Blitzing a WWII Harley Davidson

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Blitzing a WWII Harley Davidson

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Ok all, got to try and fit one more in and haven't seen anyone do a motorcycle yet and I have one in the stash that may never get done any other way figured I would give it a go.

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Wil be starting some time between 10pm and midnight tonight. Got to work in the morning so can't play too long tonight. Hope I haven't bitten off a bit too much.

In the mean time, here is a little of my kind of music to tide you over.

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A motorcycle? Well that IS different! Should be a challenge.
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That is sharp! I like that
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All right, underway. First off the obligatory sprue shot.

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This, of course, is the bike in the Academy 72nd scale set. You may recall I built the Amphibious Jeep in a previous blitz. So since I had the kit laying around and I have a full day of work in front of me, figured why not.

Wait, you all didn't think I was going to try and build a 1/9th scale bike in 24 hours, did you? Thought you all knew I build almost always 72nd scale. I mean, even Flak only built an interior in a blitz on a 32nd scale Arado.

Anyway, all I did tonight was give the parts a quick spray of OD from the Model Masters rattle can and then it should have most of the day to get good and dry. I am a little worried though as several of the parts look pretty fragile and getting them off the sprue and cleaned up could be fun.

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So, this will resume sometime after 7pm Monday.

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This is wonderful. A Harley! What we need now. Must be the tiniest model in this blitzbau so far, you can hold the trophy for that. :grin:
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OK, this should be interesting. Heart........I still have dreams of being snowed in at a cabin in the Upper Peninsula with Heart.......oh never mind. It'll never happen.
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Wow great choice.

You are correct we don't see many motercycles being blitzed.
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Great choice, there's always room for a bike :grin:
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Thanks all (though hopefully not reading too much into Sissel's comments).

I am off to work so be about 9-10 hrs and should be back to the bench.

Will leave you with a little Lita.

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philp wrote:Thanks all (though hopefully not reading too much into Sissel's comments).
What did I say wrong? :???:
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Prisca wrote:
philp wrote:Thanks all (though hopefully not reading too much into Sissel's comments).
What did I say wrong? :???:
I think it is the size issue Sissel :-D
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ShaunW wrote:
Prisca wrote:
philp wrote:Thanks all (though hopefully not reading too much into Sissel's comments).
What did I say wrong? :???:
I think it is the size issue Sissel :-D
And the point is???
A small model with tiny parts isn't nessecarly easier to build than a bigger model! Thought that was obvious in this hobby. :roll:
Look at some of those blitzed tanks in 1/72 or 1/76 here. Not to mention Ians Kettenkrad and the firetruck!

He obviously didn't read what I wrote; as in wonderful, we need a bike kit (we've covered so many subjects on this blitz, why not a bike). And then I congratulated him for taking on a small model. How in the world does he turn that to something negative?

I will not comment anymore in this thread as there's the danger of being deliberately misunderstood, and there's no way I'm gonna have that unjustly back at me.

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Oh dear, you have taken this the wrong way Sissel, please don't be upset. I really don't think that Philip was taking your comments as being negative and I think it's all got a bit lost in translation. I read his reply as being a bit of, how can I put it, gentleman's humour. You know, the size thing. I'll shut up now for fear of getting myself into trouble......
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If that is what he meant, then I am very sorry to cause a fuss over nothing, philp! :oops:
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A motorbike... and a very small one.. I like it! We've had an interesting array of models in this Blitz.. aside from the usual planes we've had Kettenkrads, tanks, armoured cars, cars, ships, a whirlybird, a cockpit, nothing at all and now a bike. Awesome!
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