Cool Hand

Thanks fella's, Glad the how-to will help some of you. Dont you know it will have a L.C.C decal some where. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert: Not much to report progress wise. Have applied primer on a majority of the components,just waiting for that to dry then il be back to making some more progress. Look foward to seeing your Kenworth build.

Spectacular,flawless execution.

Killa paint job Doc

Yep,they sure are Jim. I try to build a couple or more each year.As its good to have a break from the cars every now and then.

I thought I had already posted a topic of this build before.But I guess not. I know ive put pics up in other thread topics. Anyways seeing as there is a few chopper threads,thought some of you fella's might enjoy this one.(Has been posted on other forums,so I apologize if you have seen it before) A list of things done to build the bike. Below is scratch made parts/components; Frame. Bottom triple clamp and forks (made from aluminum tube with Knead-it epoxy putty on the ends shaped to a point). Handle bars (2.4 aluminum rod). Rear brake caliper (covered with bmf). Gear shift linkage (craft wire, aluminum tube and .9 aluminum sheet). Number plate mount and brake light. Primary cover plate, covered with bmf with skull from RM chopper kit primary cover. Seat (made from Knead-it epoxy putty). Below is Modified Parts Fuel tank (from cheapo diecast sectioned and shaped). Oil tank (from RM kit sectioned to make width smaller). Re-shaped fenders (from Rm wicked chopper Kit) made new mounts. Slash cut exhaust (Rm aces wild kit). Stretched primary drive(from Rm kit). Below is other detail's Fuel line, throttle cable,front brake cable, clutch cable, rear brake hard line, battery cables, oil lines ,spark plug leads. drilled out rear sprocket and disc brakes (RM kit). Fuel cap from spare parts (covered with bmf). Rims from RM aces wild kit. Paint; Tamiya Ts-76 mica silver base top coated with Ts-65 pearl clear and Ts-13 clear.

Looks good Jim. Nice colour for sure and really like all the custom work you done,in particular like how you inset the tail-lights into the rear fender.

Good start,look forward to seeing more of this build.

Gotta love the Impala's. As always mate, built cleanly and well detailed.

Nice build mate

Continued. Work out how much ground clearance is required,i chose 6mm. Find some sort of flat material that matches the ground clearance mesurement ,and use this a guide and mark the bottom of the guard/fender.I used two pieces of 3mm acrylic. Mark around all the edges.Then cut off with a razor saw Well there you go thats how I made the guard/fenders. Final step is de-burr and round off edges and sand all surfaces with 400 grit and they are ready for a coat of scratch filler primer. Well hope that helps,probly many other better ways to make them.But this is how and what worked for me with the materials,tools and minimal skills I have.

Continued. Reposition the side against the back and push the pieces together, clamp and glue. Once glue has set up repeat for the other side. When fully made, run a bead of glue over all the joins inside and out.Allow glue to set. Looks rough with all the glue on the outside.Next step will fix that up. With 320 grit and a coarse sanding stick,sand and blend all the outside joins smooth.Try not to remove lines when sanding. Using a dremel with a sanding drum attached grind out the inner shape of the guard/fender. And remove excess material on the sides.

Continued. Using ca glue run a good bead around where the pieces join.Allow time for the glue to set. Flip it over and repeat the previous steps,dont forget to make sure the lines are on the outside. Postion the other side pieces ,but only glue them to the edge of the radius piece.Allow glue to set.

Continued. Cut some more 1mm styrene to the width dimension's and the length of sides with a few extra mm added.Sorry didnt get a pic of this but the following pics will explain. Overview of components Scuff the inside edges of the top radius piece with a coarse sanding stick or 320 grit,this will help the ca glue adhere better. Set up a jig simular to this. Postion the radius piece against the back,postion the other piece with lines facing down and clamp it.Measure both sides making sure they are equal.

Continued. Transfer the drawn dimension's from the cardboard/paper to some 1mm styrene sheet x4 Cut out,shape the top radius and sand a small bevel/angle(hard to see in the pics) around the radius and side edges. Mark the centre seam on the container. Using a razor saw cut the top portion off using the lip as a cutting guide. Add 4mm to the width measured from the tyres earlier and set a compass to that measurement.Using the top of container as a guide scribe around it. Using caution and go easy as the container will break if too much pressure is applied. Cut the width first then cut along the seams.

Here you go Brandan and others,so much for a short how-to. Apologize in advance for it being so long,just wanted to show each step clearly and hopefully its easy to understand. Anyways this how I made the rear fender/guards. Start by measuring the tyres diameter and width. Find a suitable container that is simular in diameter to the tyre and has a seam going down the centre on both sides. On a piece of paper or cardboard,with a compass draw the tyre diameter,then add 2mm and draw the outside shape of the guard/fender. Subtract 4mm on the compass setting and draw in the inner lip.

Thanks Michael. "Sassy"

Yet another fan of your works in progress John. Its a real treat to watch each and everyone of your builds from start to completion,the amount of work and the high level of detail is very impressive.

No trailer planned at this stage as I dont have any in my kit stash.But if I was going to hook up a trailer I think a car carrier would be the go. With that being said ,il make the cover removable just in case I do get a trailer sometime in the future. Yep, Christian is an amazing builder for sure.He's got some serious fab skills. What I find impressive about his truck builds is most if not all are spot on replica's of 1:1's

Thanks for the comments fella's much appreciated. Well for me it is, as I havent built a truck before .And not doing it box stock kinda makes it a bit challenging doing some of the custom work and mods.

Wow! What can I say that hasnt been already said. This is one of the best (1:24/1:25 ?) scratch builds I have ever seen.The amount of detail is incredible. And whats makes it even better, its an Aussie car being built by a South Aussie. Your a legend Shawn.

Another small update. Made a turntable cover Made some new steps/battery box's Inlaid the checker/diamond/tread plate for a cleaner look. Checker/diamond/tread plate that was used.

Decision has been made with the paint fella's,Tamiya TS-14 gloss black. Cheers for the suggestions though. Yep Dave that forum is where I discovered and view Christians builds. See he posted up a scale truck show of his own work.Christian's truck show

Cheers for the showing this build in full sunlight Doc and as I was expecting it sure'ly does bling and colour shift.

Some very impressive scale engineering and craftsmanship going on into your build Dave. Here I was thinking the mods and custom work im doing my Peterbilt was challenging,but you mate are on a whole other level when it comes to a challenge and executing it with some serious skill. Top class work keep at it. .

I find building a quick simple curbside or a change of subject helps me prevent burning out or loosing interest.