Some progress has been made, albeit very slowly.
The first thing I have done is to remove the plating from all the parts except mirror lenses and the lights backing plates.
The kit has you build up the centre stand around the mounting bracket which is part of the frame.
As the two parts are going to be different colours I want to keep them separate and be able to fill the joins on the centre stand halves before painting, so some modification is needed. A tried and tested method i have used before.
The mounting bracket that is part of the frame was cleaned up.
The mounting pins were cut out and a 2mm hole drilled through the mounting flanges. A piece of 2mm brass tube was cut to length and inserted. I can now fit the bracket to the frame and slide the tubing in when the centre stand is ready for fitment.
The ends of the brass tubing will be covered with some hex head rivets eventually.
Next, I wanted to get the frame assembled. I went right through the instructions and found a few brackets that were being added to the frame at later stages and to be painted the same colour. I decided to fit these right from the start, which also allowed me to fill the joining gaps before any painting is done.
4 off those brackets were the engine mounts, I did make sure I could still get the engine in place after the brackets were fitted and all seems okay.
I also installed the support brackets for the battery holder ahead of what the instructions show. The battery holder will still fit through the frame.
The frame and swing arm are all assembled and ready for priming.
There are 14 off moulded in bolt heads for the engine mounts and brackets, these I have drilled out and removed, which will be replaced at a later date with some hex head rivets. Also included were 2 off bolt heads on the rear indicator brackets.
Thanks
Alan…………
