Scott H Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) Hello All I recently purchased and have started the MFH Vincent Black Shadow. Been working on this for about 2 weeks. Mostly drilling holes and cleaning up parts. As this is a very complex build and a challenging one, I am working pretty much straight through the directions. I spent a lot of time cleaning parts, filing some excess material off and test fitting. So far it seems all good but we will see as we go down the road. I am painting the engine in Zero Lotus Racing Black, because I have it on hand, then I painted the cylinder pieces in Zero Pure Black. I will probably using the pure black for the tank, front and rear forks. I want some variation in the shades of black for contrast. I am using zero paint etching primer for the metal parts to be painted. Edited March 10, 2018 by cbk57 update title 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbdesignart Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Good to see another bike build, I'll be following along intently. Great start so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morty_3333 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Hi there cbk57! Oh Yeah!!! I've been waiting to see one of these on the build! Seat pulled up and Bring it on! Keep Sticking! Cheers, Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Yes! Def will be watching having just received my Knucklehead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Hello ... A vincent black shadow 👍 ... you have my attention sir. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parryj Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 This is awesome! Following with great interest. I actually have a friend who ones one of these, they are amazing and hold their own even in this day and age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott H Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) I am fighting the flue or some other bug. I had the day off work yesterday, planned to work on the Vincent all day but instead spent the day on the couch. Today was pretty much the same but I wanted to get a little done. Last week I ran all of the hardware and small parts that are to be shinny through my magnetic polisher. This morning I have them a quick spray with Tamiya metal primer. This way the white metal should take a clear coat latter on and not tarnish over time(maybe using the wrong words for it turning back a dull metal color). I also masked around the vincent logo and filed off the paint, then I shot it with tamiya metal primer to protect it and like the other parts hopefully it will hold a clear coat later. Here are a few photos. Edited February 20, 2018 by cbk57 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott H Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 I have been working on the Vincent when I could this week. I added a lot of hardware to the engine. Today I added one of the heads and the pushrod tubes. I found at least on the first one after my best fitting that the tubes were a bit long so I cut them down slightly. I also primed a new batch of parts today but that is not so interesting. I had a devil of a time finding part M238. Turns out it is a chrome filler bolt on top the crank case above the vincent logo. Also I magnified the instructions some of the hardware is not visibly called out but looking at the directions with magnifiers I could see the tiny screw heads. I find even on the directions I need magnifying glasses to check the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott H Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 One more photo to add I wanted to show the hardware on the other side of the motor. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Good show! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Looking good I love bikes especially this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott H Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 Thanks for your comments, significant update coming soon on this. I hope to have the engine basically done this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott H Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 I have been doing a bit of work on this, I have added more hardware and the second cylinder. Also fitted the carburetors, however the intake trumpets won't go on until the model is finished as they will get knocked off. I use JB weld to fit most of the parts but this dries grey so I will need a clear epoxy which may not have as strong of a bond to fit the trumpets. I also applied a Zero paints clear coat today to the motor. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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