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The Rail Bike of a sort -Inspired and built in 1/16th

Started by Barney, May 04, 2026, 01:38:26 PM

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Barney

Onward and a little Upward on the bike - the dangling wires and cables are yet to be coupled up to the various bits - clutch / Carburettor / advance - retard - mixture control / fuel lines / and generator - decided to rebuild the generator and control boxes
and also a remodelled saddle - the truck is a Slaters V skip (a 16mm scale truck but when I started to measure things up rather over scaled but just right for 1/16th scale ) angle irons fitted to sides  to fit some wooden boards link and pin couplers to be fitted
Now fiddling around with a exhaust pipe and head lamp/ tail lamp and brake shoes for the rear wheels lots more to do but enjoying the work so far
Barney
and of course Humbrol green paint job !
Never Let someone who has done nothing tell you how to do anything
Stuart McPherson

Barney

Trailer wheels are the metal ones supplied by Slaters - Bike wheels are from Swift Sixteen and are plastic sprayed with Humbrol tank grey then dry brushed with Humbrol metal coat polished steel
Barney
Never Let someone who has done nothing tell you how to do anything
Stuart McPherson

Barney

Never Let someone who has done nothing tell you how to do anything
Stuart McPherson

finescalerr

Satisfactory ... but where is the bicycle seat? Also, anyone can tell the handlebars don't move so where's the steering wheel? -- Russ

Barney

"But where is the seat " at the moment "standing room only "  true bikers like jockeys don't sit down !
Barney
working on it
Never Let someone who has done nothing tell you how to do anything
Stuart McPherson

Barney

Terrifyingly Simply - can carry 6 people - with buffet service a bottle of water
barney 
Never Let someone who has done nothing tell you how to do anything
Stuart McPherson

Bernhard

Lovely – it almost makes you want to hop on and ride off into the sunset.

Bernhard

1-32

Bravo Barney.
These rail motors are great, just waiting in my backyard ready for a quick trip to the shops,
Cheers