Harry P. Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 This is the 1/9 scale Italeri kit. Paint is Model Master Olive Drab, "leather" holster, seat and saddlebags are a combination of acrylic ocher, Minwax "Dark Walnut" oil stain and "Rosewood" acrylic stain. The windbreaker below the windshield is cut from a piece of fabric and painted with acrylics to look like canvas. The blanket on the rear is cut from the same fabric, but painted green. While the paint was wet I folded it up and formed the wrinkles; when the paint dried it held its shape. The holddown straps are strips of painted masking tape. The strap on the gun is also painted masking tape; the strap attachments are leftover PE pieces from I-don't-remember-where... And at some point after I had everything together the chain broke! I have no idea how to fix it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMc Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Beautiful job..looks real...only fault is the dash should be separate from the tank.....but thats picky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 Beautiful job..looks real...only fault is the dash should be separate from the tank.....but thats picky Actually it is, it's a separate part. It just fits real well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jairus Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 That's pretty nice Harry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highway Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 YOU BUILD!?!? I'm just pulling you're chain, oh wait, I can't do that since it broke! On the serious side, nice job Harry. You could have probably put that in ROM and fooled a few of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ambrose Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Harry, that looks great. Maybe you should put it in a diorama on the side of a road with an annoyed soldier wondering how to fix the chain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagoneer81 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Harry, ol' buddy! I see you finally got my motorcycle finished! I await it's delivery with bated breath... All joking aside, that is a beautiful build of my absolute favorite motorcycle. I actually got a chance to ride one several years ago. They're really a blast to ride, a whole lot of fun... Kick start, foot clutch, hand shift, left-hand control is the spark advance... ohh, yeah, no vacuum advance for the timing on this baby... One had his hands full compared to newer DOT standard control bikes. I wasn't even aware that this kit was available... Thanks for bringing this to my attention and for a wonderful build that brought back some very fond memories! One more kit to add to the 'want list'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kucaba Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 "the strap attachments are leftover PE pieces from I-don't-remember-where..." Do they have a web-site? Nice build & very convincing weathering. I think I'll just build mine mostly stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragline Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Great build Harry. I had this kit at one point and was going to do a post war bobber. I think I sold it in a yard sale. What a shame... Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelmartin Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Harry, you posted "Real or Model" a day early! Seriously, though, if the kit had better spokes on the wheels it would be a good candidate. Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent G Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Very nice! G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt LeBlanc Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 That's a nice one .. textures look really good and lots of detail. Let's see .. 1/9 ...must be almost the length of a 1/25 car ... wow ... it would fit on a shelf! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 That's a nice one .. textures look really good and lots of detail. Let's see .. 1/9 ...must be almost the length of a 1/25 car ... wow ... it would fit on a shelf! It's a little over 9" long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george 53 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 That's ALOT of detail, in that little bit of space! You did a GREAT job on it, Harry! Looks GOOD!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixties Sam Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Beautiful model! Superb detailing. It looks real -could have fooled me in the real or model forum! Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terror Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 another beauty!Lets see some more bikes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Zipper Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 That's the nicest build of that kit I've seen, I built both the WLA and the WLR many years ago. The WLR is the same bike/kit exept it has chrome parts included and no military stuff. I've been lucky and have been able to ride a bike like that a few times, It takes alot of getting used to with the hand shift and foot clutch-the first couple of times I rode it-I kept pulling the left handle bar lever thinking it was the clutch and it's really the front brake !! Besides the dash being a seperate piece-the "Fat Bob" tanks are two seperate tanks--the right side is for engine oil and the left side holds gasoline. Maybe you could tie a piece of thread onto the broken end of the chain and bring the end of the string into the trans sprocket area/ under the sprocket and in front of it, lay the string over the sprocket and the pull the thread down to tighten up the slack--then a drop of super glue to hold it in place ? Every thing looks "spot" on exept there's no puddle of oil under it ?? Here's a shot of a WLA at the Krause WW II museum ( notice the diaper under it)---> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCat Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Harry - That's an AWESOME looking bike. LOVE IT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughn Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Thats pretty darn nice there Harry. Great job ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Neil Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I vote REAL. Nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 I vote REAL. Nice job. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GO-figureit Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 That's a fantastic build you've done - those WLA's a re still just so iconic - great attention to detail and great paint finish, Cheers, Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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