Global Scale Modeller

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 5:53 am

digger303 wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 5:05 am Looking squish ( you keep laughing at smicko ) Shame about the forks giving you the works.
Do you think some of that metallic powder worked into the black would be any good ?

This is a Revell: weak frame, poor visual instructions, reinforcements necessary. I just built the Baja dirt bike and knew to reinforce it
I knew I should have done brass inserts at test fit stage, but I painted final colour on the forks instead
I knew the pathetic locators would not be strong but I kept fitting the forks with glues
I knew that ca glue doesn’t like to be stressed laterally and the forks were all glue retained but I patched them up twice
Tonight I broke off the RHS fork again except for at the point where I had added a pin already ….so I added brass pins to all joints
Mechanical retention + cement usually wins

Oh like that chrome effect powder not a bad idea, might try that
I have some
For looking my friend

Stokesy44 wrote: Thu Jul 15, 2021 7:15 am Beautiful work. I love the piping on the tank

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Thu Jul 15, 2021 6:06 pm

Stokesy44 wrote: Thu Jul 15, 2021 7:15 am Beautiful work. I love the piping on the tank

Classic English styling that

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 2:25 am Cheers guys,thanks

I find every bit I put on it makes it look weighted and closed in.
I can understand the Cafe Racer ethos of striping it all down and riding it light and fast
but only a Neanderthal doesn’t have fenders Vs splashes

NoelSmith wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 5:47 pm A previous post criticising this kit said 'This is a Revell'.
I think that the kit was originally one of the Matchbox range before Revell bought the moulds.
The kit is very long in the tooth but well worth the extra effort in super detailing it.

NoelSmith wrote: Sat Jul 24, 2021 8:28 am But the only turd in town!

Those old kits define skilled model makers who can make a silk purse from a sow's ear as apart from just kit assemblers who just expect their parts to just fall together.

NoelSmith wrote: Sat Jul 24, 2021 8:28 am But the only turd in town!

Those old kits define skilled model makers who can make a silk purse from a sow's ear as apart from just kit assemblers who just expect their parts to just fall together.

Stokesy44 wrote: Sat Jul 24, 2021 6:13 pm

NoelSmith wrote: Sat Jul 24, 2021 8:28 am But the only turd in town!

Those old kits define skilled model makers who can make a silk purse from a sow's ear as apart from just kit assemblers who just expect their parts to just fall together.

I think its possible to differentiate between people who want different things out of the hobby. I'm a model maker but I would not touch a kit like Scott's. I don't have the skill set, nor does that type of project interest me (except as an onlooker where I love his work)

If I've pad decent cash for a kit I want to be able to follow the instructions, use my own knowledge of the subject and build it up to where I can begin painting it - which is my skill set.

Being labelled 'just a kit assembler' is a tad tiresome. You're just lucky you made the point here and not on Facebook where it would be pistols at dawn and dead horses heads in beds as the unwashed masses weigh in

Casper wrote: Mon Jul 26, 2021 9:39 pm Don't ask me why but when you said "Circle of Willis blood supply in the brain" It reminded me of a walking kinesin
The molotow is good but I find it goes thick and dries quickly, I try and get it to pool on the part if possible and self level. I tried it with a brush but it was drying too fast and didn't lay down very well, leaves brush strokes. I haven't tried it through an airbrush yet.

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Mon Jul 26, 2021 8:49 pm Thanks guys, appreciate the motivation from your comments
I waffled between stripping all the chrome and using Molotow, but it is such a pain in the butt and Molotow is not especially durable. Plus worried the top detail would be lost.
It is nice to have another shade of chrome with the kit stuff, but boy is it hard hiding the sprue attatchment points

I have been working on what turns out to be the oil lines....thanks to Casper for pointing me the right direction there.
Completely left off the kit, I will add this chrome circle of piping in. It reminds me of the Circle of Willis blood supply in the brain. ie complicated

digger303 wrote: Tue Jul 27, 2021 1:43 am

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Mon Jul 26, 2021 8:49 pm Thanks guys, appreciate the motivation from your comments
I waffled between stripping all the chrome and using Molotow, but it is such a pain in the butt and Molotow is not especially durable. Plus worried the top detail would be lost.
It is nice to have another shade of chrome with the kit stuff, but boy is it hard hiding the sprue attatchment points

I have been working on what turns out to be the oil lines....thanks to Casper for pointing me the right direction there.
Completely left off the kit, I will add this chrome circle of piping in. It reminds me of the Circle of Willis blood supply in the brain. ie complicated

