This
is the “Mail Box Chopper”, one of the four custom
chopper re-issues from MPC. These are nice little kits although
a bit simple, but with some detail work they can be quite
nice.
I painted this kit just like the box art because I really
liked the color scheme. I used various shades of nail polish
for the basic colors and finished up with four coats of
Dupli-Color clear, hand polished to a nice shine.
I
wired and plumbed the engine (as simple as that was) and
used flocking to simulate a velour seat material. Over all
this was a very nice kit to build.
Choppers:
Heavy Metal Art - When a motorcycle has been built from
the ground up, stripped of anything not needed for speed,
power, and striking looks, and draped in rich colors and chrome,
it has been transformed into a chopper. What was once considered
an outlaw ride has now become a luxury item and a mainstream
obsession. In Choppers: Heavy Metal Art, author and biker
Mike Seate explores the many styles of choppers and bobbers
and the builders behind them. The book is divided into several
sections based on style or type of chopper, with each section
devoted to the builders who follow a similar style and philosophy.
Some builders are established names in their field, while
others are up-and-comers rocking the chopper
world with their far-out ideas and new spins on a classic
style. Photographer Michael Lichter, who has photographed
choppers for Easyriders and several other magazines for nearly
three decades, provides stunning studio images of the featured
machines as well as portraits of their creators.
Harley
Davidson Sportster - In 1957 Harley-Davidson bowed to
customer pressure and grafted an overhead-valve top end unto
the four-cam bottom end of its floundering KL series of middleweight
motorcycles. The resulting motorcycle, the Sportster,
earned the distinction of being the most iconoclastic motorcycle
model ever produced. In continuous production for 44 years
and counting, the Sportster long-ago abdicated its original
title as the king of high performance motorcycles, yet it
remains one of the world's most popular motorcycles, despite
using antiquated technology. The elegant simplicity of the
Sportster embodies what Robert Persig calls "the a priori
motorcycle." That is, when most people close their eyes
and conjure up the image of a motorcycle, it is something
very similar to a Sportster that immediately springs to mind.
It is this raw, essential nature that propels the Sportster
to mythic status.
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