VW Pickup/bike hauler

[Taxdude]

Ok so I might be doing this wrong as I started with a perfectly good finished Tamiya 1/24 Honda Repsol bike.

And I turned it into this...a pile of parts...and getting into this pile of parts wasn't easy as they use some serious glue at the factory. Also not knowing where the attachment points were

made it tough. But in the end I got it all apart with on one very minor cracked part. And the paint wasn't easy to strip either. But I won in the end...mostly.

The plan is to give it a custom paint job, maybe do the fairing in carbon fiber. And then mount it on the back of this which will have a matching paint job

The VW is a cool kit but the interior is lacking at best, so some fabrication will be needed. I did make a new VW emblem for the front and recessed it

[PappyD340]

Very nice Fred, that one should be killer when finished!

[cobraman]

Thats going to be way cool !

[vintagercr]

Very cool!

[Modlbldr]

That has a great look to it. What VW kit did you start with? Did you have to make the back cab or use the rear of the body as the back of the cab?

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[Taxdude]

That has a great look to it. What VW kit did you start with? Did you have to make the back cab or use the rear of the body as the back of the cab?

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It is the Hasagawa VW kit without the sides installed.

[Taxdude]

What I'm not sure about is the mount for the motorcycle. I'm thinking a type of

hard mount for the front wheel. But for the back do I use a strap that goes over the tire. Any ideas?

[AUGIEDOGGIE]

sweet

[DrKerry]

Can't wait for more

[AUGIEDOGGIE]

yeah cant wat to see more

[slusher]

That is a vey kool project.

[mr.camaro]

cool idea. i would make a ratchet tie down mount and strap down the bike from the frame.

[crazyrichard]

awsome but i thik a more vintage bike (racer) would be even cooler , they sell those ready models very cheap great idea's !!!

Edited June 8, 2013 by crazyrichard

[Taxdude]

awsome but i thik a more vintage bike (racer) would be even cooler , they sell those ready models very cheap great idea's !!!

I did look at more vintage bikes but the problem is that the ones i found are 1/25 and the VW is 1/24 so they looked small on the bed So I decided to to the old and new combo.

[Gramps2u]

cool stuff!

[crazyjim]

This is going to be interesting. Great start.