Hey guys!

As things seem to be piling up around here, why not add some insult to injury. I bailed early from work on Friday, the back was acting up a little but anyway, I had the time and the kit, so why not! Tamiya's German Motorcycle & Sidecar #32578.

I recently just finished a review for this kit right here on Armorama: https://armorama.kitmaker.net/review/10047

Not sure when this will see the paint but it is on the bench waiting!!!

The Kit:



From what I see, this one is slated for the market in April. Honestly not a bad kit.



With only 47 parts and being a Tammy, things fall together really nice!!



Took just under an hour to get the bike situated



Another 20 minutes or so and the Sidecar was banged out



Nothing better than a quick bang-out job!



The figures were not too bad to assemble. The mold is not the best I have seen on the figs but not the worst either. There are a couple options to depiction too.











There you have it. If you wish to check out the sprue shots and my closer look at the kit itself, stop by the review: https://armorama.kitmaker.net/review/10047

I should try and get this primed up this week at some point and will show some pics as this goes on!!

Thanks for tuning in!!

No P/E spokes?? Are the figures still under-sized? Maybe they're Hitler Jungen! At least maybe now I can toss my Bandai BMW .

Hey Biggle! Yeah, I brought up the spokes being a bit chunky in the review but this still built up to nice little model. The figures look to be up to scale. With any luck I will see how this paints up soon!!

I think the spokes look pretty good considering they are plastic. I've built quite a few of Tamiya's 1/48 kits and none of them have any PE, which is a shame as even just an engine grill here or there would be a big improvement.

I don't usually buy multiples but I may have to pick up a few of these, I'm sure there are plenty of good diorama options.

I was thinking for the scale they did seem to do the trick and you are correct, having one of these to pop into a small dio could really bring things up a notch!!

the whole thing looked quite familliar to me... so I crouched down in the last coner of my stash... and pulled out the 1972 BMW R75 from Tamiya in 1:35... guess why this looked so familliar to me...

So this "new" Set is a real "classic" Tamiya kit, just scaled down. Not bad at all, maybe just a bit simple.
The sprue layout is different though, but apart from the base of the sidecar (2 parts in 1:35, 0ne in 1:48) and the additional 2 figures in the 1:35 version... it´s the same

Pretty good looking little kit, T. I can't wait to see what you do with the plug wires and control cables.

Fabian - Nice find in the stash! Jumping scales I can see how this would get a bit simplified but still a nice offering for the 1/4 scalers I think!

Thanks Bob! Small gauge soldering wire should do the trick when the time comes!!

Hauler will probably go to town on this one with PE and resin!

Good work so far, here is my little build of the R75

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/187631#1569439

Biggles - That would be nice to see. Not everyone needs the add-ons but the option is nice to have!!

Thanks Steven!! Outstanding build you had on the 1/35 version!! Lovely detail throughout!!! Thanks for sharing!!

Well I was able to sneak a little time in the cave tonight so I broke out the AB for a bit...





I will let this dry and plot the next move!!

Thanks for tuning in!!

The figures are impressive for the scale.

I thought they weren't too bad either Darren. Neck is a tad thick on the driver but it all kind of blends when installed!! Hope to get a chance to paint a little today!!

The driver must be a weight lifter. My brother had a neck like that.

"I pick things up and I put them down"!!

Not huge in the way of an update but I was slapping some paint around today...



Hop to start some detailing paint and the figs soon!! Thanks for joining in!!

Ouch!! Looks like Vlad "The Impaler" at work!