Italeri 1:9 Norton Manx 500cc 1951

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Good enough for me too:hugging-face:

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Graham

What a lovely job you are doing on this build. I did not realise it was an older kit when i have seen it advertised but that said i guess it gives you the fun of some extra build time.

Its certainly a lovely looking bike and hope it continues well for you.

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Graham

What a lovely job you are doing on this build. I did not realise it was an older kit when i have seen it advertised but that said i guess it gives you the fun of some extra build time.

Its certainly a lovely looking bike and hope it continues well for you.

Cheers Tony. Yes, these 1/9 scale old bikes are getting on a bit now but they are worth the effort to get them together. I have already built the WWII Triumph and I have a WWII Harley Davidson still to build. The Triumph was a very nice kit to build.

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Bit more done today, doesn’t appear much as it has been fiddly bits and painting but it is slowly getting there.

Engine plates finished so engine and gearbox put into frame. The rear of the frame is not glued up so I can spread it to get bits in.

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Wheels painted gloss black on hubs and rims glued up with tyres in place can just be seen in background.

Exhaust and silencer stripped of chrome then errrr chromed.....

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Oil and petrol tank primed, sprayed gloss black then finished in Alclad White Aluminium then sprayed with Alclad Aqua Clear before adding decals. Another coat of clear to go on tomorrow.

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Doesn’t look much progress but I have put quite a few hours in today, sometimes it goes like that.

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I don't know I can see a lot of work has gone on. It's looking very good

[Snowman]

That is looking great! I always appreciate a bit of two wheel action.

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Another positive day on the Norton. At this stage, it appears to be find a load of small bits, clean them up, spray them, wait for them to dry then assemble into what appears to be nothing. However it does grow slowly.

First up, the wheels. Bit of a pain with the gloss black hubs but I got there

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Then it is a case of locate all the bits for the front forks and spray them gloss black. Sit back and drink that cup of tea while it drys and then locate the parts that need to be chrome and then spray over the black. I know some people are more organised than me and locate every piece to paint the same colour but I just do it in sections.

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Put these bits and bobs together though and, by Jove, it’s starting to look like a motorbike

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So now, it is back out with the engine and finish it off then I will be on the final lap, I think........

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This is coming along finely Graham:smiling4:.

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Looking good mate

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Another frustrating fiddly bits day on the Norton. Got all the bits on the engine and re fitted it and the gearbox permanently into the frame and started the ‘plumbing’. Annoyingly, many of the ‘pins’ were too thick for the tubing but I have most of it done. Rear swinging arm in place with rear wheel and ‘working’ suspension. This is a pain as there is no stops so it all falls to bits if the rear wheel goes too low.

Really thought I would finish it today but once again, it seems to have taken ages to achieve very little. Tomorrow should see it finished, I hope. Time to start thinking what the next one will be......

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Looking forward to the finish.

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Looking forward to the finish.

Me too Ralph. It is one I have wanted for a long time and it has been very much as I expected to build but, sadly, it is struggling to hold my interest. I have to finish it before I start something else or I will never finish it.

[papa 695]

Great work Graham.

[Guest]

Love it Graham. Looking very good so far :tongue-out3:

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Managed to get this completed today, pictures will be in the completed thread. Many thanks for the comments on this build, appreciated:smiling4: