Tamiya 1/6 Harley-Davidson FLSTFB Fat Boy Lo

[Deleted]

He's only screwed the frame together!!!!! ...Nice touch with the stand tho!

[Mence]

Chaps.

Not much of a first post I know but was keen to show its underway. A little mor progress for you.

No fit issues as you would expect, plain sailing.

Remainder of the frame bracing is in, frame now officially glued once I had checked that the captive nut sandwiched between the frame halves hadn't gone walkabout. Rear suspension subframe assembled and fitted purely for the benefit of the pic, it runs on two plastic bushes which are a nice push fit, it will need to come apart for painting and further assembly.



Note the raised detail on the stand, you get neat HD badges in the detail up set to stick on that.

Paint next, try and get a fairly glossy finish on it.

[TRM]

Cool stuff Mence...looks 1:1 sitting here too!!

[bullardino]

After building this one I bet you will buy some steel tubes and build a 1:1 replica After all this one looks like a perfect replica of the original...

[Mence]

Chaps, thank you, very kind.

Just throwing some black paint at it, will report back later...

[WigWag Workshop]

Good Day All,

I will be watching this build with excitement! I have yet to build a bike kit. Is this kit really $300 USD? That's like my whole years modeling budget LOL

-Steven

[bbd468]

Are you sure thats not a real frame?   Keep bringin tha goods bro......we needs tha Precious!

[Mence]

Thanks chaps.

I promise subsequent updates will be a touch more interesting.

Dicky, will do fella, I will stick a bottle of glue or something in the odd pic.

[Mence]

I promise!

Ok, no update today as I'm busy painting bits and pieces. I mentioned in the review that the suggested colour of the subject is pretty cool but perhaps a little monotone so I'm opting for a slightly brighter finish although in itself it still makes the subject rather black and silver.

FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY



Big thanks to Jeff for sowing the seed.

[robbo]

Well this looks a bit mouth watering my old mate, glad I'm in before you got too into it

[Mence]

Welcome aboard Robbo, great to have you along buddy.

[Mence]

Ok, I said no update so here's an update.

The very wide, four part rear wheel got sorted by way of paint. Adopting the same process as I used on the other HD, AB on three or four light coats of Semi Gloss Black ENAMEL, leave to harden (careful, because you're applying straight onto plated plastic, no primer, even when dry it's easily damaged)
Once dry, carefully remove the excess paint with an enamel thinners soaked cotton bud.

And tadaah!



Cheers boyz.

[bullardino]

Splendid, I can't tell the size from the pic

[imatanker]

Thanks for the pop Mence.  I think the high gloss silver, low sheen black combo with the touch of chrome and aluminum  is going to rock. Wheel looks mighty fine. This build is gonna be off the hook

[Deleted]

Come on Mence, give us some more!

[bbd468]

Mence, im a huge fan of the Box Art Bike, but for a scale model i think your right to add a different color in there for visual interest. C'mon widit Prof!

[wbill76]

Very cool Mence! I saw a box of one of these 1/6 motorcycles at my LHS the other day and they are HUGE. Hat's off to you for tackling this beast for sure.

[martyncrowther.]

Nice progress buddy especially the wheel, it looks great.

Martyn

[Mence]

Hello chaps.

Thank you for the kind words of support. I now have a jar of Zero Paints Mica Silver which should do the job for me.

Today's update is rear suspension.

HD have come up with what I think is a neat solution to this, the suspension units are slung laterally under the gearbox, hidden from view, that way you can have the looks of a hard tail and the comfort of a soft tail, cunning.

Right, on with the show, pic follows of all the parts necessary for the two units. Spring is held on the aluminium colour shaft by a circlip which is encased in a two piece shroud along with the threaded bolt. The outer cover slips over and the end caps go on last.



Fit is 110%, it really is a joy to build a kit knowing that everything is going to do what it's meant to...every time! Once assembled, they were masked and painted with Semi Gloss Black Enamel.

Ok, next pic shows them temporarily in place fitted with a threaded bolt, two nuts, two washers, three bushes and a nyloc nut. I say temporarily as I will need to pop them out while I work on other bits. I thought it would be a good idea to show as they will be pretty much hidden once the engine goes in.



And finally, a quick scale pic to give you an idea of size.




For reference, my new best friend when it comes to getting a nice finish on the frame is Alclad Gloss Black Base.

ACW

Cheers!

[bullardino]

Good Gawd, that's a stunner. All it's missing is some oil inside the shock absorbers...

[Mence]

Appreciate it Luigi, thanks buddy.

It's a shame it's all hidden underneath, might have to display her on a mirror.

[Deleted]

Real smart engineering both by HD and Tamiya, that plus your skills ( you've only to look at that wheel  ) and this is going to be a stunning build 

[bullardino]

Yep, a mirror is a must have, IMHO

[Deleted]

Nice tidy work there,Mence...as per... ....Might treat meself to a Tammy 1/6 for Chrimbo!

[danb.]

Great start to a promising build Mr Mence keep up the hard work

Dan B

[Mence]

Chaps

Steve, cheers buddy, it's kid a slow progress while I wait for the detail up set to be released, as soon as that arrives I get going properly.

Luigi, mirror it is then mate!

CeeBee, go on, you know ya wanna!

Dan, hello buddy, welcome. I appreciate it's not your cup of tea but very pleased you took the time to drop by.

Back soon.

[rondriaan]

Detail set? I did not know that there was a detail set for this kit?
Do you have a URL for it?

[Mence]

Hi Ron

Here's a link to it.

Detail up set

You won't find it yet, it's not released until 21/12

[rondriaan]

Thnx Mence and for me personally its give me nothing extra with exception off the VIN numbers :-(

[Mence]

You're right Ron, she'll build up just fine without. I would like the set but will decide when I see the price....