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Hi all here is the next victim to my bench I'm sure you all know me well enough to know it will be nothing like the box art.

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Glued the tank halves together and made a start on the engine (detail is very crisp) but you need to cut the locating pins off as if you use them the parts dont align up very well (which is strange as once you've cut the pins off they align up perfectly)

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I'll be watching this for ideas I can steal.  Thanks for the tip on cutting off those locating pins.

All those ESCI 1/9 motorcycle kits were real jewels.  One of my favorite ESCI builds was long ago in a British model magazine.  The builder started with the ESCI Harley WLA-45 military bike. He dumped all the military parts and built a close copy of Lee Marvin's ride in the movie "The Wild One."

For younger builders, ESCI did do civilian versions of this Triumph and the Harley.  They're hard to find now.  ESCI also released a BMW 75 with sidecar and a Zundapp.  And the real monster of its motorcycle line, the 1/9 scale Kettenkrad half-track motorcycle.  I just wish ESCI had done a 1/9 scale Indian!

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Hi all more progress on this frame painted Ford squeeze green planing on doing the tank and panels yellow with white wheels, but that could all change.

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Another update, I decided not to go with white wheels and decided to go with the frame colour also added some of the cables and the carb (dont like the cables far too shiny need to dull them down some how) I really love how the spokes are moulded, some of the best I've ever seen.

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Hi all work on the front forks, it's quite a complex system, bit like the dampers on older cars(did something similar on the mefistofeles) 

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  • 2 weeks later...
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I don't have any money for a down payment,.....

But I want to take it for a test drive anyway !   Nice job !    I hesitate to paint ANYTHING Yellow ( it's a "bear" to get it to cover without bleedthrough for me ) but you got it to co-operate nicely.   I love it !

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