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These look great and was the kind of thing I was attempting.

In other news, found this guy on insta and really taken with his stuff: https://instagram.com/unwantedleg?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

That's interesting, I thought coming in to this that the wash would be the last thing you do, but to apply the wash and then add some base coat back on is interesting. Taking it one model at a time atm, not fussed for building an army, just want to keep improving.

Thanks for that, that's really helpful. Yeah I did a base coat of black before adding the yellow, which I soon realised was a mistake and had to slap the yellow on to get good coverage. Lesson learned on that one.

Only used agrax earthshade and nuln oil, always seem to end up with stains like you can see in the below.

Haha! Great news.

Anyone got any tips for washes? Rather than helping pick out the fine details, I just make my models look like they're covered in shit.

Congrats @zooeyzooey!

I've just started getting back into miniature painting after not touching it since I was a kid. Is this an okay place to ask questions?

Last price drop before it goes on fleabay, which I'd really rather not do.

Chonky price drop as I'm keen to get this shifted. Ta.

Re-opening this back up. I think I over estimated the desirability of this frameset with my original price. I didn't want to take a loss on it and thought about building it up as a pub bike, but I don't fucking drink so that's a stupid idea. I'd rather get what I can back for it.

Picked this up off eBay in summer with the intentions of building up a tight little crit bike, but that's just not for me any more. Everything is straight and true, and generally good condition. There is some tyre rub on the seat tube, a couple of small chips on the chainstay and one of the bottle mounts on the seatstays spins in the frame so will need re-riveting.

Comes with everything you can see in the pics:
Seat clamp
Deda zero 100 seat post
FSA headset
Shimano BB
105 10 speed front mech
Steerer bung + top cap

Also included
Spare mech hanger
Different cable insertion plates (for di2 I think)

Can clear 28c tyres and has about 5cm of steerer left.

£170 £150 £130!

Price includes postage, any questions drop me a line. Cheers, Ewan.

Not what I'm after, but thank you and GLWS.

Can I get a pic of the 120 deda stem please? What you reckon for postage? Ta.

In for wheels updates.

It was - it's sold now. I deleted my comment as I thought I misread it being buy it now, but maybe I didn't with it selling so fast? Someone got a bargain.

Edit - deleted commented. Misread the listing. Will get back in my box.

Right well, the one that was supposed to be easy obviously went tits up. The previous owner of the frame must have ran it 1x di2, as the cable guides for my 2x mechanical set up don't work. The brake bolts from the old frameset don't fit the new frameset, and when I was putting the bottle cage on righty tighty turned into righty loosey. So need to get that sorted!

But! I really like it, it's got more clearance than the old frame which is great at 28s used to run. I think if I go to wider carbon rims I might struggle with 28s, and have to go down to 25s. The cheapo alloy wheels currently on it don't look as gash as I thought they might. So happy to run them till I've got the funds together for something better. And I think it's just going to be much more suited to the kind of riding I enjoy.

Before and after pics below.

As for the kinesis, that'll be much simpler. The frame is currently in a depot in Rotherham. Soon as it arrives it should be a simple case of lifting everything from an existing bike and shifting it over.

BIG UPDATE! Had some trouble with odds and sods not fitting, and needed some small bits. But pretty much everything has arrived and has been fitted. Brakes could do with a bleed, and just waiting on a chain, then I'm rolling. Really happy with how it's turned out, I was worried the rigid forks might look odd on such a slack frame, but I'm really happy with proportions and lines of it. And just swinging a leg over in it's current state I don't feel like a bear riding a tricycle. Excited to get out on it.

Cheer @Jakub96

Bought a groupset from him, exactly as he said it would be, good delivery and bent over backwards to get PayPal going for me. Would buy again.

Ask you a potentially stupid question? Looking at the bike next to my gravel bike, obviously the wheelbase is much longer, but the reach is much shorter. I'm looking at it wondering if it's going to feel like I'm riding with my hands in my lap?

Yours is a good looking build though!

Be interested if you decide you're willing to post. Glws.

Bargain! Glws!

Wheels, tyres and rotors on! (and seat clamp). It is bloody slack.

That looks like a right little rocket ship!

Yeah I was a bit worried about the slackness, and it feeling a bit dead, but it's supposed to be ran with a 30mm stem, which keeps it responsive. And building it as a 29er.

I always felt slightly under-biked on my gravel bike. Felt like I could have more fun on the local bridleways and trails on a MTB, and always felt like I was leaving something on the table on road rides. So thought fuggit, and decided to build up a MTB and road bike to round out the collection.

Found a Cotic Solaris Max on eBay to serve the MTB duties. Having to build that up from scratch as I've never actually owned a MTB before, so had no bits lying around.

Then got a Kinesis Aithein, which I'm transplanting all the running kit over from a donor bike.

The Cotic frame and forks are the first of many, many bits to arrive. In the first instance I'm building it up rigid and using it as a gnarly gravel bike type thing. Partly because this is the kind of riding I like doing, partly to save money.

For the kinesis I want to build it up as a bit of an angry little crit bike. My favourite road rides are 30-40 miles, full gas. So building it up accordingly. Annoyingly, the only wheels I have are some heavy, dead alloy wheels. But wanting some deep carbon wheels before long.

This is all I've got so far, but gonna be a busy couple of weeks I reckon!