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| Posted: Thu Nov 21st, 2013 06:25 pm |
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Si.
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" What is interesting to note IMHO, that the 'Davis Motor Mine' critter has a reversing gearbox "
Thanks Helmut for that.
I was wondering about reverse.
The speeder HAS to be light enough; to be LIFTED, for reversing.
In Ray's 2nd & 3rd proto-photos 'actual handles' can be seen at the front.
I guess at the back as well.
They are lifted & turned, like a stretcher, by 2 or perhaps more people.
Jose's proto-photo; shows very light construction...
...1"ish tube, thin plywood & sheet-metal.
'Davis Motor Mine' looks VERY heavy.
It looks unlikely it could be lifted easily.
Yes...
...It is 'the odd one out'.
It is clearly a proper 'locomotive'; the weight adding to slow speed traction.
The words of wisdom of Herr Bert, come to mind here.
" If you're going to do a 'freelance'...
...make sure you understand the engineering "
Or something like that.
Thanks Herr Bert...
...Your words of wisdom stuck in my mind, like Zen philosophy !
Obvious perhaps ?...
...maybe not ?...
...but VERY TRUE !.
All the best.
Cheers
Si.
" Houston ... we have a design problem ... over ... CKHTCLICK "
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' Mysterious Moose Mountain ' - 1:35n2 - pt.II
http://www.freerails.com/view_topic.php?id=7318&forum_id=17&page=1
' M:R:W Motor Speedway !!! ' - 1:32 Slotcar Racing Layout
http://www.slotforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=59295&st=0&a
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| Posted: Fri Nov 22nd, 2013 02:13 am |
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Bill Fornshell
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I have been watching this thread since it started. Back in 2004/2005 I was in the hospital for 8 weeks.
One day a guy came into my room with a cart full of model Cars, Trucks, Airplanes and a few Motorcycles. He was passing them out to anyone that wanted one. I didn't have a motorcycle model at home so I took this one.
I opened it up, took a look at it and put it away. I took it home and packed it away with other models for that "some day" project.
Fast forward 9 years and during the last few weeks I have been looking at all my old model stuff and repacking it in new boxes. Tonight I came the Motorcycle Model.
It is 1:9 scale, big. It might make a - Garden Scale - Motorcycle Rail Thing. It has good detail but no rider.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 23rd, 2013 11:09 pm |
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Helmut
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@Si
that principle was applied to some of the regular railbuses used in Germany. Even used American engines.
BTW, the Davis Motor Mine Harley ( not Indian ) is described as sporting 9 forward and 3 reverse speeds. And yes, it was a more or less true motor loco.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 28th, 2013 09:20 pm |
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Si.
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Hi crazy bike speeder fans ! 
WOT ? it aint finished yet ? 
Nope. 
Tamiya have done a stella job, as you would expect, of designing their Harley kit. 
So what's the problem ?
If you assemble the kit 'as intended', you get a pretty nice model.
The back wheel, mudguard, hub, chain & some of the frame; is ALL one part.
This looks surprisingly OK, & makes building the kit easy.
If you want to get rid of the rear wheel to make a bike speeder ... Problems !
Having stared at this lil' lot for a week; I think I'm going to finish the kit as intended.
So have been looking at other 1:35 bike kits, for speeder use.
Since I will have a Harley from this; I have looked at something else for the speeder.
This kit is more like Woodie's MiniArt kit.
The wheels & frame etc. are all seperate ( & very fiddley ! ).
Looks much more of a sensible route though; if you what a bike without wheels !!
Yes ... TWO full models ! 
Upside - I get a 'spare' Indian, NICE ... Downside - mucho dinero ( I'll eat rice next week ! )
So ... just thought I'd put all this nonsense up !
You never know; some other nutter might read this one day & make a crazy bike speeder !
Cheers
Si.
P.S. Jose, I have my beady lil' eyes on another one of your railcar threads as well !
You gotta stop finding all these realy cool photos ... a guy just can't keep up !
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' Mysterious Moose Mountain ' - 1:35n2 - pt.II
http://www.freerails.com/view_topic.php?id=7318&forum_id=17&page=1
' M:R:W Motor Speedway !!! ' - 1:32 Slotcar Racing Layout
http://www.slotforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=59295&st=0&a
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Wow! Charles not only has a rail bike with sidecar but it runs sideways and upside down! Outrageous. I LOVE IT. Now, I'd like one of those 2 in 1 Indian kits. I'm with you, Si, Jose has GOT to quit finding these things. Well, maybe not quit but quit telling me about them...
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.......maybe not quit but quit telling me about them...
Maybe I'm your personal karma.... Jose.
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upside down and sideways is what you get with a cell phone and poor lighting and "g" scale
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