maverick_62 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 (edited) 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 Reload photos 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Wasley Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Excellent work on this bike,and the wire wheels certainly emphasize the look of it,Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Great piece of work... Spokes must have taken a lot of patience to complete.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Excellent model. Those spokes really make it stand out. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 A small subject, but with that scratch, the quality has risen considerably Cheers mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billydick Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Those spokes make a helluva difference. Brilliant ! BillyD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick_62 Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the South African Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Lovely work bud. Regards: Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the South African Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drift Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 That is epic. The spokes transform the whole model. Very well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick_62 Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the South African Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Thanks! Never thought of doing it like that will give it a go! Regards: Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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