Mike C. Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 finally finished. If I had to do it over again, I would have taken better care to get the engine to sit correctly in the frame. Installing the exhaust proved to be a nightie. I also managed to break off the tab for the fuel line under the gas tank to the carb so I left that off. I did manage to install (without messing up) the throttle cable that I made from some old phone wire. I'm leaving off the license plate for now as it seems to mess up the flow of the look . I took the velocity stack from 1/25 dual quad setup from an old Challenger T/A chrome tree. And the round gas cap was an air cleaner that I don't remember where from. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C. Posted October 26, 2021 Author Share Posted October 26, 2021 I meant to say that installing the exhaust proved to be a nightmare. It must have auto corrected and changed it to nighte. ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyK Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 Not into choppers very much but this looks really cool! The choice of paint would be right at home on a real one and I like your engine detail. Glad I clicked on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C. Posted October 26, 2021 Author Share Posted October 26, 2021 Thanks Tony! People seem to like the paint. I'm glad it came out as good as it did. I was determined to use the glitter paint but when I couldn't get that to work correctly, it turned out pretty good. I'm definitely going to stick with that Testors Extreme lacquer for future projects. I wish they had pleated the timing cover. The chrome look paint I used looks more like aluminum. I thought about Moloto pen but decided to leave well enough alone. Next time I have to remember to take pictures earlier in the build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy grumpy Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 Nicely done. The thing with bikes, no curbside, no place to hide under the hood. Everything is there like the real thing. Bikes are not my thing but I like to look at all kinds of models. I like to look at the work and this one is one beautiful bike and like you said, we do like the color. keep it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C. Posted October 26, 2021 Author Share Posted October 26, 2021 Thanks Mario. My days of riding these things are long since over. my back hurts just looking at this thing. My cousin built more of these bikes he told me a story where a friend of his just built a hardtail and insisted he take it out for a ride. He said " when I went over the train tracks I knew the party was over". Ouch. 😖 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoopdog Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Fantastic job on your build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 It came out really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C. Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinkybritches Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Nice job, Mike. Turned out great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hmann68 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Super cool! Clean work on that Chopper! 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Beautifully done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappy Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 SSWWEETT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Very cleanly built bike Mike. Great work man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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