Lootenant Aloominum Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 (edited) Larger image Not really an armoured fighting vehicle, but I guess it goes in this section. This is the Italeri 1/9th scale Triumph 3HW of World War 2. Building this kit taught me something that I sort of knew already and I find it a bit disturbing. It is that there was something radically primitive about the engineering design of motorcycles of this era. (Even my first trials bike, a 250cc Greaves of the 1960s, incorporated design elements that no rational mind would include on a trials bike.) It is not just that this or that component shows signs of being added as an afterthought. It is as if everything, from the bottom up, has been added as an afterthought. For more, see Mentioned in dispatches on my web site. (Not safe for work because Dawn is showing a boob in some photos.) Edited August 13, 2017 by Lootenant Aloominum Changed photo (I deleted the previous one, although it still appeared here somehow...) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celt Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Very sexy model,the girl aint bad either.Well tidy mun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Wasley Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Really get some detail in this larger scale,great build,first look at the model thought she had tights on(I am getting old) till I enlarged the pic and saw she had a G-string,get a little hot on the seat,bike that is!Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 (edited) Very nice. Tidy build, pristine paintwork. Personally I'd get rid of the woman and place the bike on a nice stand. The woman could always run herself through a mangle and stick herself to the side of a B17. BTW, Triumph started off making bras for extraordinarily large-breasted women, so it's no wonder their motorcycles were made 'from the ground up' and were developed in a 'hands on, suck it and see' kind of way. Still, the ride was comfortable, although a little bouncy. Interestingly Triumph still make motorcycles and underwear today. I have a Triumph 44DD with full faring and red lace trim and ride it wearing 500cc Y-fronts. Rearguards, Badder Edited August 2, 2017 by Badder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roginoz Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 Ahah !! I have this little beastie on the bench at present, got as far as installing the motor and rear frame. While taking your point about the "primitive" appearance of the machine, the British forces were forced to utilise modified civilian machines for DR work - have a look at the BSA M20 for example, another bike used for DR purposes - unlike the USA which had time for the building of specialised service machines, the Harley WLA/C for example, and even the short-lived Harley XA flat twin. I would be interested in how you prepared, especially, the seats, which come in a horrible vinyl-type plastic and, if left untreated, look that way and don't, in my experience, take acrylic paint. I have found that a wash with white glue [a tip I found here on BM, the fount of modelling knowledge and experience] will, when dry, accept acrylic paint quite ok, and has worked well on the Esci/Italeri Zundapp, Harley WLA and BMW solo and sidecar models I've built in the past. As with all of these kits, imho they are let down by the over scale control cables but this is somewhat inevitable given the size of the pins they are designed to fit. You've made a nice looking model there, and I hope mine comes up to that standard. Cheers………Rog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 That Triumph looks really good, but I'd have liked more photos and larger. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 Looks good. Need more pics. and the front fender is on backwards! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lootenant Aloominum Posted August 2, 2017 Author Share Posted August 2, 2017 7 hours ago, roginoz said: I would be interested in how you prepared, especially, the seats, which come in a horrible vinyl-type plastic and, if left untreated, look that way and don't, in my experience, take acrylic paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lootenant Aloominum Posted August 2, 2017 Author Share Posted August 2, 2017 (edited) (Can't seem to add my reply when I quote someone...) On the vinyl seat question, I washed both seats (the rear one hardly qualifies as a seat) with washing up liquid and painted them with Humbrol acrylic #85 satin coal black. It looks hardly any different from the original vinyl, if you ask me. For the rivets, I used Humbrol enamel 'polished aluminium' because that is the shiniest in my set of paints. I knew something was wrong with the front mudguard. One thing is it is free to rotate (somehow) which is obviously not good, although I have now positioned it a little better. I will have another look at fixing it and taking replacement pics (if it stops raining). Agreed about the thick cables. Edited August 5, 2017 by Lootenant Aloominum Front mudguard, not wheel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 (edited) The key to painting that vinyl stuff is a hot mix primer coat to start.. 90% laqs and 10% primer. Spray fast at high pressure , don't load up the primer , thin coats to bite into the material. Should take any paint after that. Edited August 3, 2017 by krow113 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roginoz Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Thanks for that tip, Steve. I'll give it a try - all suggestions/contributions most welcome. Cheers……..Rog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 nw's ...and ,of course , you'll try it on the sprue first.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lootenant Aloominum Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 (edited) I don't think the front mudguard is on backwards. It is just that it was rotated too far forwards in the earlier photos. I rotated it back a bit... I added some more photos, including another of the rider in pieces after she got blown over in the wind outdoors. Here are two of the new pics: Larger image Larger image These and rest are on my web site. See Mentioned in dispatches. (Not safe for work because Dawn is showing a boob in some photos.) Edited August 6, 2017 by Lootenant Aloominum Changed link to new dedicated page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killingholme Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 (edited) Lovely model, but tell that poor lass to cover up, she'll catch a death... Edited August 5, 2017 by Killingholme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lootenant Aloominum Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 On 8/2/2017 at 12:24 PM, roginoz said: While taking your point about the "primitive" appearance of the machine, the British forces were forced to utilise modified civilian machines for DR work - have a look at the BSA M20 for example, another bike used for DR purposes - unlike the USA which had time for the building of specialised service machines, the Harley WLA/C for example, and even the short-lived Harley XA flat twin. I had some more info along those lines, which I posted in this sub-page: Engineering development then and now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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