A couple of things I have been working on recently . . . . . .

[The VW Doc]

With the cold weather I haven't been working on a VW or a BMX recently. I have been indulging another hobby of mine though

I have built these:

Mk2 DP Firebird







and a DP Freestyler



And both together



They are 1/10th scale and made from styrene

What do you think??

[pickle]

damn awesome    top work!

[punkdSICO]

The look great.  Looking forward to seeing them finished..

Paul

[kdw712]

Very cool stuff 

[OrgasmDonor]

foooooooooooooook the stuff in your house is foooookin massive 

[BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN]

are they gonna be riders ?  

only joking  

they look well cool - got any other models in mind ?

[The VW Doc]

Not sure about other ones - it depends what I can get hold of to measure up

I have a Mk1 Burner that I may do - the rear triangle may be interesting to bend/roll on that

But that said, the rear chani stays on the DP's were a right pain to get to look right and compoind bend the right way

As far as finishing them goes, the Freestyler frame is now painted White. They will probably stay as Frames and Bars though - I have looked into wheels, and can find nothing that comes close size wise.
The ones in the Toy Shop are too small and look odd in the frame.

I have photo's and dimensiond of original DP Freestyler Bars for the Freestyler frame, so will make them in due course

And I have part built a crank as well, but cutting out a chainring it proving very awkward!

I am borrowing a set of Freestyler Decals from a mate, to scan and reduce in size to see if they will print out in a readable way

[Retrodan72]

Have you tried wheels off a Flix Trix?

[The VW Doc]

Yeah I have, they are about 32-35 mm diameter
A 20" wheel at 1/10th scale is 50.8mm

I did buy a couple the other day ot try and they do look silly 

[kungfunky]

Top skills there  what they made of, plastic?

[NORTY40]

Nice work mate 

You and Joe (rakas17) should spend a weekend away together   

[donnydresser]

cool as them mate

[The VW Doc]

Top skills there  what they made of, plastic?

Cheers - yeah, they are styrene (the same stuff plastic model kits are made of)
To a point, it is easy to work, and with some heat and a sharp knife you can do all sorts

[Badbaldie]

  great skills , cant wait to see these finnished 

[BMX1973]

Cool  just like an Airfix kit. 

[monkeybat]

Make some in 1/6 scale, they should fly off the shelves.

[mattuknc]

Do you need a bottom bracket? 

[Jaymz]

OMG those little bearings are amazing. I have no use for them, but I want them, they would look great alongside my 24mm cap head bolt Ive got!!! little and large

[mattuknc]

I have a couple spare if you want a pair.