What a drag! That was really coming together nicely. Love this build.

Thanks Mark.
Not entirely unforeseen , so thinking had been put onto the masters . Immediately after hub failure I went to the fabrication of the masters, a late night session results in some workable items. I hope to pour the first half of the silicone tonight:

Mould boxes ready to go , I'll let the ca cure all day and pour tonight.

My little tourism shop/business has gotten busy in the last few days, been catching up on that.
Also pondering pour procedure for this as well as the 1/32 scale 4 bladed Gotha prop.

Struggling with the prop is one thing...
Getting back to this looking for the finish line. The left side needs some work, starting with clearance for the drive chain. A little is ground away, the sprocket left loose , in order to feed the chain down through as one of the last things installed:

Primary drive support plate gets final fitting, I am asking myself why this cant stay on :

No reason it cant get glued , and the primary pulleys and clutch get mounted:

Engine pulley is mounted here temporarily with a collar and nut.

And the awesomeness keeps on coming!

Thanks Mark , getting down to it that's for sure. I'm gonna try and get the prop done today then onto the 'Big Pour'.

No work on this , tourist season has hit and I am behind on my attraction. Today I managed to get a showcase sorted:

As well as some other work ,I find myself working on this again. Footpeg mounts and footpegs beginning:



Footpeg shape emerges. With thrill packed realistic folding action!!!:

Kewl.

Thanks Mark.
Staying on the primary side , bolts and socket heads with washers hardware is added . The 2 empty hole will have the belt guard mounts:

All of this hardware will be getting pinwashed at the end of fabrication , with different shades of greys and blacks.

I first began laying out the belt drive pullies and belts long ago , 2011 if I remember correctly. Pullies mounted , belt as configured was too short. Went int othe file and with some messing around was able to come up with a more correct belt length. The rear pully is drilled slightly off center, this allows loose/tight spots .Install the belt in the loose spot, rotate to the tight spot:


The goal is to offer these sets to upgrade your 1/8 Revell Harley kit. However this may be getting too much for the average modeller to handle, we'll see.

Raw belt. Has no tooth detail inside. And will need another layer :



7500

Do you plan to add, inside tooth detail?

[quote]Do you plan to add, inside tooth detail?

yes this pic shows the vinyl sheet with the teeth. The belt needs one more layer and teeth applied:


This was one of the items I thought would be too much for the average modeller to handle, working out to not be the case.

Finally to the pouring of the mould:

Godfather 1 & 2 watching results in approximately 2000 links cut from frets. Final trim and cleanup still to go:

3 Godfathers and 6 Bond's gives us all the links cleaned:

Next up : The cutting of the pins Clarisse...

Last half of the silicone poured:

Stainless steel strip is fabbed into a belt cover:

Outer belt cover begins to take shape:

And cut out:

Screening:

Ready for paint: