Harley Davidson FLH80 Electra Glide

[flyjoe180]

Your Harley Davidson is looking good so far Paul. Nice detail work, and that red has come out tops.

[PaulTRose]

finally a splash of colour.............rear guard on, primary on, oil bag and battery on


ive made one little mistake, tried to give the primary cover a wash to pick it out but it dosnt seem to have taken as well as i would have liked, might try to remove it, but ive got to be very gentle, cant use anything too aggressive as the cover is something i rechromed


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[takeslousyphotos]

Looking good Paul.

[Robert1968]

I like this so far


Robert

[PaulTRose]

starting to come together


got to say that this is the hardest bike kit ive ever done.......its such an old kit and its starting to show......im not looking forward to the wiring as the tubing has gone a bit brittle, if i havnt got something in the spars box to replace it im going to try hot water to soften it up


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[papa 695]

Just caught up Paul looking sweet

[PaulTRose]

todays progress


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[Guest]

It coming along Nicely Paul.


Cheers John.

[Guest]

Coming along great.

[PaulTRose]

hit a snag


put the two tank halfs on the frame just like the pic in the instructions and dry fitted the seat.....and theres about 5mm of the gap on show!!!..............yet the pic on the box dosnt show a gap....very strange, yet the tank cant go together in any other way


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but i have a bold and cunning plan to hide the gap


ive cut a strip of plasticard to fit the gap and sprayed it red. the deal sheet is probably 75% knackered. i was only going to be using the small decals as the large stripes are too far gone, so i shall try cutting up a strip of the stripe thats supposed to go on the front fender and put that over my fillet to sort of hide/blend it in

[takeslousyphotos]

Nothing ever seems to fit properly on the real ones either. I've owned two, and they are an abomination.


......... Your's is looking good Paul.

[Guest]

WTF! I'm sure you will get it sorted mate, that's some gap.

[Guest]

Yep I'm sure you will sort it, it's looking good.

[Richi72]

Hi Paul,


great job so far really like how this comes together. As for the problem with the tank, my old heritage softail hat a gab too, but it belongs there they were covered by a, in my case a piece of leather.


first picture you can see where the opening is second one with the leather in place


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hope this helps


Cheers Richi

[PaulTRose]

yeah but the annoying thing is that they show a pic on the box where he gap isnt there!......and theres no part in the box to replicate that, and it actually shows the gap in the instructions....go figure!!


thing is when the seat is on the gap from seat to instruments is only about 5mm so i should be able to hide it/blend it in