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Merlin707 wrote:Great job on them hotte, really look the part.

Many thanks, Merlin.

SovereignZuul wrote:Excellent home-brew late fenders! They look great on the tank.

Question: What is that big white block with all the holes in it? Some kind of kiln plate?

Many thanks SouvereignZuul.
To your question: The big white block with his many holes is a ceramic soldering plate - this tool is high temperature resistant til 3000° C. Thereby can you use it not only for soldering, but also if you work with a gas flame.
The dimensions are 150 mm x 100 mm x 22 mm, the holes have a diameter of 2.6 mm, but the plate is also available with smaller holes.

DavidByrden wrote:

hotte8487 wrote: I’ve built both fenders with the same orientation (i.e. no left and right version).
That I've seen at photos, although drawings of the tiger show often a left and right version - each the larger cutout to the outside.

Yes, that's correct. Plenty of drawings, model kits and upgrade sets get it wrong.

David

Thank you David.
Some people make it very easy for us to make mistakes.

Those rear mud flaps are indeed a hell of a thing Mr Hotte
Will they flip up fairly easily when running ?
Be a real shame to have them get caught up when running your Tiger & damaged or worse

HERMAN BIX wrote:Those rear mud flaps are indeed a hell of a thing Mr Hotte
Will they flip up fairly easily when running ?
Be a real shame to have them get caught up when running your Tiger & damaged or worse

Hello Mr. Bix,

thank you for your kind words.
But no fear Mr. Bix, the previous fender version was in the same type and was thoroughly tested - there are no problems occurred. And I can reassure you, that my rear fenders work easily.

Mr. Hotte,
How much for a pair for to fit a Taigen Tiger 1? My hands do not allow a great deal of "small and fiddly" but I love the look of these and would like to replace the basic metal rear fenders on my Tiger build. If you have a site, a link please?
regards,
Painless

Those are amazing fenders. Such craftmanship~ I can only look upon your work and despair that - when painted - nobody but the most gearheaded of rivetcounters is going to really appreciate the difference - and yourself ofcourse, knowing what went in to making them.

Lert wrote:Those are amazing fenders. Such craftmanship~ I can only look upon your work and despair that - when painted - nobody but the most gearheaded of rivetcounters is going to really appreciate the difference - and yourself ofcourse, knowing what went in to making them.

Hello Lert,

thank you very much. You're right - many of our craftsmanship will later covered with paint and so it is difficult to see for somebody who is standing outside, how much work you have had with it.
But so it is, our models are only finished, when they've received their paint. But we ourselves (we modelers) have a feeling for and the knowledge about our work.
It is each time a good feeling, if you can give somebody a hint or somebody receive through your work an idea for his own model. So can we learn from each other.

PainlessWolf wrote:Mr. Hotte,
How much for a pair for to fit a Taigen Tiger 1? My hands do not allow a great deal of "small and fiddly" but I love the look of these and would like to replace the basic metal rear fenders on my Tiger build. If you have a site, a link please?
regards,
Painless

Hello Painless,

thank you very much for your kindly words, but at the moment I'm busy with some projects and can't help you fast. I'm sorry.

hotte8487 wrote:

Lert wrote:Those are amazing fenders. Such craftmanship~ I can only look upon your work and despair that - when painted - nobody but the most gearheaded of rivetcounters is going to really appreciate the difference - and yourself ofcourse, knowing what went in to making them.

Hello Lert,

thank you very much. You're right - many of our craftsmanship will later covered with paint and so it is difficult to see for somebody who is standing outside, how much work you have had with it.
But so it is, our models are only finished, when they've received their paint. But we ourselves (we modelers) have a feeling for and the knowledge about our work.
It is each time a good feeling, if you can give somebody a hint or somebody receive through your work an idea for his own model. So can we learn from each other.

Well said Hotte.... through admiration comes Inspiration... and that's what sharing is all about
As no one really needs to copy someone elses build in it's entirety ....but seeing something like your build...does lend itself the the borrowing of techniques
that can only add to the creation of something close...and still satisfying to it's owner
ALPHA