discussion Heller 1/8 BMW R100RT

[tigersteve]

I found this old kit on eBay, having owned one back in the 80s, I couldn't resist it even though it is old and not near the Tamiya quality! Loads of parts to play with including 26 for each cylinder! The box art shows a horrible colour scheme- I will try to match my old one ....




Only have one picture of the real bike

 

[johnm93]

Cool. I remember when they were just about everywhere...

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Ah,a "Brick" !!!....
....Gotta love em
My mate's still got his Black ,Faired 1980's one... Uses it most of the year round
Ugly,yes,.. however,It's still going strong!!..,and to be honest....,IMHO,it was a far better cruiser in its day than the Honda CX500,....
.... Different cc obviously,(but unlike most,I actually quite liked the two CX examples that I owned back in the day ), but those "Pigs" weren't SO bad really!!
Anyway,I've rambled on long enough!
Suffice to say, cracking choice mate,and I shall be following along ,
Cheers for now,
Andy

 

[adt70hk]

Steve,

That looks pretty good on the sprue for such an old kit.

Looking forward to it coming together

ATB.

Andrew

 

[Tim Marlow]

Interesting to see an old bike build. Those cylinder fins look complicated, but I bet they are faster to clean up than a one piece moulding…..as you say, the colour scheme on the box is ‘orrible…..

 

[tigersteve]

Made a start on the wheels , Couldn't resist the cylinders out of build order and the rear end ! :tears-of-joy:

 

[adt70hk]

Coming on nicely

 

[Nicko]

The way those cylinders build up makes me wonder if this originated as a Protar kit.

Coming along nicely......

Nick

 

[Guest]

Looks good already, seat at the front in the OAP area please Steve.

 

[tigersteve]

Made a reasonable stab at the engine block and frame - plenty of cables to keep an eye on!

 

[tigersteve]

Rear wheel, drive shaft etc. in - also carbs and cylinders attached

 

[tigersteve]

Bit more done ......

 

[tigersteve]

Coming together now ......

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Looking really nice..
... You could mistake it for the real thing quite easily
Excellent stuff,
Andy

 

[Jim R]

Hi Steve
Looks a nice kit for it's age. At this large scale that method of constructing the cylinders makes for a great result. Excellent progress.
Jim

 

[Tim Marlow]

That’s coming on a treat Steve. Just like building a real one….

 

[simontie]

Coming together now ......

You forget how far those cylinders stick out, but such icons, fair amount of spaghetti too, i’ll keep any eye open for up dates
simon

 

[tigersteve]

Finally got round to getting this old kit, which I put away as I was fed up with the bodywork and my several attempts at painting.... also looks like the fairing parts won't fit together very well.

 

[Airborne01]

Excellent!
Steve

 

[tigersteve]

I'm calling this done ........ The fairing drove me mad! It just wouldn't fit together nicely however I tried :anguished:
So I went with the unfaired version and that will have to do - Pretty horrible old kit to be honest, will stick to Tamiya from now on