Italeri Triumph 3HW one of many

[airfixpeter]

It's been in the stash long enough and as I don't build many bikes it's time to get it sorted once and for all here's what I found in the box

[arfa1983]

Looks interesting. I want to build a motorcycle one of these days so will be watching with interest. 

[rob Lyttle]

Right O, I'll wish you good luck and enjoyment with this on 2 counts.... 

I've been having some fun with a 1.9 scale bike, namely a racing Gilera, by the Protar Co.. 

I had a Triumph T100 for a good few years.... Plus a few others along the way. 

I'm new to motorbike modelling and learning as I go, but it's my understanding that Italeri has taken over the Protar business - (which was also Italian, and their large back catalogue reflects this) . My guess is that this is a reissue of a Protar tooling. Their bikes were all in 1.9 scale. It's a great size to be working with. I had a look in one of these boxes a couple of weeks ago in the local model shop to see what the kit offers for the final drive chain and sprockets, as this is a real weak point with the kits. For example the Gilera kit solution is a rubber band on a pulley type of wheel...... 😲

Going from memory I think you get a moulded loop on the vinyl sprue which could be an improvement.... I'll be interested to see how it works out for you. 

But these bikes at this size have a great "presence" as they build up on the bench. 

I only stumbled on to this GB more or less to find out what the title letters stand for. I think I need to stick around here though, it's just what I need for a few loitering projects! 👍

[airfixpeter]

I found out why I left it as there are no numbers on the spure so I am constantly going back to the front page to find the parts however I am going to persist so I have started on the front forks and made the front wheel. 

Added the rear wheel and chain and seat. 

And finally put it all together so nw I have something that resembles a motorbike. 

 

[Mjwomack]

18 hours ago, airfixpeter said:

there are no numbers on the spure

Now that's a blast from the past- I'd forgotten that I used to do a lot of kits like that. Thinking further Italerai did seem to be a specialist for that and I think maybe Bandai

[roginoz]

Got a printer ? Print out the sprue map page. Easyyyyyy!

 

The Triumph builds up into a nice kit, let down, as others have suggested, by what passes a chain. One part of motorbike models that has not kept up with modern tooling.

 

These Aurora/Esci/Italeri kits in 1/9, despite showing their age, have, as @rob Lyttle notes, quite a presence on the bench and in the display cabinet.

I've built the BMW solo & sidecar, Zundapp likewise, Harley 750  both as the military version and as a "copy "of one I used to own in the 60's, also the Triumph and Norton racer. Oh, and the Dragon Kettenkrad.

 

All of these kits are a product of their time and deserve accurate reissue. Until that time, they'll do me and most friends who admire them.

 

Good luck with the build.

 

Rog