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Amazingly detailed motorbike model

12 points by czcar 17y ago

ram1024 17y ago
heh. i started shaking my head in disbelief at the part where you have to hammer together the rivets to create your own drive chain... tamiya models are great, i guess the accent kits you can buy from 3rd parties go way over the top. i wouldn't have the ability to put that shit together even if paid
tudorachim 17y ago
Are there supposed to be pictures on this page? None load for me.
- czcar 17y ago
  there is meant to be a massive amount of images on the page, just a really interesting hobby, that i would in no way have the patience for, but thought others might appreciate the dedication involved
  - thristian 17y ago
    I for one was amazed at the dedication involved. Also, I never realised what complex and detailed materials and extensions are available for dedicated model-makers, like all the pressed-metal replacement parts for the basic plastic model kit.
sh1mmer 17y ago
I didn't find this particularly interesting, personally. It is a detailed model kit, but there wasn't anything novel that sparked my interest. All commentary is in Japanese so that didn't help me, a non Japanese speaker, either.
- megaduck 17y ago
  To each their own. Personally, I found it fascinating. As a programmer, I've got a lot of respect for the obsessive attention to detail, as well as the time consumed. :) Constructing software is a lot like building that model. You break the problem down into a million tiny little pieces, and then you meticulously craft and polish each piece as you fit them together. Sometimes you labor for hours (or days) on pieces that people will never see, like the blue on those exhaust pipes. At the end of the project, you've got something that you can appreciate and show off. Maybe it's useful, maybe it's just beautiful, but either way it's yours because you built it. Props to the model builder, and thanks to the guy that put this on HN. It injected a little bit of awesome into my day.
santacruz 17y ago
I didn't find this particularly interesting, personally. What it has to do with Internet at all?

12 points by czcar 17y ago

heh. i started shaking my head in disbelief at the part where you have to hammer together the rivets to create your own drive chain... tamiya models are great, i guess the accent kits you can buy from 3rd parties go way over the top. i wouldn't have the ability to put that shit together even if paid

tudorachim 17y ago

Are there supposed to be pictures on this page? None load for me.

czcar 17y ago
there is meant to be a massive amount of images on the page, just a really interesting hobby, that i would in no way have the patience for, but thought others might appreciate the dedication involved
- thristian 17y ago
  I for one was amazed at the dedication involved. Also, I never realised what complex and detailed materials and extensions are available for dedicated model-makers, like all the pressed-metal replacement parts for the basic plastic model kit.

sh1mmer 17y ago

I didn't find this particularly interesting, personally. It is a detailed model kit, but there wasn't anything novel that sparked my interest. All commentary is in Japanese so that didn't help me, a non Japanese speaker, either.

megaduck 17y ago
To each their own. Personally, I found it fascinating. As a programmer, I've got a lot of respect for the obsessive attention to detail, as well as the time consumed. :) Constructing software is a lot like building that model. You break the problem down into a million tiny little pieces, and then you meticulously craft and polish each piece as you fit them together. Sometimes you labor for hours (or days) on pieces that people will never see, like the blue on those exhaust pipes. At the end of the project, you've got something that you can appreciate and show off. Maybe it's useful, maybe it's just beautiful, but either way it's yours because you built it. Props to the model builder, and thanks to the guy that put this on HN. It injected a little bit of awesome into my day.

santacruz 17y ago

I didn't find this particularly interesting, personally. What it has to do with Internet at all?