Author Topic: NEW 1/3 scale bike project!!! New update.... SEAT!!! (Read 29564 times)

hunterdubber · « **Reply #25 on:** January 26, 2012, 12:02 AM »

What a fruitloop

what's all that on the extractor hood ?

rakas17 · « **Reply #26 on:** January 26, 2012, 12:03 AM »

Quote from: Hunterdubber on January 26, 2012, 12:02 AM

What a fruitloop

what's all that on the extractor hood ?

just magnetic alphabet!

fischflo · « **Reply #27 on:** January 26, 2012, 12:25 AM »

.... I thought the R2-D2 costume I made for my little one was untoppable, but yours is just ......... weeirrd

oldtired · « **Reply #28 on:** January 26, 2012, 12:32 AM »

great costume , looking forward to the updates on the model ,

that wheel runs truer than the ones i'm riding on

rakas17 · « **Reply #29 on:** January 26, 2012, 12:48 AM »

Quote from: fischflo on January 26, 2012, 12:25 AM

.... I thought the R2-D2 costume I made for my little one was untoppable, but yours is just ......... weeirrd

yeah, fancy dress costumes is one of my strong points. The octo attack is a follow up to a costume I've worn about 7 times.

oldtired · « **Reply #30 on:** January 26, 2012, 01:48 AM »

xGoose · « **Reply #31 on:** January 26, 2012, 03:09 AM »

Nice project and will be following that all the way.

Not just one of the biggest hitting DH rigs but a rep of Steve Peaty's

diesel · « **Reply #32 on:** January 26, 2012, 07:29 AM »

great project joe, look forward to following this one

Mattdub · « **Reply #33 on:** January 26, 2012, 08:49 AM »

Mega Joe

, look forward to updates .

Those costumes

kungfunky · « **Reply #34 on:** January 26, 2012, 09:16 AM »

Damn right this is an iconic Downhiller

it's an amazing bike for sure and will no doubt look awsome when its done,

Would be cool to do a Chris Boadman Lotus at some point

Frosty · « **Reply #35 on:** January 26, 2012, 09:20 PM »

It's gonna be awesome. don't envy you making the tyres up for that beast

eloopnai · « **Reply #36 on:** January 26, 2012, 10:51 PM »

blimey folloowed the ripper from start to finish over 4 years looks like im gonna follow this new project looks a bit more challenging cant wait till 2016

TwoBobRob · « **Reply #37 on:** January 27, 2012, 09:44 PM »

Once again, I'm stunned already

Can I request you do a motocross bike after this one?

Devilock · « **Reply #38 on:** January 27, 2012, 10:33 PM »

Fantastic. What a great choice. Very iconic bike & rider! This was an amazing win for Steve, it meant more to him than when he equaled Nico's race record.
I would love to see this in the flesh...can i visit?!!
This is going to look awesome, you are truly a skilled man.

lk_97 · « **Reply #39 on:** January 29, 2012, 12:45 AM »

Looking forward to seeing the finished product

fischflo · « **Reply #40 on:** January 29, 2012, 12:45 AM »

Quote from: rakas17 on January 26, 2012, 12:48 AM

... follow up to a costume I've worn about 7 times.

fookin scary ....that toddler's head

rakas17 · « **Reply #41 on:** January 29, 2012, 01:31 AM »

Quote from: fischflo on January 29, 2012, 12:45 AM

Quote from: rakas17 on January 26, 2012, 12:48 AM

... follow up to a costume I've worn about 7 times.

fookin scary ....that toddler's head

Feeding time!

rakas17 · « **Reply #42 on:** January 29, 2012, 01:37 AM »

Quote from: mothwasp on January 27, 2012, 10:33 PM

Fantastic. What a great choice. Very iconic bike & rider! This was an amazing win for Steve, it meant more to him than when he equaled Nico's race record.
I would love to see this in the flesh...can i visit?!!
This is going to look awesome, you are truly a skilled man.

If you seriously wanna have a look then speak to Pete (Quadraphenia) about when he's coming in. He lives right near my work, saves me having to tell the bossman people are coming more than once.

rakas17 · « **Reply #43 on:** February 02, 2012, 06:44 PM »

Just tried out a nipple in the mock up wheel!

Jaymz · « **Reply #44 on:** February 02, 2012, 06:48 PM »

Nice nipple, looks so good I'd like to give it a little tweak!!!

mattuknc · « **Reply #45 on:** February 02, 2012, 06:56 PM »

Quote from: Jaymz on February 02, 2012, 06:48 PM

Nice nipple, looks so good I'd like to give it a little tweak!!!

Indeed, I'd probably pull at the belt a little too.

Nice build.

58 delray · « **Reply #46 on:** February 02, 2012, 06:58 PM »

that is goone be awesome mate, will be watching this closely

rakas17 · « **Reply #47 on:** March 26, 2012, 09:52 PM »

finally got round to getting this rim finished. next i need to do the hub then mould them both so i can cast a few and start lacing up wheels!!!

So i turned the rim on the lathe. In this pic i'm using a blade to try and guage what the radius looks like so i can match it when i turn it around.

Then I put it on the milling machine and used the dividing head to drill 32 holes. If it had been a 36 spoke wheel then i could've drilled a hole every ten degrees but as it was a 32 spoke wheel I had to do a hole every 11.25 degrees... annoying!

In this pic you can see a couple of straight holes, the big hole is for the valve and the one with the detail has had the little tube that i cnc'd pushed into it.

I turned a channel in the back so there's room for the spoke nipples and stuff, then the tubes could be pushed in from the back and glued.

Heres the little tubes.

All done.

And with some primer on it, I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. It looks really crisp and sharp to should look amazing when painted silver with decals!

Heres the real thing for reference.