Harley Davidson WLA
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Frame and cylinder heads.
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Frame with 18(!) parts already attached.
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Very nice way of making the wheels, making sure the profile stays intact.
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PE spokes need to be bended in shape.
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Build a small rig to glue the 2 halves of spokes together.
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Completed front (on right) and rear wheel.
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Part of the rear frame attached. Next step is to add the right halve and put the wheel in.
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Rear wheel in place.
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And the view from the right side.
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Very small PE parts added to the lower side of the tank.
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Added caps (arrow 1 & 2) as well as PE parts for the gearshifter.
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Placed the 2 halves of the tank and added footrest on the left side.
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Added footrest on the right side as well.
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Scratchbuild the jiffy-stand as well.
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Marriage of frontwheel and fork.
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Added mudguard which is held in place by a lot of PE.
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Added a little extra detail (original part didn't fit good enough either).
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Rear lights added as well as the normal stand which is held in place by a really small PE part (see inset).
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Very small update (literaly); I added the shifter. Part of it ("1") was replaced by a metal rod I bent in the correct shape.
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Front and rear were "married". Tyres already sprayed "rubber black".
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View from above.
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The Harley was airbrushed green. Then the engine was hand-painted in it's base color.
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Tires were painted Tamiya rubber black. Exhaust is just dryfitted heren.
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Several Archer Transfers were added as well.
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exhaust was painted and glued into place.
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Added a "wash" to the entire bike. Also did the saddle.
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Added a "wash" to the entire bike. Also did the saddle.
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Comments
9 January 2014, 11:48
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I'm your man, Tim! I'm in for watching. That looks like an interesting project! Will you do the wiring (brakes, ignition etc)?
9 January 2014, 12:07
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I might, not sure yet as it is all really small (for me at least 😉).
9 January 2014, 12:57
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Uuuhhh. Looking so good. Instead of my Bilek Harleys I should get one of these MiniArt ones.
Harley Davidson WLA (Bilek 889, 1:35)
12 January 2014, 19:03
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Good to know that there are crazier guys than me out there 🙂
You've raised the bar too high man😉
10 February 2014, 21:13
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obuy so fantastic, i like that style, give us more to learn, thank you. really fantastic.
15 February 2014, 17:45
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Very nice Job so far! Please remove the injector marks from the side boards. This would be an improvement🙂 If you want to go further with the Detail painting and some steering cables, please notice that there are two throttles on the steering bar. Left one for adjusting the ignition, right one for Speed. The fuel tank was made out of two halves. On the left Hand gasoline on the other Hand engine oil. How do I know... Restored three of them and rode one for many years. You work is excellent so far! Keep it comming mate! If you Need additional Information,please let me know. Don`t get me wrong, this is an outstanding work!
11 March 2014, 19:38
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hi Christian, believe it or not, those are not injection marks! And thanks for the additional info!
11 March 2014, 19:49
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dunno exactly, but I think it's supposed to look like this: [img1]
11 March 2014, 20:07
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Hi Tim! Your are right, this a Harley Davidson Side board! The model you are building depicts an Army Model coded WLA. ( A for Army) the civilian Version is coded WLC ( C for Civilian). Additional there were the UL Models which had a 1200 ccm Flathead engine instead of the smaller 750 ccm engine of the WL Models. All of the civilan Versions had the HD brand on the side boards, but not the army Versions. It is a mistake of the kit, not Yours 🙂
11 March 2014, 20:37
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I think they might have used a WLC as a base for this kit anyway. Just look at the tip of the front fender... there is a small "edge" which I haven't noticed on WLA's....
11 March 2014, 20:52
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Yep! This tip is a Chrome part of the civilian Version. Sand it down and it will be Army-Style. But once again... I don`t want to criticize Your outstanding work on this small masterpiece. Despite of all my coments.. Very well done!
11 March 2014, 21:04
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I like how you managed all those tiny little details within this scale! Great job. The Harley looks very busy and has my full attention!
11 March 2014, 21:49
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@Christian I'll leave it as it is now, don't want to ruin the paint job 😉
12 March 2014, 07:52
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Added a picture showing the completed exhaust. Thanks goes to Christian for helping out on the coloring!
29 March 2014, 18:21
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Hi Tim! Excellent work! Looks like the real Thing! Very well done!
29 March 2014, 19:54
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Looking really good.....nitpicking: WL = civilian WLA = army WLC = Canadian Army
29 March 2014, 20:26
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Added 2 pictures showing the bike as it stands right now. Most work went into "washing" the bike with oil paints and painting the leather saddle.
12 April 2014, 18:12
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Tim, I echo all the above comments and I will be most interested in comparing notes along the way. 🙂
Well, I now have four bikes to build from three boxes, and I dare say I should be an authority on them by the end as well.🙂
Cheers. 👍
26 October 2015, 10:43