German motocycle BMW R12

[maverick_62]

BMW R12, Zvezda kit 1/35, straight out of the box, the only exception  spokes of the wheels  from steel wire 0,18 mm. And if honestly the build was just for fun

Thanks for looking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 3, 2021 by maverick_62
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[Jim Wasley]

Excellent work on this bike,and the wire wheels certainly emphasize the look of it,Cheers.

[Hairtrigger]

Great piece of work... Spokes must have taken a lot of patience to complete.. 

[Bullbasket]

Excellent model. Those spokes really make it stand out.

 

John.

[FrancisGL]

A small subject, but with that scratch, the quality has risen considerably 

Cheers mate  

[Billydick]

Those spokes make a helluva difference. Brilliant !

 

BillyD

[maverick_62]

22 hours ago, Hairtrigger said:

Great piece of work... Spokes must have taken a lot of patience to complete.. 

 

Yes patience are required, but it's not so difficult how it's seems, and as i thought for the first look.

[the South African]

Lovely work bud. 

 

Regards:

Shaun 

[Badder]

Superb. I think motorcycles are massively under-represented in this forum.

 

But come on, those spokes couldn't have been easy!

 

So, how did you do them? Did you remove one spoke and replace it with wire, and repeat with each spoke until finished, or did you remove all of the spokes first and then add the wires? Whichever way, how did you not destroy the hub when removing the plastic spokes? And did you melt/drill small holes in the rim and hub in which to stick the wire spokes?

 

Rearguards,

Badder

[the South African]

5 hours ago, Badder said:

Superb. I think motorcycles are massively under-represented in this forum.

 

But come on, those spokes couldn't have been easy!

 

So, how did you do them? Did you remove one spoke and replace it with wire, and repeat with each spoke until finished, or did you remove all of the spokes first and then add the wires? Whichever way, how did you not destroy the hub when removing the plastic spokes? And did you melt/drill small holes in the rim and hub in which to stick the wire spokes?

 

Rearguards,

Badder

I too would like to know maybe write a tutorial?? Wink wink hint hint..... 

 

Regards:

Shaun 

[Drift]

That is epic. The spokes transform the whole model. Very well done. 

[maverick_62]

Replacement technology of the spokes isn't so diffcult. Instruction step by step;
1. Remove two neghboring spokes and then drilling coresponding holes in hub  and rim. Diametr 0.3 mm for rim and 0.25 mm for hub in this case.
2. Installing two new spokes from wire.
3. The next two plastic spokes must be cutting and replacing in oposite side of the hub. 
4. Repeat step 1-3 until all spokes will be replacing.

Removing and replacing spokes by pair and in opposite direction by each other, it's a key moment for keeping hub correct position about the rim.
So nothing diffcult, only a few patience are required.
 

[the South African]

Thanks! Never thought of doing it like that will give it a go! 

 

Regards:

Shaun