1:4 scale Ritchey P20, this is going to take a while...

[27motorhead]

Life is so much easier with a good jig.

Love this so much. Keep up the mad skillz!

 

[ferrus]

Mad skills indeed! Incredible talent and dedication.
Just amazing!

 

[bikeworkshop]

I'm looking forward to the wheelbuild
is that 24gauge spokes?
Will they be butted 24/26?
J-bend? Straight pull?

 

[27motorhead]

I'm looking forward to the wheelbuild
is that 24gauge spokes?
Will they be butted 24/26?
J-bend? Straight pull?

Don't encourage him. He needs no encouragement! Model makers are a strange talented breed. RB is a perfect place for one to hang around and show of his skills.

 

[LumPi Panda]

I'm looking forward to the wheelbuild
is that 24gauge spokes?
Will they be butted 24/26?
J-bend? Straight pull?

Planning on 26 gauge, plain gauge. I had wondered about a controlled stretch on some 24 gauge to replicate the butting, but took myself outside and had a quiet chat.

I expect that the spokes will be metal wire this time unless I can find silver fishing line, so solder will likely feature to create the spoke heads.

J-bend, 32 hole, 3 cross. I'd love to try snowflake lacing, but my P20 wasn't that sort of bike. I'll save that for the next build, which is already taking up space in my head.

 

[bikeworkshop]

Planning on 26 gauge, plain gauge. I had wondered about a controlled stretch on some 24 gauge to replicate the butting, but took myself outside and had a quiet chat.

I expect that the spokes will be metal wire this time unless I can find silver fishing line, so solder will likely feature to create the spoke heads.

J-bend, 32 hole, 3 cross. I'd love to try snowflake lacing, but my P20 wasn't that sort of bike. I'll save that for the next build, which is already taking up space in my head.

Snowflake lacing is sadly an indication of the triumph of naive enthusiasm and showmanship over common sense and usability!

Please don't go there @LumPi Panda !

 

[PhillB]

All I can say is

'Mad Skillz Bro!'

I also now want a laser...

 

[LumPi Panda]

Don't encourage him. He needs no encouragement! Model makers are a strange talented breed. RB is a perfect place for one to hang around and show of his skills.

On the contrary, encourage away. To be honest, it's working quite well as motivation to crack on with this build.

I tend to find that most things I make without a deadline tend to fizzle out around the 90% complete stage, probably because I make them for the enjoyment of doing it rather than having it.

All of your comments and reactions are greatly appreciated and a genuine help, so thanks everyone for that.

 

[LumPi Panda]

In the meantime, I've started tracing out some stickers for the forks. These will be printed onto waterslide transfer paper.



Artwork found on the internet is on the left. I've traced round it to create the lines on the right. I could just print them out from the original, but doing it this slightly more long-winded way means it's easier to adjust colours and create paths for cutting them out with the laser.

 

[LumPi Panda]

Snowflake lacing is sadly an indication of the triumph of naive enthusiasm and showmanship over common sense and usability!

Please don't go there @LumPi Panda !

Model making is also "an indication of the triumph of naive enthusiasm and showmanship over common sense and usability."

I completely agree with you about snowflake lacing, but thirteen year old Lumpi Panda cares not for such things. I suspect that snowflake lacing will make an appearance on the next build, which is much more in line with the younger Panda's naive ideas of cool.