FordRodnKustom Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Well it's been a long strange trip for me and this is the one that started it so in the end, I would return here. It would have to be an original issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Tuttle Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 The Ferguson tractor from Heller.....I'm so excited about it right now so I would regret not choosing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Yes, I had to add the back rest too. I used a lightly taller sissy bar as well. My was also a 1982 it looked very much like the one in the photo below when I bought it. It was mundane black like this one. It's a shameful mess right now. It ended up being stored in a shed that had a leaky roof and the paint all blistered off and a lot of the chrome is now rusty. I'm too ashamed to post a photo of the actual bike. Its pretty bad. This is why I'm totally disassembling it and redoing the whole thing. Fortunately then engine itself seems to have made it through without too much cosmetic damage. I'm thinking of painting it yellow, I current have the fuel tank sanded and primer, and the side covers aren't bad since they are plastic. I'm going to do them in bright yellow and leave the Yamaha logo off the tank. Mainly because the original logos are pretty ugly and they seem to be a bit pricey to replace, so I'll just leave them off. I like the simple clean look anyway. By the way, I wish I had a 1941 Indian Sport Scout that Davemodeltech posted out in my garage to rebuild. That would really be cool. But I guess this 82' Virago will have to do as my "antique" restoration project since this is what I have to work with. Ooo! That could be a little bit of a project to transform the Tamiya kit into an '82. The kit is a reproduction of the '84 model. The first year for that style. I believe the frame is not even the same. The tank, fenders, wheels, gauge cluster, lights........pretty much everything was different from the '84. The two bikes share very little in common on the styling side. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Coupe Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 @ Steve, Yes I know you are correct. But for my purposes I thought it might be close enough for an abstract representation.. It's better than having no model to work with at all, unless you know where I can get a model of a 1982 Virago? By the way, since I'm actually rebuilding my 82' I can "bash" it a little too to make it look a little bit more like the model of the '84 For example, I could add the Chrome Air cleaners and horn to the real bike and make it look a little bit more like the '84. But you're right, a lot of details will be different. The tank and side covers are larger on the '82 and the tank doesn't have as much of an angle. Also the front fenders are mounded differently, and the '84 has rear shocks with spring, where the '82 has a hidden mono-shock that can't be seen. Also the '84 you show above has real spokes in the wheels. But the Tamiya kit has the larger aluminum spokes a bit closer to my '82. Except my '82 has curved spokes and the Tamiya model has straight spokes. Yeah, there's a lot of differences in the details. But does anyone make a '82 Virago kit? Anyway I didn't mean to hog this whole thread with my bike project. I just thought this might be a cool idea and the question in this thread inspired the thought. I would much rather use a model of an '82 VIrago if I can find one. But kit bashing the '84 might do in a pinch. It won't be exact, but it will give the general appearance of being a model of the bike. Between "bashing" the kit and "bashing" the real deal during the rebuild I'd probably end up with something pretty close. By the way, just this conversation alone has me thinking of adding the chrome air cleaners and horn to the real bike. I wasn't thinking of doing that originally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitbash1 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 If i could only build one more kit, it would have to be the Entex 1/8th scale M23 McLaren that I have sitting in my stash. It's the one kit that I really don't have room to display because of it's size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARTSMARTY Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 First off best of luck with your health.This question had me thinking a lot.My whole life I've never built anything but cars/trucks and motorcycles.On the car side I couldn't begin to even come up with a list like that-lol..But on the bike side about 30 years ago I bought a revell Triumph drag bike-a hard to find rare kit.The box is gone but I have everything in a giant bag.Every few months I say I'm finally gonna start on it but 30 years later and I haven't done anything-lol.But progress has been made-I got it out of the basement and brought it upstairs.I,m fixing up a new model room and now it's on the 3rd floor.At least it's moving up-lol-soon I do plan on starting on it.Also several months ago in a trade another guy got me an original revell Triumph tiger club 100.That's in line too-lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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