Clyno Vickers Motorcycle Machine Gun Combination 1/32 Scale

[Neil Merryweather]

If you want cables that follow the natural shape, thin nylon fishing line will work — though you may need to drill holes to put the ends into.

Thanks Jakko, great idea. Shame I had already done it with copper wire before I saw your post :tired:.It does look better and I think your suggestion would be better still, but I don't think I can face doing it a third time.
Pics to follow later

[Airborne01]

What can I say? You have far more patience than me in tackling this beast - and it's PDG to boot! Looking forward to the wet stuff!
Steve

[Andy the Sheep]

I had a catch up on this build, Neil and I liked the way you overcame all difficulties to get to that wonderful result. :thumb2:

About the hooter: what's the use of a hooter when you have a Vickers...! Did James Bond have a hooter on his Aston Martins? :tongue-out3:

[Airborne01]

I had a catch up on this build, Neil and I liked the way you overcame all difficulties to get to that wonderful result. :thumb2:

About the hooter: what's the use of a hooter when you have a Vickers...! Did James Bond have a hooter on his Aston Martins? :tongue-out3:

'elf 'n' safety innit! (Might get a stoppage in the Vickers!)
Steve

[rtfoe]

Hi Neil, you did a good job on the resin bike...very unnerving that even got you fitting the vickers upside down. 3D one looks way better. I'd have proposed fishing line too had I come in earlier. I would say the art of gizmology if you don't know where things go.

Cheers,
Wabble

[JR]

As I know nothing about fishing line use , the first thing that comes to mind ,does it paint well ?
Good for you Neil , nice additional parts with the 3 D printing .
:thumb2:

[Neil Merryweather]

Thanks chaps. Here are the pics.


I didn't like the angle of the gun and I think it was because I had fitted the tripod incorrectly to the sidecar. So I took it off and that's my next challenge (sadly there isn't one included in the digital model), along with the groundsheet for underneath the sidecar.
I've not gone the full scottie3158 by adding nuts and bolts, but to my surprise I have added mudguard stays....
There's also a wheel stand fitted to the front wheel but I haven't figured out how to make that yet- I might just forget it.
thanks for watching
N

[minitnkr]

Magic.

[scottie3158]

That's a little beauty.

[Ernie]

Very impressive, the build up looks great. It is kind of cool looking at it like this unpainted as you can see all the different materials that have gone into it!

[Allen Dewire]

That Sir, is absolutely gorgeous!!! Matron is so proud of you Neil...

Prost
Allen

[JayCee]

This is coming on very nicely, Neil. Will look the dog's when finished.
John.

[Jim R]

That looks superb Neil. Really well done.

[Andy T]

Oh yes, that's lovely!

[Guest]

About the hooter: what's the use of a hooter when you have a Vickers...! Did James Bond have a hooter on his Aston Martins? :tongue-out3:

For some reason, many Second World War tanks were equipped with a horn (usually an electric one, of course). I don’t think anyone knows quite why they needed one, given they had a powerful, and thus loud, engine as well as noisy tracks. If you can’t hear the tank itself coming, I kind of doubt you would hear the horn either …