Darren B

Thank you.

so true!!!

Carl, yes I used the Testors decal paper. I printed it like 6 years ago and was giving me fits getting it to lay down smoothly even with the decal setting solution I used.

Thank you.

scratch building some spark plugs.... and working on a layout for where to put these....

what i am planning for the cables on the bike. still trying to figure out what and where to put the barbed wire...

Thank you, I will be adding more soon I only have about a month to get this thing done for a contest.

I finished the seat suspension, and now on to the engine....

Thank you Carl. I am having to cut my ideas around this themed build only because I have till the 7th of august to have this done,, so its a huge challenge for me to actually finish a build and not take two years or so to do it. It is good that it is a chopper, less to build but still overwhelming based on the time frame.

A little surprise for under the tank, I have seen this done before on a certain chopper that was built not to long ago called the peep show, on the bottom of the tank was some images that were not PC correct for the top of the tank so decided to do this one on this chopper but not tell anyone at the contest, just sit back and see if they look that closely at the build!!!

and got the seat suspension done, now to install on the bike...

Not much of an update with 49 days to go but got the main decal on the gas tank....

Gator, thank you, nothing I hate more is a seam down the middle on any parts but its almost clean to start color. On the mans ruin I have two, the stripper truck and the mans ruin chopper for my local model car club. its the Albuquerque model car club, we have a website but doesn't really show much, except some displays from the New Mexico State Fair here's the link. Albuquerque Model Car Club . The stripper truck has been stalled as well due to only having under 2 months to go to get the bike done.

Carburetor ready for plumbing....

I have not forgotten about this build. been side tracked a bit with the mans ruin chopper build for my local mcc. I have been cleaning up parts for the freaky tiki and am getting happy with the seam clean up on the tiki trike. Almost there on this piece....

I have decided the color of this build. It should go good with all the accessories that I have picked for the build...

Trying my hand at emulating engraving, may or may not put on belt cover....

More to come soon, I only have till the 7th of august to have this finished as that is the meeting day and date of the contest. I am pushing my self to have all of the fabrication done by july 1st and get into paint right after that date. I am pushing my self to have it done by that date as I usually take up to two years to finish a build this will be a challenge to be in the club meeting with the finished project.

A while back i messed up the mounting tab that held the seat on the bike I had the seat in the frame as a mock up then when I was adding super glue to hide a joint seam some of that glue got into the tab and had glued the seat to the frame. When I removed the seat of course i broke off that tab, so now i am fabricating a mounting system with springs for the seat....

air cleaner, what is not pictured is the carb that i found in my parts box of old train stuff that will be under the air cleaner.

just a quick mock up to make sure the keg will fit with the pipes which are an extra set as the ones going on the bike are being worked on to get rid of mold lines, open up the exhaust holes more and filling in the backs of the pipes where the factory saves plastic. But a good fit non the less....

Thank you John.

using this for the oil can, was going to use a wine bottle for a doll house accessory but figured this would be more manly for a chopper. Just had to cut it to make if fit over the chain guard....

Thank you Rob.

decided to open up the sprocket for more realism and add a doo dad to the axle area.....