discussion DaveCov's Pyro 1/16 Harley-Davidson Electra-Glide (M-157-125)

[Airborne01]

I am afraid, not Pete, it will be similar to the boxart. Thanks for the YouTube link.

I have made some progress this morning.

The blue parts were removed from the runners and are ready for cleaning up:

The chrome parts were removed from the runners but no cleaning up yet:

They were then put in a freezer bag of Mr Muscle Oven Cleaner:

Most of the chrome finish disappeared almost immediately but I left the parts to soak for another hour. I then gave the parts a good rinsing in soapy and then clean water:

Next step will be to clean up all of the parts, fettling their fit as I go.

That is all for now

Dave

Looking forward to this - need sound now - Steppenwolf 's Born to be Wild! etc

 

[Stefee]

That's a lot of filling and awkward sanding to do, good luck.

 

[davecov]

Thanks peeps.

I have been working for hours on this build already and it might seem that nothing major has happened.

However, all filler has been sanded now and the final part at this stage was to clean up the seams on the wheel halves. It took well over an hour to do them and even now I may have missed some seams:

I have been glueing as many parts as possible prior to painting and I have just about reached the point where it is time to begin priming:

That is all for now

Dave

 

[davecov]

Another little update.

At last I have managed to prepare the parts for priming:

And here they having been primed with AK Interactive acrylic primer. I rarely use acrylics for a whole build but I am using them for this build because I like using AK's acrylic markers:

The parts need to be left for 24 hours now before I can apply top coats.

That is all for now

Dave

 

[flyjoe180]

Good progress Dave

 

[papa 695]

Coming along nicely Dave.

 

[Geoffers]

That was a lot of prep work Dave

I bet it’s a relief to be able to push on with the build now.

Geoff.

 

[davecov]

Thanks everybody.

Yes, Geoff, it will be good to get on with this build although a lot more painting is required before I can finally join everything together. I have made more progress with that painting but with mixed results.

The black parts were painted with a paint marker and look pretty good:

Parts that were painted with aluminium and dark aluminium had mixed results but they may turn out better after another couple of coats:

The painting of the chrome parts was much better though:

I will leave these parts to cure properly before taking things further. In the meantime, I will give some thought to the shade of red that I will be using for the mudguards and petrol tank.

That is all for now

Dave