Aoshima HONDA CB750 WILD 7 HIBA
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*Index
0:00 Prologue
01:40 3D modeling
04:28 Engine
08:28 Carburetor
11:21 Frame
13:17 Wheel Chain
17:20 Electrical Equipment
19:50 Oil hose, brake switch, pedal
20:55 Motorcycle stand
21:46 Exhaust
22:47 Front suspension, Disk Brake
24:12 Fender, Motorcycle mirror
26:04 Fuel tank
26:28 Wild 7 Equipment
29:16 WILD 7 HIBA
35:03 Complete Photo
Aoshima HONDA CB750 WILD 7 HIBA
This motorcycle is ridden by Hiba in the Japanese manga, Wild 7.
Wild 7 is a Japanese manga written by Mikiya Mochizuki in 1969, the same year the CB750K0 was born.
Aoshima sold a Wild 7 motorcycle model in 1972.
In 2023, Aoshima released a new CB750, but a year later, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Aoshima's founding, they released the CB750 version ridden by Hiba.
About Wild 7
Wild 7 is a perfect manga that has been sequeled many times and made into a TV drama, a movie, and an anime.
The 1972 TV drama The Wild Seven excited not only fans of the original work, but also motorcycle and model gun enthusiasts.
The opening scene of the drama shows Thompson, Government and Sten guns scattering cartridges.
The model guns were made by MGC, and the motorcycle was a Suzuki.
A year earlier, in 1971, Kamen Rider was produced and became a huge hit.
The TV adaptation of Wild 7 featured a different Black Spider as an opposing organization, which may have been influenced by Kamen Rider's Shocker.
Also, while the original Wild 7 features a heroine named Yuki, she does not appear in the TV drama, and Yuki in the movie has a character setting that is far removed from that of the original.
This is the biggest disappointment.
Heroines in Japanese anime include
Fujiko Mine in Lupin III, Françoise in Cyborg 009, and Yuki in Wild 7.
I think the impression of both the TV drama and the movie would have been completely different if Yuki, who was faithful to the original, had appeared.
Making
I used the comics, Wild 7 Fan Book and illustration collection as references when making the model.
The base is the CB750F K0 released last year, with the additions of a lift jet, a seat equipped with a magnetic anchor thrower, a low-profile stop lamp for firing it, and a movable leg shield for running on the water like water skiing.
The kit also includes a Colt Woodsman, a Remington M31 shotgun and a helmet, and the helmet is designed to be completely faithful to the original, and the Woodsman in particular has a custom short barrel modeled on it.
The gun carried by the flashy protagonist of Wild 7 is not a magnum, but a .22 caliber Woodsman for competitions, and a Woodsman that has been modified to have a short barrel, so I think author Mochizuki Mikiya must be quite a gun fanatic.
Painting
1969 was also the year that Japan's police motorcycle safety driving competitions began, and naturally, the Honda CB750F also appeared as a police motorcycle.
As Wild 7's parent organization is the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, the motorcycle is in police motorcycle colors.
However, it's not clear whether the front wheel fender is white or chrome plated, as some illustrations show the headlights reflecting in the fender.
I painted it with the same white as the police motorcycles.
Otherwise, I painted nicely without much weathering.
Wheels
The spokes are a three-dimensional design that Aoshima put their heart and soul into.
I shaved down the spokes of the front wheel to make them thinner before assembling it, and replaced the spokes of the rear wheel, but after weighing up appearance against the effort, this kit does not require spoke replacement.
Wild 7 Hiba
Sculpted with wire and Sculpey.
The face can be hidden by the helmet (although it is not designed for a figure's head) and goggles, so it was relatively easy to make by just making the nose and mouth.
This costume, with its white scarf, can also be said to be an homage to the uniforms worn by police motorcycle officers at the time.
The pose has him holding a Colt Woodsman, and he is posed so that he would not look out of place whether he is straddling the motorcycle or getting off it.
Thank you all of you!