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Hey modeling friends,
Here is my completed 1/9th scale "Italieri" WLA 750 Harley Davidson.
Good kit, needs a lot of work and patience. I recreated the saddle bags, seat and holster from craft paper. Lots of weathering and [...]
Hello all,
the 1/9th Scale WLA Harley build continues with more work done on the bike and custom made saddle bags. The bags that come with the kit are essentially plastic boxes, so you should really make your own. I used craft paper, paper [...]
Hi friends,
I have started this 1/9th scale WLA for a customer. I don't normally build motorcycles but I am finding this to be great fun! Kit is going together without much problems other than the parts are not numbered and the sprues have [...]
Well, this time I had to build something unusual for me: a very old Revell snap kit 1/8 of an Harley Davidson.
First of all the strange think is that the commitent, a former Harley owner, would like to have a reproduction of the model, as [...]
My senior year in high school I fell in love with the design of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Partly because I had a group of older friends that all rode Harleys. They included me in their group and of course I had to have one.
My first [...]
Here is my recent build of Italeri’s 1/9 scale 1942 Harley-Davidson WLA motorcycle. My oldest son gave me the kit for Christmas two years ago but I waited a while before attempting the build. After doing my P-26 and Fw 190 D-9, I felt I [...]
this is the old Esci mold from the 70's
the Wla Harley served U.S. armed forces from 1942 till 1945...they just made the same bike in 42 43 44 and 1945
it was a 750cc flathead motor
this one was attached to Omar Bradleys 12th Army [...]
As the United States prepared for the likelihood of war in 1940, Harley-Davidson was tasked with building a general-purpose motorcycle for the US Army. Based upon their existing W-series bikes, the resulting bike used a high-compression [...]
Well, as most of you know, the "Holy Grail" arrived. I am currently working on the 1/6 scale Tamiya Harley with sidecar.
So I thought I would post a few "teaser" photos. So here are shots of the engine in-progress as [...]
Well, some folks were looking forward to the build of a snap kit from me. So here it is. First it's necessary to let you know that the deal I made was for an incomplete kit. Which I knew going in. I made the deal because I happened to [...]