Sweet build

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Tue Jul 27, 2021 3:21 am

digger303 wrote: Tue Jul 27, 2021 1:43 am

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Mon Jul 26, 2021 8:49 pm Thanks guys, appreciate the motivation from your comments
I waffled between stripping all the chrome and using Molotow, but it is such a pain in the butt and Molotow is not especially durable. Plus worried the top detail would be lost.
It is nice to have another shade of chrome with the kit stuff, but boy is it hard hiding the sprue attatchment points

I have been working on what turns out to be the oil lines....thanks to Casper for pointing me the right direction there.
Completely left off the kit, I will add this chrome circle of piping in. It reminds me of the Circle of Willis blood supply in the brain. ie complicated

Sweet build

Hope you are keeping well this winter

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:21 pm
Looks like I need to touch up chrome my wire as it has chips exposing brass from all the handling

Kevthemodeller wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 7:23 pm Great looking oil lines there Scott, it's that level of detailing that really brings it to life

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:37 pm

Kevthemodeller wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 7:23 pm Great looking oil lines there Scott, it's that level of detailing that really brings it to life

Thanks Kev
it has slowed the build down a lot, but is such a prominent feature of the engine
It took me forever to figure out they were oil lines and were they came and went from
I had fuel injection in my head...but this engine has carbs

NoelSmith wrote: Thu Jul 29, 2021 6:58 am I took a bit of flak for some of you guys over my reference to using the term 'just kit assemblers' in my earlier post.
The term was not meant to be derogatory in any way. It was just meant to differentiate between those modellers who like to take on tasks like the Vincent in this thread, and do a lot of extra work on a kit that leaves a lot to be desired, and those who prefer to build a kit with little or no hassle out of the box.
I hasten to add that there is nothing wrong with either approach, and as long as we all get fun and satisfaction from our builds it does not matter one iota.
All of us start by assembly and develop our skills to the level we are happy with. I lost count of all the Airfix Spitfires and ME109s that I used as target practice with an air pistol back in the late 50's when I was at school. But things move on and more recently I have done some model car scratch building. Others prefer to build state of the art kits, and others like to make something out of an ageing kit like Scott is doing on this thread.

I must say that Scott is doing a remarkable job on that old motor bike kit.

It is a case of each to their own and whatever turns you on!

Casper wrote: Thu Jul 29, 2021 9:16 am

NoelSmith wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:01 am The Atalya Indian Springfield motor cycle link that Casper placed in his post was really interesting. If anyone is wondering who Johnny Halliday is who's bike it is modelled on, he passed away recently and was the most well known pop star in France. I believe that he may have been an English guy who became famous there in the 60's, liked the French lifestyle and stayed on.

Scott, you are probably right about the discussion drifting a bit and perhaps getting touchy. I said what I had to say in my last post to try and put it all into perspective, and have nothing more to add to that.

Getting back to your Black Shadow motor cycle, I found out recently that the actual factory that built them was located in a town named Stevenage about 12 miles away from where I live. Being of local interest there may be some archives about in a local museum of library that might be interesting to look at it any still exist.

The Matchbox/Revell kit is the only one of this vehicle that I know of. It is nice to see your hard work in improving it. I think that it was first produced back in the 70's. So, I am looking forward to the final completion of your build that is now well under way.
I wonder if MFH will produce one, as they have already done a Brough Superior?

Casper wrote: Thu Jul 29, 2021 8:55 am

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:37 pm

Kevthemodeller wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 7:23 pm Great looking oil lines there Scott, it's that level of detailing that really brings it to life

Thanks Kev
it has slowed the build down a lot, but is such a prominent feature of the engine
It took me forever to figure out they were oil lines and were they came and went from
I had fuel injection in my head...but this engine has carbs

I thought I would look at the wiring diagram for a Harley WLA to add some detail and it confused the hell out of me so just a couple of prominent wires to give some detailing is enough for the eye. I was surprised the oil feeder pipes weren't included in the kit scott but your mods look perfect and make all the difference

Casper wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:41 pm Those photos look really useful scott. I didn't know the MFH kit was missing the oil pipes
engines look great on these older bike, nice chunky parts and well engineered.

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Thu Jul 29, 2021 3:25 pm Ya you guys can take that discussion elsewhere…it is a touchy subject with many strong opinions opening multiple cans of worms

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Mon Aug 02, 2021 5:03 am Ok not a great Sunday here
I have dropped my big iPad and cracked the screen


I am working from my iPhone and realize how small print everything is and how my eyes hate it and my thumbs must be huge and I am f’ing old
Not wanna spend another grand or more on an iPad so will suffer it out for a while
There are some big pieces of glass missing, I have just clear taped over to hold them together


Got the tubing for the oil supply completed and cemented in.
Working on the carb cables and then the fuel lines to the carbs