More pics of my Streetfighter project Update

Anonymous

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November 2005

More pics of my Streetfighter project Update

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 14, 2004 5:38 PM

Hi All,

3more pics for you to see. Any input gladley received.

1- Tank and tailpiece from a Revell Ninja. Undercoated, then realised it's got to be modified to fit the frame (duh!).

2- The frame from a 750 turbo Honda. I'm taking off the rear sub-frame and building one for the Ninja bits.

3- A little mock up to give a little impression of where I'm going.

Any ideas on a NOS tank and fittings would be appreciated.
This is the engine with windowed clutch cover I built. I have step by step pics but I can't upload for some reason. If any body wants them I can email them to you.

See ya,

Paul.

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dubix88

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March 2003
From: Maine,USA

Posted by dubix88 on Saturday, August 14, 2004 6:40 PM

HEY,
Ive never seen a model bike in progress, and i have to say its pretty cool. I think i might try to build one. Looks great dude, what color is it gonna be?

Randy

THATS MY VOTE "If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base." -Dave Barry In the words of the great Larry the Cable Guy, "GIT-R-DONE!!!"

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 14, 2004 8:03 PM

I'm thinking along the lines of a candy red and furled chequered flag over the tailpiece.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 14, 2004 9:37 PM

That will be nice. I love your Hayabusa in your sig.

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nicholma

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September 2003
From: New Zealand

Posted by nicholma on Sunday, August 15, 2004 3:21 AM

Nice to see something a little different, keep the progress photos coming please.

Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"

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dubix88

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March 2003
From: Maine,USA

Posted by dubix88 on Sunday, August 15, 2004 6:34 AM

HEY,
Paint job sounds great dude. Cant wait to see the finished product.

Randy

THATS MY VOTE "If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base." -Dave Barry In the words of the great Larry the Cable Guy, "GIT-R-DONE!!!"

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fightnjoe

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Posted by fightnjoe on Sunday, August 15, 2004 10:19 AM

wow. as someone who has never built a bike i will be watching with interest.

joe

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 15, 2004 10:30 AM

Thanks all. I'll post updates as soon as there's some more progress.

Paul.

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dubix88

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March 2003
From: Maine,USA

Posted by dubix88 on Sunday, August 15, 2004 11:05 AM

HEY,
Ill be with joe, watching with interest.

Randy

THATS MY VOTE "If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base." -Dave Barry In the words of the great Larry the Cable Guy, "GIT-R-DONE!!!"

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 2:36 PM

Nice work Paul!!
I am doing a modified motorcycle too, but of an older configuration.
its a Kawa Z750FX, here are some pictures
Initial mock-up:

some painted parts:

Another angle:

I'm very interested in your project, will follow up.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 19, 2004 6:48 AM

Thanks Edgardo. Had a look at your site, cool. Thanks for the comments and please keep us upto date with yours. Maybbe we should start a modified bike thread? What do you think?

Paul.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 19, 2004 8:36 AM

I think it would be terrific.
I just hope there are more members interested in that thread.
It would be great to share tips, like making space for a swingarm or enlarging/shortening forks, and some other ideas that come to mind.
BTW, can you share how did you made the tank-seat part?
What scale is your model?
Best regards.

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oldhooker

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July 2003
From: Piedmont Triad, NC (USA)

Posted by oldhooker on Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:06 AM

Bravo, Paul!! I will also follow this thread with great interest, thanks! Smile [:)]

Take care,
Frank

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 19, 2004 6:34 PM

The tank and tail piece are from 1/9 Ninja. I filled the join between the two and smoothed the line for a sleeker look.
The scale is 1/9 - 1/8ish as I'm using donor parts from a 1/9 Ninja and a 1/8 Honda 750 turbo with a fair bit scratch building to get the look right.
If you have quick look at streetfighters.com or .co.uk you'll see the look I'm going for.

Cheers,

Paul.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 19, 2004 10:25 PM

These are really cool projects, and I have a sort-of relayed question:

Does anybody know any sort of source for aftermarket motorcycle wheels and tires? They can be custom or replacement, made out of anything -- styrene, resin, whatever; no particular scale. I have some scratchbuilding ideas for some bikes, but don't want to buy a kit just for the wheels.

Thanks for any help you could give.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 20, 2004 6:49 AM

Hi G,

I don't know of anywhere. After-market stuff for bikes is thin on the ground. Apart from a few PE kits for Tamiya 1/12 I haven't seen any. Try eBay, I often find some half finished stuff there which I get for pennies and just use them for spares. Or try scratch building some.
Sorry I couldn't be more help. If I do find some I'll post a reply.

