Thread: 2/3 scale Indian Straight Four.

Hey Trev, Have you seen this .... Indian Motorcycle Museum Australia in Geebung, Brisbane, Queensland....
I just saw it featured on The Great South East on "Channel 72"....Cheers, crowie

Indian Motorcycle Museum of Australia - Home

Originally Posted by crowie

No it's not - it's a bad dad joke and I should know, I'm always in trouble for them...BUT thanks anyway Dave....crowie

I see what you mean about bad jokes Crowie.
I was just reading your "Dodo to a bucket" line.
I'll have to file that one away mate it's a pearler

Hey thanks for the heads up on the Indian Museum.
I hadn't heard about it.
I'll have a good look at it tonight.

Thanks mate.
Trev.

More work done on the brake lever today.
I've made the base plate and half of the clamp.

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To make the plate I used pretty much the same materials as for the lever.
Except for a piece of dowel which forms the cable guide and some MDF.

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Like most things a coat of primer helps to define the shape.
I still need to drill out the lever for the cable end.
As well as the holes for the screws to hold the clamp together.
I'll make the bottom of the clamp tomorrow.

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It's a fiddley little thing to make but great fun.

Cheers
Trev.

I've finished off making the brake lever.
It seems to have come out fairly well.

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Painted chrome and with some cable running through it should look the part.

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I'll get back to the brackets for the footplates now.
After that it's really only the wheels to be sorted and then I can strip it down.
Once the weather warms up I can get stuck right into the painting.

Cheers
Trev.

That is an amazing piece of sculpting. You manage to get everything so smooth when using the body filler, or anything else. Is the finishing done by machines, or is it all done by hand?

Originally Posted by Treecycle

That is an amazing piece of sculpting. You manage to get everything so smooth when using the body filler, or anything else. Is the finishing done by machines, or is it all done by hand?

I'm beginning to think Trev has shares in a "Body Filler" company..... or his brother is there rep and Trev scores all the sample pack.....

That is seriously getting there

As I said before, its just as well I can type because I am totally speechless and in awe of your skills and imagination.

This has to be on one of those morning breky shows or more even a special inspiration segment on a Better Homes and Gardens or something.

Even the science museum or the car museum in SA

Originally Posted by Treecycle

That is an amazing piece of sculpting. You manage to get everything so smooth when using the body filler, or anything else. Is the finishing done by machines, or is it all done by hand?

Thanks for that Dallas.
It's fair to say I spent a lot of time around paint and bodyfiller when I was kid.
My Dad was a panelbeater and a damn fine one at that!
I have nothing like the skill of my father, but I did pickup on some things.

Crowie and I are always joking about watching paint dry.
I love watching paint dry, bodyfiller as well.
It's how I get the finish.

With the paint as one coat starts to dry it let's you know when it's time for the next.
As bodyfiller dries you can work it's surface by hand to get a really smooth finish to it.
It takes some practice and a lot of sticky fingers.

All of the finishing on the bike is done by hand.
Although I'm happy to say my Dad say's when it comes to a finished surface I'm a machine!

You can be the King of England or win Tatts.
But nothings as good as a pat on the back from your Dad

Cheer mate
Trev.

Originally Posted by Repliconics

I have nothing like the skill of my father, but I did pickup on some things.
Trev.

Boy, how good was your father then if you can say that

Trev,

Your skills are unbelievable.

Fantastic stuff


Keith

You have a real handle on things and if anything goes wrong you can just lever things in your favour. Looking good.

Originally Posted by DaveTTC

You have a real handle on things and if anything goes wrong you can just lever things in your favour. Looking good.

Thanks Cowboy.
I'm pretty happy with that lever.
But it's usually the first thing on the bike to brake.
There's a subtle one for you

Cheers mate
Trev.

Don't mind me just messing around trying to workout uploading to the forum from an image hosting site.





Still trying to make things easier for Dad.
Bigger pictures with less buttons for him to push hopefully.

Trev.