Revell 1/8 US Police Motorbike Now Finished

This should be cool. Looks great so far.

midnightprowler

This should be cool. Looks great so far.

 

 update , more engine work and front wheel assembly , more alclad painting , tuesday of to do the model building and airbrushing workshop at the local charity so not sure when next update will be

This is going to be one helluva ride when you're done. Looking forward to more..........

mustang1989

This is going to be one helluva ride when you're done. Looking forward to more..........

 

Rear wheel & rear assembly done , frame done , engine mounts and engine fitted to frame , few more bits done on the engine and stand , kickstart fitted all in the Alclad paints

Hello!

The model looks good, nice detail! I'd love to see some size reference here, to get an idea how big this baby really is!

Thanks for sharing and have a nice day

Paweł

Pawel

Hello!

The model looks good, nice detail! I'd love to see some size reference here, to get an idea how big this baby really is!

Thanks for sharing and have a nice day

Paweł

 

 update , more engine and pipe work added and connected , test fitted front forks , done a photo with a paint brush to show size , all painted in Alclad paints

 Exhaust , seat , rear mud guard and tank done , all in Alclad paints , tbh this kit has fought me all the way there has been a few times i could give up on it if it never cost so much , def a make or break kit

Nice toning on the exhaust.

midnightprowler

Nice toning on the exhaust.

 

finished at last , this kit nearly killed my *** but got there in the end , the paints i used are : The frame is Alclad Gloss Black Base . Alclad Metals were Stainless Steel , Steel , Duraluminium , Aluminium , Polished Aluminium , Airframe Aluminium , Chrome . The exhaust stain Alclad Hotmetals Red , Blue , Viotet and Sepia . The lights was Alclad Mil-Spec thinned Royal Blue , RAF Training Orange and Signal Red as i never had any Transparents too hand

Just beautiful.

A+ from me on the exhuast tinting alone.

Rest of the bike looks great too. Really nice work.

That turned out great.  I have a 1/48 CHP bike that came with my Hughes 500D CHP helo.  2 choppers!  Hoping my tiny bike comes out as well as your HUGE one

Hi,

That looks great

That is really a jaw-droppingly fine piece of work!

I just ordered one of these and it is entirely the OP's fault. Haven't bought a kit in well over a year.

Freekin' WOW!!! This is jaw dropping stuff. How did you tint the exhaust? I usually use Tamiya Smoke (X-19) on my chrome but this has a different look to it.

Greg

I just ordered one of these and it is entirely the OP's fault. Haven't bought a kit in well over a year.

 

mustang1989

 

 

Greg

I just ordered one of these and it is entirely the OP's fault. Haven't bought a kit in well over a year.

 

 

 

 

I hear what your sayin' there Greg. I haven't really bought much since last year myself. Hell I really don't need anything.

 

 

Me too. I think I have over 10 kits in my stash, and for me being the world's slowest builder, I too have no need for more.

I may have seen tute videos on using Alclad colors to tint exhaust on Alclad's site? By gosh, they are out there somewhere.

Should the OP stop back by for some reason, have you any comment about kit/fit quality? You never said a word. I just started mine and I'm about to pull my hair out joining two cylinder head halves.

I'd just love to hear what you might have to say.

I thought you should have an award just from looking at your build pics. I now think you should have a melal of valor or something.

Greg

Should the OP stop back by for some reason, have you any comment about kit/fit quality? You never said a word. I just started mine and I'm about to pull my hair out joining two cylinder head halves.

I'd just love to hear what you might have to say.

I thought you should have an award just from looking at your build pics. I now think you should have a melal of valor or something.

 

mustang1989

Freekin' WOW!!! This is jaw dropping stuff. How did you tint the exhaust? I usually use Tamiya Smoke (X-19) on my chrome but this has a different look to it.

 

thank you everyone for the kind comments

Modellers United

 

 

Greg

Should the OP stop back by for some reason, have you any comment about kit/fit quality? You never said a word. I just started mine and I'm about to pull my hair out joining two cylinder head halves.

I'd just love to hear what you might have to say.

I thought you should have an award just from looking at your build pics. I now think you should have a melal of valor or something.

 

 

 

 

thanks mate the kit quality is average for the year it was produced , seams , little flash and poor fit but then its a old tooling so expected and alot too fit into a small space for the engine , had too force the engine parts in and in that proccess knocked other parts off as is tight in the frame for all them parts lol

 

 

Thank you very much for you reply. I didn't realize Revell Germany used old molds, thought it was all new stuff. Doh!

I have figured out by seeing a bit of your work that you are a master modeler indeed. I suspect I'm in for a handful.

The box does say skill level 5. I thought that was me, not so sure now.

Thanks greg but im just a humble modeller , you will be fine mate kit just needs a little love , im used too poor kits mate i built the old airfix 1/24  planes , i only been building 4 years and blind in one eye and part sighted in the other if i can do it im sure you can mate , im here too help if you need any tips ect just send a message mate , any effort in this hobby is a great effort :)