Cheers,

Paul.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 20, 2004 11:13 AM

GFelix:
I got same results when tried to find aftermarket parts.
Some friends told me to try to get the help of a japanese hobby company in getting replacement from Tamiya itself, all you need is your item part, some time and money.
Companies are Rainbow ten and HobbyLinkJapan.
Couldn't find out how much would be the cost for a couple of tires. Sad [:(]

Sooo I started making experiments in making the tires myself, but got problems in designing the proper mold, here are some pictures of my try-outs

Just open plaster of paris mold.

Tire waiting to be clean

Spot the original!!! Big Smile [:D]

I did a final mold that think will work but have not have the time neither the $$ to try it out..

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 20, 2004 5:56 PM

Is it the one 2nd from left? Confused [%-)]

Seriously, very nice work. Maybe somebody with bit of time and money will see this and get it rolling ( pun intended ).

Paul.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 20, 2004 8:20 PM

Man, those tires look great. I thought about casting wheels and tires, but haven't ever done that before, and I'm not sure I'd want to bother.

Thanks for confirming that there's not much out there, though -- there's always more projects to work on.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 5:48 PM

Paul, and group.
I don't know if this will be off topic but here it goes..
Does anyone has done windshields.. or canopies for what it takes.... with clear PETE from Soda bottles??
I was just looking at a 2 liter bottle and they have plenty of flat clear plastic, once you cut them...
But, does it melt / soften enough for being pulled over a master and get the desired form??
Just an idea that came to my mind while in a meeting... Wink [;)]

thanks in advance for any input.

Edgardo

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 28, 2004 5:01 AM

I too have never seen a bike build in progress....that is truly awesome!!! I have been thinking about getting one of the Tamiya bikes myself....from your post, i can see the time for thinking is over!!! A bike is a must!!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 28, 2004 7:51 AM

i havent done any vac-forming myself, but oldhooker suggested using the windows from greeting card boxes as stock for vac forming. or rather pull-forming

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 12:31 PM

Thanks Reggie for the input. I will start to collect transparent plastic from all kind of packages. Big Smile [:D]

Last thing I did to my project was to chromed the valves cap of the sides of the bike, here are two pictures of that.

Hope you like them

Edgardo

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 3:33 PM

Hi Edgardo and anyone else interested,

Nice job. What you working on? I'll be making tha upsidedown forks for the Streetfighter over the next couple of days. I've polished the aluminium tubes. So now it's just measure, cut, assemble. What could be simpler. Laugh [(-D]

Did you see the clutch window on the engine? It was a very easy mod and adds a trick look.

Later,

Paul.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 2, 2004 9:19 AM

Sorry for not commenting on it before. Banged Head [banghead]

I really liked it, I have almost the same idea to do in one of my next projects...still have to finish three bikes before I start any other one, but will have lots of little add ons, like STM evoluzione dry clutch, roll protection, race stand and maybe even a streetfighter lights mask.
I am already onto getting parts that will kitbash to make clutch, studying racing stands pictures to draw my version (will do it with plastic sprue), and finished raw drawings for mask and almost starting to carve it in clay.
BTW, why don't you post another picture of your clutch? close-ups and front-end pictures of the clutch area would be really nice....

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 6, 2004 6:34 PM

Hi All,

Just a little update to let you know I've been real busy with my paid work and as such haven't had much time to plough on. That said I hope to be posting pics of the paint job (needed a break from building Grumpy [|(]

and I love painting Big Smile [:D]

) and the finished forks.
Sorry Edgardo can't post the pics of the windowed clutch but I can mail them to you if you want.

Later,

Paul.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 7, 2004 9:05 AM

Hi Paul and all!
Hey, don't let the work go between you and the hobby!! Tongue [:P]

Seriously, I'm in the same situation here. Work take just too much time from me, and with two daughters I don't get much time for bikes between sewing mini-teddy-bears and playing with barbies Kisses [:X]

....I mean it!! Clown [:o)]

I'm also making molds to duplicate a Harley engine in order to make either a HD based cafe racer or a Hill-climber (sort of), so right now i found easier to play with clay and silicone at the office, than painting at home. Big Smile [:D]

Will post some pictures of the pre-molds soon.
Paul, I already sent you my email address to your email, keep looking for it please.
In the meantime, keep building.!!
Edgardo

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