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Ok, part three and this will be all for now as this shows the limit of how far I have gotten.
I will continue to add to this thread as things progress - I promise : )

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The above four pics are of the engine mated to the frame. You can see the foot pegs, kick stand and the battery box - I hand painted the battery box using flat black per Tamiya's guide.
I also painted the top collar on the handle bar tube (I forget what this part/ area is actually called)
My macro photo skills are still "in progress" so please forgive me for the blurry pics.

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This picture and the ones below show where I am currently on the build.
The primary changes over the previous pics are that I have added the exhaust (the nighbors have thanked me). The exhaust consists of the header pipe, the muffler, the tail pipe and the burn scar preventer (heat shield).
You cant see the muffler as it is under the heat shield.
Everything fit together very well. The mounting points are all large and solid, so scraping the plating is fairly simple to do with out damaging locator pins and what-not.

The only beef I have is the plating on the header was sub-par. Its hard to see, but in the picture above, there is a heat sheild molded as part of the header that has small cooling holes in it. But the plating was very mottled on the heat shield which oblitereated the holes.

Instead of requesting a new part from Tamiya, I instead sanded off the chrome and cleaned the holes and painted the heat shield on the header pipe semi-gloss black. This would be the color for the standard Gorilla - although this kit's version would have been plated. all is good, no one's gonna notice.

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The left side of the frame and engine. Here you can see where I have installed the rear wheel trailing arms. That was tricky, it consists of three parts; the two side pieces and a single cross bar that is the only thing holding the two arms together. Then the whole assembly mounts to the frame with pins.
I used the Tamiya thick glue (orange cap) which allowed me a few minutes of working time to get the arms aligned. This is one case where one has to be very careful in removing the plating from the glue surfaces as there is only a small pin on each end of the cross bar that fits into corresponding holes on the trailing arms. So this has to be a good joint or the entire thing could crumble.
Instructions were very clear on this step and all the parts fit well, its just one of those tricky steps that models will have from time to time.

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The tubing installed so far is for the plug wire going from the coil under the seat area to the spark plug (Tamiya gave a very realistic looking spark plug boot which can be seen in picture 5 above or any picture of the right side of the engine).
Also the clutch cable going from the case to no-where right now and there are two fuel lines. One looks like it goes to the tank, not sure where the other one goes to yet.

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Here is the rear fender and another view of the rear wheel trailing arms. The rear fender was super easy to install, lots or areas for glue contact so it should be staying in place for a long time.

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Thats all for now. I have some house projects to work on while the weather is frightful (granddaughters like to watch Disney's Frozen, now I tell them to go outside and look for Elsa in that winter wonderland in our backyard) And I do still go to work during the day - have to pay for this model habit some way or other - so I dont expect to get back to this build for at least the next week or so.

Thanks for looking!

