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02-20-2018, 01:04 AM | #31 |
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Don't remember seeing this one its first time around, but brother, that is a fantastic custom figure and bike set! The figure alone is amazing, but add that ride and you have a killer combo! Thanks for re-uploading the pix and sharing them (again) with us!
-Todd Shakka85 Thanks fellas! I appreciate the words. It really sucks that so many old threads are now ruined by the great photobucket debacle. Thanks Bull! Sounds like a good plan. I got really lucky finding a whole ton of bikes last summer for .25 to .50 a piece, so one day I'll have bikes fixed for all the Noks plus some. The fun part is going to be who to pair up with what bike.
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02-20-2018, 01:22 AM | #32 |
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Bad ass!
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02-20-2018, 02:24 AM | #33 |
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Ditto. Black motorcycle with a cool driver is bad-ass to the bone.
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02-21-2018, 11:54 AM | #34 |
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Love your custom. I know you used styrene for the weapon but which one did you use?
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02-21-2018, 04:46 PM | #35 |
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Thats a great Concept !! Very nice
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02-22-2018, 12:24 AM | #36 |
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Thanks guys!
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02-22-2018, 12:28 AM | #37 |
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If you are referring to the sickle blade as the weapon, I explain the process of building it in full back on page 3, post 24 of the thread, but for convenience I'll also repost that info below: "The sickle was scratch built out of metal and styrene. It's was actually pretty simple to make and the same technique can be used to make most any bladed weapon that is straight, but especially good for ones that have a curve to it. All you need to get started is a hammer and a flat hard surface, such an anvil or thick piece of steel. Some bench vises have an anvil like surface that will work fine. Mine is actually a crappy poor man's anvil(a short piece of railroad track). You also will need a short length of wire or 6 so inches long which makes it easier to hold on to, and a short piece of some kind of tubing that will fit over the wire. The wire I believe I used an 18 gauge wire that can be found at most any hardware store. I also used 3/32"(I think) styrene which can be found at some hobby stores or online. Other things, like a scrap of wire insulation could be substituted though. First off you take the piece of wire and bend one end into whatever shape you want. For this, I used a wooden dowel rod to bend the wire around to get the half circle shape of the sickle blade. Then start likely hammering it against the anvil as you move up and down along your proposed length of the blade area. You also need to flip it back and forth to do the both side of the blade to make it the most uniform. Think of the process of being a mini blacksmith(without the heat)and take your time lightly hammering it out until it forms a flat blade like surface as wide and thin as you want it to be. If you know you want a wider blade to begin with, then you might want to use a thicker gauge wire to hammer out. It's important that you don't hammer past the area that will be the handle area. After that, you can then snip off the very end of the bladed area into a pointed shape and file down any uneven areas along the blade edge if needed. The excess wire piece left round will fit into your tubing to form the handle. Then you just test out the length you want your handle to be, then cut it to that desired length. Slide it over that rounded end left on the wire and snip off the excess wire sticking out from the tube handle. Then all that's left is to polish out the blade surface if you want and put an edge on it with a small file. Paint your handle and that's pretty much it. Real steel for your custom. Hope all that made a little sense, lol! If there are any questions to clarify anything, feel free to ask."
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