1:18 German Bicycle Scout Custom

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:33 pm

First off, major props to aferg for suggesting the 1:18 1903 Harley as a base.

Btw, I took a lot of WIP shots if anyone is interested, let me know..

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7thva_hunter · Post by **7thva_hunter** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:10 am

good job!!!!!!!!

Post by **aferguson** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:20 am

nice job! You scratch built the frame i gather. Now you need to do a late war, Hitler Youth bike with two panzerfausts hanging vertically from the handle bars.

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:38 am

aferguson wrote:Now you need to do a late war, Hitler Youth bike with two panzerfausts hanging vertically from the handle bars.

That's not just late war, in the 70's every kid in my neighborhood had that setup. It was a bite when someone had to ride on then handlebars and hold the panzerfausts!

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:12 am

I assume those were Red Ryder panzerfausts, right?

lsc1002 · Post by **lsc1002** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:26 am

Grunt1, again very nice!

flayrah · Post by **flayrah** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:21 pm

Looks good! The US and Brit AB had folding bikes that were dropped with the troops. Reports stated they were convenient and welcome (better than walking), but sometimes folded in half WHILE being ridden.

scope uk · Post by **scope uk** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:46 pm

Very cool custom you totally transformed the original!

pokeyjtc · Post by **pokeyjtc** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:14 pm

Nice work. Excellent job on the customization, it looks great.

RED · Post by **RED** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:05 pm

Nice job!!!

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dfoos · Post by **dfoos** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:45 pm

I am totally interested, do you have any pics of the process? I would love to see how you did it before I buy one and start chopping.

Thanks,

Dennis

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:43 am

Really a nice job! Seems like you had to really strip down the bike before you could work on it... What's you tool of choice for doing that with?

Oh, and yes they were Red Ryder panzerfausts we had!

(They had the compass in the stock and I double dog dare you!)

steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:02 am

Hey Grunt,
Excellent work mate,truely excellent work. That`s a fine & dandy bike.

Something I`ve saved to the puter myself to make in the future for my German & British forces.

Ja
Steel Bonnet

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:49 am

Ok, here are some WIP shots. There are a lot. Note the small commentary between shots. And make special note of the "hidden nightmare" under the gas tank.

Enjoy!

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First off, it had two sets of forks. One set were shock absorbers/springs:

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Off they go!

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And it was driven by a belt drive with a hoop:

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After the hoop came off, there were some pesky little pegs left over. A few snips and they were gone.

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Using snips, I removed the portion of the frame holding the engine and muffler:

Original handlebars:

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They were too long so a little snip!

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Now they are about right:

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The gas tank (I think):

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But behind the gas tank was the real nightmare!

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And of course there was this bit too:

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With it's own little nightmare:

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Not sure why I used bolt cutters instead of the dremel, but that's the kinda guy I am.. More power!

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After the first cut:

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Expoyed the frame back together. Note the black portion is the barrel of an oversized Chap Mei rifle of some sort:

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Epoxying the original sprocket and pedal on:

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Epoxyed the second pedal on:

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Original seat location and springs:

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Move the seat forward and lowered the post per the picture, also trimmed down the seat springs.

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The original sprocket and chain:

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I used the original sprocket, but removed the original chain because it was too short and used the original belt drive rubber band instead.. Painted it black.

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I used the original kickstand as the bracket for the shelf:

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The shelf itself was just some plastic cut from a tree out of a 1/32 kit:

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Add some cargo:

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I fashioned a headlamp from a smoke grenade launcher off of a dollar general vehicle:

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 11:11 am

Tools used: Bolt Cutters (lol), Dremel, diamond snips, and five minute epoxy.

Post by **aferguson** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 11:29 am

would it have been just as easy to remake parts of the frame from plastic sprue?

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:34 pm

My original thinking was that I had to have at least one bike completed to even know the angle and lengths of the sprue to use.

For the next one (DAK of course), I'm going to use the dremel on the frame instead of the bolt cutters. I'll let you all know if that has better results.

If anyone goes the sprue route or tries their own bike, please post some shots!

kevrut · Post by **kevrut** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:49 pm

Helluva job!

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1:18 German Bicycle Scout Custom

1:18 German Bicycle Scout Custom

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