30 miles East of St. Louis

BobR

Member since
December 2022

30 miles East of St. Louis

Posted by BobR on Monday, December 26, 2022 1:23 PM

Just joining the forum. I am primarily an aircraft builder. I like to build "representative" models instead of 100% perfect. You don't look at the Mona Lisa with a microscope. LOL. I've done some scratchbuilding and been pretty happy with the results. It's about enjoying the time. I retired from working. Now to post a request for 1/48 motorcycle wheels in the appropriate forum for a scratchbuild.

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Tojo72

Member since
March 2003
From: Western North Carolina

Posted by Tojo72 on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 10:19 AM

Welcome aboard Welcome Sign

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BobR

Member since
December 2022

Posted by BobR on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 10:23 AM

Thanks for the welcome. Looks like I double posted. My apologies.

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the Baron

Member since
September 2006
From: Bethlehem PA

Posted by the Baron on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 11:33 AM

BobR

Just joining the forum. I am primarily an aircraft builder. I like to build "representative" models instead of 100% perfect. You don't look at the Mona Lisa with a microscope. LOL. I've done some scratchbuilding and been pretty happy with the results. It's about enjoying the time. I retired from working. Now to post a request for 1/48 motorcycle wheels in the appropriate forum for a scratchbuild.

Hi, Bob, welcome to the forum!

As far as your request for 1/48 motorcycle wheels goes, if it's a military motorcycle, you could try in the Armor forum (Tamiya has an American MP motorcycle in one of their 1/48 sets, if I remember correctly); that's probably the most pertinent. Beyond that, there's a Diorama forum, and a Scratchbuilding forum, too.

I look forward to seeing your builds!

Best regards,

Brad

The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.

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the Baron

Member since
September 2006
From: Bethlehem PA

Posted by the Baron on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 11:36 AM

I should add that I think Bandai made an American motorcycle in one of their 1/48 sets, back in the day, but I may be misremembering that. I recently picked up a couple examples of their Jeep kit, to use the Jeeps with some of my 1/48 aircraft (one each USAAF, USN, and USMC). During my searches, I seem to recall seeing a US Army motorcycle.

Best regards,

Brad

The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.

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cbaltrin

Member since
May 2004
From: Land of Lakes

Posted by cbaltrin on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 12:52 PM

Welcome BobR! Doing some representational modeling myslef on a couple builds. Threw some P-47D-30 decals on a P-47-D-27. When I was young there were just two types of P-47s anyway, Razorbacks and Bubbletops. I am building a Bubbltop. Hope you enjoy the Forums.

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