i can crack on with it
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"BEAVER"
:pop
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beowulf
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finally made a start on glueing bits together!! motor is done

my way of building bikes means it 90% painted, just needs assembling

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Have seen many of these up close and personal as I travel to Cali several times a year. Nice looking ride but like the CHP's Chargers better. NHP has good looking bikes as well but hard to beat the CHiPies color scheme.
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Lt. Derek 'Smurfy' Reeve
Looks very good and most realistic in clean state.

Now Doug for the sake of us poor Brits could you explain your acronyms please. :WHIP :whistle :grin:
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kpnuts
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Nice start, I have never done a aoshima kit either, what's the fit like.
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beowulf
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Lt. Paul 'Red Dog' Rose
its not bad so far, bit of flash here and there but nothing major....i will let you know as it progresses


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making some progress........but the decals are some of the worst ive ever used!! very thin!

they break quite easily......the first one i put on was a large one on the tank and it virtually disolved when i put some microsol on it!!...had to improvise with something from the spares box
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beowulf
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hope to make some rapid progress now all the fiddly painting is done

engine is in the frame

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:like
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Agent of Shield
Can hear the chips theme. Very clean
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Lt Paddy 'Chancer' Boyle
That looks the business.
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