MPC 1/8 Scale Schwinn Orange Krate.....

CapnMac82

Member since
November 2005
From: Formerly Bryan, now Arlington, Texas

Posted by CapnMac82 on Saturday, December 12, 2020 4:05 PM

Yep, the must have bike for tweens in the early 70s, it and the Stingray in Electric Blue.

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Bucksco

Member since
February 2003
From: Bucks county, PA

Posted by Bucksco on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 2:47 PM

Very cool! Takes me back to my childhood. Always wanted one of these but had to settle for a standard Schwinn Stingray...

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Tanker-Builder

Member since
October 2019
From: New Braunfels, Texas

Posted by Tanker-Builder on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 9:10 AM

Aha!

The famous but slippery Banana Seat! Great job, Can I ride it? That looks like Schwinn's version of a Sturmy-Archer Three Speed shift mechanism.

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keavdog

Member since
April 2003
From: USA

Posted by keavdog on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 6:54 PM

Nice Job!!! Looks fantastic.

Thanks,

John

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Greg

Member since
May 2013
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by Greg on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 6:40 PM

That's great, really like it.

Yes

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TnT92

Member since
November 2020

Posted by TnT92 on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 4:20 PM

That looks great. I bought one last year. Was going to do it in orange also. Spokes look great. I did buy some gray wire for the cables. Not sure why they did not include a smooth seat.

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Cruzmissile

Member since
March 2020

MPC 1/8 Scale Schwinn Orange Krate.....

Posted by Cruzmissile on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 2:59 PM

Wanted to sort of build something out of the norm for me. Picked up this kit at a model car show last October and thought it was a good idea to build it. Didn't like the oversized spokes on the kit so I replaced them with guitar strings. Nipples that hold the spokes are actually hypodermic needles cut into small pieces. I also decided to use my own wiring for the brakes, transmission and tachometer, the ones provided in the kit are also way out of scale. Kind of a finicky kit to build even at this scale but with a bit of patience, it truly does turn out pretty decent.....