A Long,long Time Ago.......trikes

[Pontiac Jack]

G'day,I've been busy with my 1:1 projects and haven't been scratching the plastic much in the last 6 months.

And I haven't been visiting the model forums I used to haunt.

Just wondering what became of the Retro Trike contest?

Is there a link to view the builds?

I know it was a while ago,but I would be interested in seeing them.

Cheers,PJ

[Mike Whatshisname]

Yea, I remember that Jack. I was the only person that posted a picture of my trike so I guess it was dropped for lack of interest. I'd love to see any that may of been built since...

Here's mine (again)!

[Jefbo]

Hey guys,

You wrote:

I was the only person that posted a picture of my trike so I guess it was dropped for lack of interest. I'd love to see any that may of been built since...

Here's mine (again)!

Dig that trike! I must have joined the board after that contest. I have one I can post.

"TWISTER" Based on the Mail Trike but as in most of my builds, I can't let well enough alone. I cut out a red Maltese cross rear window out of a plastic lid from a hart shaped candy box lid. Did some HOK airbrushing and kit bashed some decals. But what was really fun was the springer front end. This was the first time I worked with brass. I took some square brass rod, put it in a vise, grabbed the other end with a vice grip and started to twist. Took a lot of trial and error and spent material. A fun build. I need to take some better photos.

Jefbo

[Mike Whatshisname]

Priddy Kool Jefbo!

[tim boyd]

Hey guys,

You wrote:

Dig that trike! I must have joined the board after that contest. I have one I can post.

"TWISTER" Based on the Mail Trike but as in most of my builds, I can't let well enough alone. I cut out a red Maltese cross rear window out of a plastic lid from a hart shaped candy box lid. Did some HOK airbrushing and kit bashed some decals. But what was really fun was the springer front end. This was the first time I worked with brass. I took some square brass rod, put it in a vise, grabbed the other end with a vice grip and started to twist. Took a lot of trial and error and spent material. A fun build. I need to take some better photos.

Jefbo

[tim boyd]

Jeff, that's one bad Trike! Can you shoot a few more pix? Also. what's that other trike hiding behind the first one....and that Greent '71 GTX looks pretty interesting too.....TIM BOYD

[Jefbo]

Hey Tim,

You wrote:

Jeff, that's one bad Trike! Can you shoot a few more pix? Also. what's that other trike hiding behind the first one....and that Greent '71 GTX looks pretty interesting too.....TIM BOYD

Thanks, I just shot some photos today and will post shortly. Now the other trike belongs to a friend of mine. I asked him to send some photos so I could post them. I did a search of my hard drive and found a few shots of Joel's trike so I'll post them for now. The green GTX is also a friend build. I will look for photos of that also.

Joe "EL"s Trike:

Thanks for looking,

Jefbo

[Jefbo]

Hi Tim,

You wrote:

Can you shoot a few more pix?

Thanks for asking, here's a few better photos.

Enjoy,

Jefbo

[Gregg]

Guys, don't know if you heard or not but I had a major computer hard drive failure

I lost everything!

I do have some backups, but I am concentrating on recreating the December and January issues, which are bloody late now!

The trike photos were part of the loss

I will see what I have in the last backup I did, along with the Chopper photos

I have fixed the errors of my ways, and data loss will no longer be a problem

You can't rely on manual backups, as you know, we are all human, and we do mess up

Computers, they don't mess up!!!!

Yeah, right.....

[RatRod]

Hey great stuff!!! Here are a couple I did when they were fresh!!!

[tim boyd]

Hey great stuff!!! Here are a couple I did when they were fresh!!!

[tim boyd]

Jeffbo and Rat Rod:

Thanks for posting those pix....these are great kits and the work each of you did with them just takes them several levels beyond....great pix too!

Thanks again...TIM BOYD

[CarModDave]

Here's my trikes, built within the first couple weeks of their re-release. First is the Mailbox and Taco trikes:

[CarModDave]

.....And here's the other two, the Tiki Trike and Milk Trike. Plus the gratuitous "Group Shot"!

Edited January 4, 2008 by CarModDave

[bob paeth]

.....And here's the other two, the Tiki Trike and Milk Trike. Plus the gratuitous "Group Shot"!

All of the bikes in this post are WILD and creative,but, I have one BIG problem with many of them. Most would not "work" if built-up to 1/1 size. The problem is in the forks, Many of those pictured couldn't turn around in a school yard let alone turn into your own driveway. Style is of paramount interest but they should be practicle to "some extent".

bob