Nolan

Howdy, I’m returning to the hobby after a 50+ year hiatus. I had a minor re-start attempt in the mid ‘90’s, but work, life and the pursuits of other hobbies, eh, you know the story. Fortunately I’m a pack-rat er, hoarder er, collector and I managed to save some of the un-built Harley kits I bought back in the day. I thought they were overpriced back then, YIKES! I nearly put all of them up on Fleabay and retired on the profits! Fortunately (?) I resisted. The advent of affordable 3D printers sparked a renewal of my interest in model building as a quicker and easier method of making custom parts (HAH!!!) than the old scratch building of my long forgotten youth. My main interest is re-creating some of the models of I had built as a teen-ager and re-creating models of the cars and motorcycles I’ve built and owned with a few (OK, a bunch) I’ve cars and Harleys I've wanted to build. Here are a couple of photos of some of my early models. I’ve started several of my projects and finished a couple. I’ll post more detailed threads of these and other projects. My ’60 Ranchero and ’72 Kawasaki 500 Mach III. Loved the Ranchero, it was a sleeper hot rod, loved/hated the 500. It did it’s dead level best to kill me every time I rode it. So what did I do? I made it faster every chance I got. This is a combination of two Hasagawa kits. Since my Murdersaki was a ’72 H1E nobody makes a 1/12th scale kit so I combined a 1971 H1A and a 1979 KH400-A7 for the disc brake front by splicing the sliders, wheel, brake and fender to the ’71 tubes. (note to self, don’t photograph under prismatic fluorescent light covers!) I found a Nagano 1/8th glue bomb on fleabay for a reasonable price, so that and a Nagano 750 will be future builds. I started the Ranchero build but got sidetracked with other builds, hobbies, work, etc. I’ll eventually get back to it. I chopped up a 64 Mustang frame/floorpan to replace the horrific stock piece, built the interior before realizing the kit steering wheel has to be fixed/replaced. I found a resin 300 inch six to match my Ranchero, and got most of the body work done and….sidetracked. I’m planning on building a couple more Rancheros, one mild V8 custom and one gonzo, either Pro-Mod or mid-engine Roadkill Mazdarati style. Another kit I’m working on is a Revell Harley Sportster 1200 to re-create my ’87 Sportster. The Revell kit is, not great, nothing is straight or level and lacks a lot of detail, sooo, 3D printer go! Printed the older style curved fender struts, shortened the shocks, printed a frame jig to get the frame at least somewhat straight. I modeled and printed a Supertrapp exhaust, it will also get an S&S air cleaner, correct handlebars and speedo This is another finished kit, a Testors Harley FXSTS Springer Softail. I’ll post a more detailed thread, but it’s mostly a stock kit, but I couldn’t stand the kit handlebars and the ham can air cleaner so I 3D printed some Flanders #3 bars and an S&S air cleaner. I plan on building a chopped rigid framed version with an extended springer that I modeled off the kit springer. I’m working on modeling a factory Harley springer because the kit springer has some scaling issues. Projects for the future: Each of my four ’67 Camaros, ’74 El Camino, ’73 Vette, ’73 Nova, ’97 Dodge Dakota, two 2000 Dakota R/T’s, the Dakota SRT’s Dodge should have built (one with a Viper engine and one with a Hellcat engine), my ’47 Chevy sedan delivery, a Dodge Dakota based panel wagon, my three ’57 Chevys, my various Shovelhead and Evo Harleys. Plus a couple cars and Harleys I built for other people. Nolan

Awesome! Unlimited burnout box for the RaceMasters leaving the Boat Ramp! LOL! Nolan