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zenrat

#2220
March 30, 2020, 02:40:23 AM
The Beagle made him do it.

Since watching the South Park episode The Entity I can't look at a mono wheel without thinking of Mr Garrison's IT bike.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

Weaver

#2221
March 30, 2020, 03:07:45 AM Last Edit: March 30, 2020, 03:23:50 AM by Weaver
Hypno-Beagle? Now there's a thought to conjure with... (or not, if Hypno-Beagle doesn't want you to.)

EDIT. I hadn't seen that South Park episode, and now I have seen that bit of it, I can never un-see it. Thanks... :o
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

Old Wombat

#2222
March 30, 2020, 03:10:14 AM
Maybe not big enough;



Maybe just big enough;

Has a life outside of What-If & wishes it would stop interfering!

"The purpose of all War is Peace" - St. Augustine

veritas ad mortus veritas est

zenrat

#2223
March 30, 2020, 03:57:10 AM
Quote from: Weaver on March 30, 2020, 03:07:45 AM
...I hadn't seen that South Park episode, and now I have seen that bit of it, I can never un-see it. Thanks... :o

:thumbsup:
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

Weaver

#2224
March 30, 2020, 05:12:30 AM
If you can whiff-jitsu the backstory to your satisfaction, then the best way to build a model of something like this would be to use a 1/12th scale motorbike front wheel with a 1/48th or 1/56th (28mm) driver. Some of the Tamiya bikes are reasonably cheap nowadays: the XV1000 Virago has a 19" front wheel and the Suzuki Katana has an 18" one. There's probably some kind of trail bike with a 21" front wheel, but it may not be cheap.

Annoyingly, you can't use a 1/35th figure. Doing the maths:

21" wheel scaleorama'd from 1/12th to 1/35th = 5.1 feet diameter, which is a bit too small


but:

21" wheel scaleorama'd from 1/12th to 1/48th = 7 feet diameter  :thumbsup:


Since you're most likely to find a post-apocalyptic bike rider in 28mm wargames scale:

19" wheel scaleorama'd from 1/12th to 1/56th = 7.3 feet diameter
18" wheel scaleorama'd from 1/12th to 1/56th = 6.9 feet diameter
17" wheel scaleorama'd from 1/12th to 1/56th = 6.5 feet diameter


"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

PR19_Kit

#2225
March 30, 2020, 05:29:51 AM
Didn't someone do one of those mono-wheel thingies in the large scale car class at Telford a year or so back?

And they may have won the whole shebang with it too.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

kitnut617

#2226
March 30, 2020, 06:13:42 AM
How about 1:1 scale;







Using swamp buggy* front tires by the look of it.
* agricultural equipment
If I'm not building models, I'm out riding my dirtbike

PR19_Kit

#2227
March 30, 2020, 06:44:48 AM
Very ingenious, but how the hell do you stop them? I can't see a brake anywhere.  :-\
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

kitnut617

#2228
March 30, 2020, 08:37:10 AM Last Edit: March 30, 2020, 08:42:08 AM by kitnut617
If I'm not building models, I'm out riding my dirtbike

major

#2229
March 30, 2020, 04:30:10 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 30, 2020, 06:44:48 AM
Very ingenious, but how the hell do you stop them? I can't see a brake anywhere.  :-\

Thats why none of them are wearing their good 'Sunday' shoes!  ;D

kerick

#2230
March 30, 2020, 09:30:43 PM
Quote from: major on March 30, 2020, 04:30:10 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 30, 2020, 06:44:48 AM
Very ingenious, but how the hell do you stop them? I can't see a brake anywhere.  :-\

Thats why none of them are wearing their good 'Sunday' shoes!  ;D

One of the problems when you try to stop quickly is "gerbilling".
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise

Rheged

#2231
March 31, 2020, 02:16:00 AM
Surely you remember how you stopped your bike many years ago!  In this case, steel heel studs would be a good idea.   I rather like the idea of GERBILLING, but only if I am a spectator at a safe distance.
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you....."
It  means that you read  the instruction sheet

zenrat

#2232
March 31, 2020, 02:21:27 AM
Quote from: Rheged on March 31, 2020, 02:16:00 AM
... I rather like the idea of GERBILLING, but only if I am a spectator at a safe distance.

That's not what Richard Gere said.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

Weaver

#2233
March 31, 2020, 05:03:44 AM
Or, you could just stop messing about and go for a Dynasphere:



10 foot diameter and a 1000lb iron lattice framework. Built in 1932.  :o

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasphere

Video, with the device being explained by a delightfully 'plum-int'-gob' lady (as we'd say 'round 'ere):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvA7hDh_vhY
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

PR19_Kit

#2234
March 31, 2020, 05:21:53 AM
That thing's MIND boggling!  :o

I can't see it being a whizz in any local stages rally, the turning circle must be measured in miles!
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit
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