Here is a custom chopper that I finally finished.

Very nice...got any more pics?

Pretty cool build Penny.

I don't have but two pics and this was the better one. I will get more taken as soon as thw weather starts to cooperate and stops raining.

Your bike looks very good nice finish.

Awesome job Penny !

Looking forward to more pic's when the rain goes away !

Penny, indoor shots are fine too...we're not picky.

Ask and ye shall receive......

What you've done looks nice. No problems there. However, motorcycles look really nekkid without their cables. Left hand: clutch and electrical lines, right hand: throttle and front brake line; fuel lines and ignition and spark plug wires on the engine. Brake lines on the right foot pedal and linkages from the left foot pedal to the tranny.

I realize that it's missing all the cables, but this was my first motorcycle kit and I wasn't too sure of myself. Now that I know what to look for, and what I need to improve on, I'm wanting to do another one. This time around I will have the cables and things on it.

Hey, that's pretty darn good for a 1st cycle kit with no knowledge of cycles. Very nice.
Not critisizing, but why did you forgo the chrome on the kit? Just curious...

Probably for the same reason I stripped all the chrome from my Revell chopper kits - awful mould lines and flash that wreck the chrome when you get rid of them. I really don't know why manufacturers bother to chrome the parts in the first place.

Penny - that's a good build for a first 'bike.

Next time you want to replace chrome with paint, there are better products - I use a laquer called "brush'n'leaf" which is made in the USA.

Oh yeah..understood, especially on old amt kits where the chrome is thin. My question was actually why she didn't use something like alcladII chrome or polished aluminum afterwards instead of the generic aluminum paint. I'm thinking of doing one with the motor in anodized colors...we'll see...