Italeri Triumph 3 HW Finished

[phantom II]

Italeri Triumph 3 HW

Yes i am making some new valves as the plastic ones are a bit naff, the second "valve" is a security bolt., its a clamp that clamps the inside of the tyre bead to the rim and stops the wheel spinning in the tyre which can tear the inner tube. You often see them on trials and dirt track bikes.

I did not know that . I guess it's a similar principle to screwing drag slicks to the rims.

Just never noticed it on bike rim before . Cool detail

Cheers, Chhristian B)

 

[moon puppy]

Italeri Triumph 3 HW

I'd say you have a great start on this Paddy!

 

[Iron Mike]

Italeri Triumph 3 HW

A great start indeed. Can't wait to see the rest!

 

[paddy]

Italeri Triumph 3 HW

Mainly messing about with the engine this week, not got far. Experimenting will making some alloy push rod tubes at the moment

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Italeri Triumph 3 HW

Looking very nice Paddy!

 

[Iron Mike]

Italeri Triumph 3 HW

I love scratchbuilt parts! :drinks

 

[mike walsh]

Italeri Triumph 3 HW

Impressive work Paddy

Keep them pictures coming.

Michael :drinks :cheer:

 

[paddy]

Italeri Triumph 3 HW

I have to just say this is a lovely little kit. I think it started life in the early 1960's as an Esci box and to be honest would give a lot of modern kits a run for their money, very enjoyable to build. true most of the joins need dressing and some bits don't quite line up but i wonder if that is down to the very soft plastic used. i started building this with Humbrol glue but it melts the plastic and takes hours to dry. I had to do a save on the carburetor here which almost melted into a molten blob I'm now using super glue which seems a better choice.



Thanks for looking in

 

[SA Dave]

Italeri Triumph 3 HW

GREAT!!!

 

[moon puppy]

Italeri Triumph 3 HW

Cool!

 

[jknaus]

Italeri Triumph 3 HW

Looking good. Funny how differnet plastics were back a few years and different glues required. Glad you saved the part. Watching with interest.
James

 

[phantom II]

Italeri Triumph 3 HW

Looking good. Funny how differnet plastics were back a few years and different glues required. Glad you saved the part. Watching with interest.
James

I'm here to tell you that everything has changed tremendously .

A few years ago I found that Testor's liquid glue was so mild that you could brush it over newly scribed lines ( hard plastic ) and it did little more than clean it up.

Now with the soft plastic, the same glue etches the new plastic to the point that it needs to be sanded afterwards.

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[phantom II]

Italeri Triumph 3 HW

Good save and nice build thus far

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[Paulw]

Italeri Triumph 3 HW

Funny how it looks as if you could just hop on. That is quite impressive, Paddy as all of your builds.

 

[paddy]

Italeri Triumph 3 HW

Not a lot happened this week. most parts need a bit of work especially parts that come in 2 halves as none of the joins quite line up. You can see an example of this in the battery strap below. I think i will remove the strap altogether and fit a new one.



Other than that its a great fun build and easy to lose hours in detail that makes it look like you did nothing all week :laugh:

 

[moon puppy]

Italeri Triumph 3 HW

Building up nice Paddy.

 

[phantom II]

Italeri Triumph 3 HW

Looking good Paddy .

Good point about looking like nothing was done all week . I feel the same

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[paddy]

Italeri Triumph 3 HW






This is my attempt at a battery case strap . Its basically a strip of Coke can wrapped round a bit of brass tube then drilled .5mm. The whole thing is about 1/2" so looks better with the naked eye than a macro lens.
Coke can is great stuff, its good alloy sheet, about .003" and can be cut with a scalpel.

 

[jknaus]

Italeri Triumph 3 HW

Fantastic The detai9l totally makes this.
James

 

[Iron Mike]

Italeri Triumph 3 HW

Nailed it, I'd say.