Second Chopper Completed

Hi All, Second bike completed. No progress thread for this one.

Revell RM Choppers Crusader kit, modded to my own vision.

The Mods....

Frame top bar was cut away and new bar made from styrene rod curved over to clear engine. Shortened at the neck. Neck was lowered, increased rake and increased fork legnth. Stock forks were cut away, drill out the trees and lower forks, used alum tube. Fender mounting lugs removed. Moved headlight from on top of bottom tree to underneth.

Custom handle bars from styrene rod.

Tank bottom was arched and lower edge radiused, lowered on top bar and moved rearward. Gas cap is 1/25 bit. Seat location moved and added springs.

Bulky primary cover ditched, used some 1/25 bits. Added shifter linkage from 1/25 bits. 1/25 bits used for tailight, printed tag.

Header is styrene tube and alum tube. Custom skull air cleaner, eyeballs are 1/25 bits. Oil tank filler cap moved under seat from 1/25 bit.

Added pug wires, oil lines, brake lines, cables, some BMF details.

Sprayed with Crylon gray primer, Crylon flat black, Crylon Banner Red, 2k sanded and polished with Meguiars scratchX. Seat is gray primer with burnt and raw sienna acrylic wash. Chain and rotors washed with Tamiya smoke.

Comments, questions always welcome.

Thanks for looking... ED

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Excellent attention to the details. I love the skull with the bug eyes, nice touch. Overall, a very good looking bike.

wow, nice build. it looks almost real (w/ the exception of the skull). beautiful color too.

That is one super badass chopper. I really like what your vision and skills created. I'm considering a look into building one, which a stretch for me. Your work is inspiring.

Fantastic work!

Cheers, Rick

Cool style, I also love the skull and the black/red combo with the white exhaust!:grinyes:

Really nifty! Cool style, color and details...

Just a little thing, though: With the headlight in this position, all the rider sees at night is his front tire ;-)

GREAT work!!

Nice job

Thanks all, got another kit on the way, can't get enough of these things. Yea the bug eyed skull was a idel time waiting for paint to dry thing, it works :)

ED

Hi,

absolutely great: nice colour combination, nice details, clean built !!!

Great work! The paint is.. flawless! And the detail like the plug wires, clutch, and so forth is spot on. Fantastic, I'm using your build as reference for mine!

Superb :bigthumb:

Dang, pretty as all-get-out!!:sunglasse

i really like the headlight placement. i've never seen that before.