<blockquote data-quote="beefychicken" data-source="post: 244891" data-attributes="member: 22087">Ok, part three and this will be all for now as this shows the limit of how far I have gotten.I will continue to add to this thread as things progress - I promise : )[ATTACH=full]135073[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]135074[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]135075[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]135076[/ATTACH]The above four pics are of the engine mated to the frame.&nbsp;&nbsp; You can see the foot pegs, kick stand and the battery box - I hand painted the battery box using flat black per Tamiya&#039;s guide.I also painted the top collar on the handle bar tube (I forget what this part/ area is actually called)My macro photo skills are still &quot;in progress&quot; so please forgive me for the blurry pics. [ATTACH=full]135077[/ATTACH]This picture and the ones below show where I am currently on the build.The primary changes over the previous pics are that I have added the exhaust (the nighbors have thanked me). The exhaust consists of the header pipe, the muffler, the tail pipe and the burn scar preventer (heat shield). You cant see the muffler as it is under the heat shield. Everything fit together very well. The mounting points are all large and solid, so scraping the plating is fairly simple to do with out damaging locator pins and what-not.The only beef I have is the plating on the header was sub-par.&nbsp; Its hard to see, but in the picture above, there is a heat sheild molded as part of the header that has small cooling holes in it.&nbsp; But the plating was very mottled on the heat shield which oblitereated the holes. Instead of requesting a new part from Tamiya, I instead sanded off the chrome and cleaned the holes and painted the heat shield on the header pipe semi-gloss black.&nbsp; This would be the color for the standard Gorilla - although this kit&#039;s version would have been plated.&nbsp; all is good, no one&#039;s gonna notice.[ATTACH=full]135078[/ATTACH]The left side of the frame and engine.&nbsp; Here you can see where I have installed the rear wheel trailing arms.&nbsp; That was tricky, it consists of three parts; the two side pieces and a single cross bar that is the only thing holding the two arms together.&nbsp; Then the whole assembly mounts to the frame with pins. I used the Tamiya thick glue (orange cap) which allowed me a few minutes of working time to get the arms aligned.&nbsp; This is one case where one has to be very careful in removing the plating from the glue surfaces as there is only a small pin on each end of the cross bar that fits into corresponding holes on the trailing arms.&nbsp; So this has to be a good joint or the entire thing could crumble. Instructions were very clear on this step and all the parts fit well, its just one of those tricky steps that models will have from time to time.[ATTACH=full]135079[/ATTACH]The tubing installed so far is for the plug wire going from the coil under the seat area to the spark plug (Tamiya gave a very realistic looking spark plug boot which can be seen in picture 5 above or any&nbsp; picture of the right side of the engine).Also the clutch cable going from the case to no-where right now and there are two fuel lines.&nbsp; One looks like it goes to the tank, not sure where the other one goes to yet.[ATTACH=full]135080[/ATTACH]Here is the rear fender and another view of the rear wheel trailing arms.&nbsp; The rear fender was super easy to install, lots or areas for glue contact so it should be staying in place for a long time.[ATTACH=full]135081[/ATTACH]Thats all for now.&nbsp; I have some house projects to work on while the weather is frightful (granddaughters like to watch Disney&#039;s Frozen, now I tell them to go outside and look for Elsa in that winter wonderland in our backyard)&nbsp; And I do still go to work during the day - have to pay for this model habit some way or other - so I dont expect to get back to this build for at least the next week or so.Thanks for looking!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="beefychicken, post: 244891, member: 22087"] Ok, part three and this will be all for now as this shows the limit of how far I have gotten. I will continue to add to this thread as things progress - I promise : ) [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC01919-640x480.JPG"]135073[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC01920-640x480.JPG"]135074[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC01921-640x480.JPG"]135075[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC01922-640x480.JPG"]135076[/ATTACH] The above four pics are of the engine mated to the frame. You can see the foot pegs, kick stand and the battery box - I hand painted the battery box using flat black per Tamiya's guide. I also painted the top collar on the handle bar tube (I forget what this part/ area is actually called) My macro photo skills are still "in progress" so please forgive me for the blurry pics. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC01923-640x480.JPG"]135077[/ATTACH] This picture and the ones below show where I am currently on the build. The primary changes over the previous pics are that I have added the exhaust (the nighbors have thanked me). The exhaust consists of the header pipe, the muffler, the tail pipe and the burn scar preventer (heat shield). You cant see the muffler as it is under the heat shield. Everything fit together very well. The mounting points are all large and solid, so scraping the plating is fairly simple to do with out damaging locator pins and what-not. The only beef I have is the plating on the header was sub-par. Its hard to see, but in the picture above, there is a heat sheild molded as part of the header that has small cooling holes in it. But the plating was very mottled on the heat shield which oblitereated the holes. Instead of requesting a new part from Tamiya, I instead sanded off the chrome and cleaned the holes and painted the heat shield on the header pipe semi-gloss black. This would be the color for the standard Gorilla - although this kit's version would have been plated. all is good, no one's gonna notice. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC01925-640x480.JPG"]135078[/ATTACH] The left side of the frame and engine. Here you can see where I have installed the rear wheel trailing arms. That was tricky, it consists of three parts; the two side pieces and a single cross bar that is the only thing holding the two arms together. Then the whole assembly mounts to the frame with pins. I used the Tamiya thick glue (orange cap) which allowed me a few minutes of working time to get the arms aligned. This is one case where one has to be very careful in removing the plating from the glue surfaces as there is only a small pin on each end of the cross bar that fits into corresponding holes on the trailing arms. So this has to be a good joint or the entire thing could crumble. Instructions were very clear on this step and all the parts fit well, its just one of those tricky steps that models will have from time to time. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC01926-640x480.JPG"]135079[/ATTACH] The tubing installed so far is for the plug wire going from the coil under the seat area to the spark plug (Tamiya gave a very realistic looking spark plug boot which can be seen in picture 5 above or any picture of the right side of the engine). Also the clutch cable going from the case to no-where right now and there are two fuel lines. One looks like it goes to the tank, not sure where the other one goes to yet. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC01927-640x480.JPG"]135080[/ATTACH] Here is the rear fender and another view of the rear wheel trailing arms. The rear fender was super easy to install, lots or areas for glue contact so it should be staying in place for a long time. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC01928-640x480.JPG"]135081[/ATTACH] Thats all for now. I have some house projects to work on while the weather is frightful (granddaughters like to watch Disney's Frozen, now I tell them to go outside and look for Elsa in that winter wonderland in our backyard) And I do still go to work during the day - have to pay for this model habit some way or other - so I dont expect to get back to this build for at least the next week or so. Thanks for looking! [/QUOTE]

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