paddy
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So here we have a part built MFH 1/9 Brough Superior bought in an online auction.
Someone has assembled part of the engine and put it in the frame and assembled one wheel. unfortunately he has hand painted the black parts and they look awful.
First job is to see if i can get this all apart and then check if i have all the pieces. this is a £500 kit which i paid £120 for. so basically 25% ..if i can build this into a half decent model i can sell the new boxed example i have for probably more than £500 and have enough to buy something else
Plan B is to build it as a wreck...mix it with a couple of italeri model of the same scale and build a diorama like this....
This a load of old bikes found in a yard in Bodmin UK. There are three Brough Superiors here, ...restored they would be worth up to half a million each.
T.E Lawrence (of arabia) was killed on his Brough Superior in 1935
So this is what i bought although the picture the auction site used didnt show any assembled parts :-(
this what has been done, note brush painted black...yuk
these are the parts i have. On the face of it i think its all there but because of the strange way MFH number there parts on the instructions but dont number the parts supplied its hard to tell. ...I have asked MFH for a parts list, lets see what happens.
I did wonder if i could leave the engine assembled but i am not happy with the finish on the metal and now i find the front cylinder is crooked
Someone has assembled part of the engine and put it in the frame and assembled one wheel. unfortunately he has hand painted the black parts and they look awful.
First job is to see if i can get this all apart and then check if i have all the pieces. this is a £500 kit which i paid £120 for. so basically 25% ..if i can build this into a half decent model i can sell the new boxed example i have for probably more than £500 and have enough to buy something else
Plan B is to build it as a wreck...mix it with a couple of italeri model of the same scale and build a diorama like this....
This a load of old bikes found in a yard in Bodmin UK. There are three Brough Superiors here, ...restored they would be worth up to half a million each.
T.E Lawrence (of arabia) was killed on his Brough Superior in 1935
So this is what i bought although the picture the auction site used didnt show any assembled parts :-(
this what has been done, note brush painted black...yuk
these are the parts i have. On the face of it i think its all there but because of the strange way MFH number there parts on the instructions but dont number the parts supplied its hard to tell. ...I have asked MFH for a parts list, lets see what happens.
I did wonder if i could leave the engine assembled but i am not happy with the finish on the metal and now i find the front cylinder is crooked
