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Made in us
Battlefortress Driver with Krusha Wheel






Boulder, CO

MrMerlin,

Loving the concept so far (And how could I not! ).
In terms of overall styling, I have the following suggestion.
Where you have sketched in the Trukk motor, I think it might make the bike frame overly long, and a bit fragile looking. Maybe take out the original kotpa engine, place the Trukk engine in it's place, and perhaps nudge the Trukk engine up a bit, so the blower intake is just a bit above the shoulders of the boss.

Just my two teefs worth. I'm sure it will come out great either way.


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Also, loving the PK variant you have.
That damn wrecking ball has so many applications!

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2012/04/16 18:37:27


 
   
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Ragin' Ork Dreadnought






Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany

Thanks a lot for the suggestion mat! After thinking about that before I am now going to do just what you said! Exept that I'll use a custom plasticard engine since I don't have a spare trukk engine flying around....

@all: check out matphats biker boss here:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/422077.page

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2012/04/16 19:34:22


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Battlefortress Driver with Krusha Wheel






Boulder, CO

Kustom engine!
Great idea.
Now, you just have to decide what induction method you wanna use, and maybe some exhaust pipes?
I personally dropped the exhaust because I was so enamored with how minimalist my silhouette was.
I'd have a hard time deciding on cowl or piped induction.
The cowl is pretty sweet.
Also, thanks for the plug!

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Growlin' Guntrukk Driver with Killacannon






Loving the way this biker boss is going and agree with Mat on the position of the engine.

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Ragin' Ork Dreadnought






Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany

I'm planning to build a huge exhaust around the rear wheel, preferably with four pipes.

Cowl.... piped.... erm..... My english fails me. Doesn't happen often. What exactly do you mean? (wait, I'll google it!)

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Kanto

MrMerlin wrote:@PappaPiggy: Thanks a lot. Those wheelz are from LEGO
I thought I recognised those wheelz!!!

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Made in ca
Roarin' Runtherd





Canada

Lookin' good MrMerlin. I especially like the biker boss conversion WIP.

I recently joined DakkaDakka. Subbed your thread.

   
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Battlefortress Driver with Krusha Wheel






Boulder, CO

Mer, you really got me goin', you got me so I know just what I'm doin'.
Merrrrr, you really got me goin', you got me so I model all night.
I model buggies!
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Lawrence Ks

Everything is looking good, How are you going to do the chain going to the back tire? I can't wait to see how this model comes out. And yes the bigger the engine the better. You don't need a weed whacker motor on a bike. You need a mack engine. Its an ork... It needs to go faster, and be red, with red flames, That way it goes twice as fast.

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Battlefortress Driver with Krusha Wheel






Boulder, CO

I used the chain from the Trukk wrecking ball for my drive chain.
I was guessing Merlin might do something similar.
Not many good chain bits in Ork kits, sadly.
   
Made in de
Ragin' Ork Dreadnought






Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany

UPDATE!

The engine is turning out nicely I think (its still far form done though...)

I present you :





As you can see, I googled cowl induction . Thanks mat!

p_gray99 wrote:
MrMerlin wrote:@PappaPiggy: Thanks a lot. Those wheelz are from LEGO
I thought I recognised those wheelz!!!


I'm glad I didn't sell all that Lego stuff!

Gutsplitta wrote:Lookin' good MrMerlin. I especially like the biker boss conversion WIP.

I recently joined DakkaDakka. Subbed your thread.


Welcome to the thread, mate!

Oh and welcome to dakka!

matphat wrote:Mer, you really got me goin', you got me so I know just what I'm doin'.
Merrrrr, you really got me goin', you got me so I model all night.
I model buggies!
I model buggies!


I don't get the reference..... LINK!

PapaPiggy wrote:Everything is looking good, How are you going to do the chain going to the back tire? I can't wait to see how this model comes out. And yes the bigger the engine the better. You don't need a weed whacker motor on a bike. You need a mack engine. Its an ork... It needs to go faster, and be red, with red flames, That way it goes twice as fast.


matphat wrote:I used the chain from the Trukk wrecking ball for my drive chain.
I was guessing Merlin might do something similar.
Not many good chain bits in Ork kits, sadly.


Sadly, the chain is already put to good use on my bike.... the boss is after all wielding a wrecking ball! I guess I'll just model a protective box around the (missing) chain....

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Kanto

Nice! can't wait to see how it turns out...

   
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Ragin' Ork Dreadnought






Albany, Australia

Looking very promising!

   
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Growlin' Guntrukk Driver with Killacannon






That's a Bad*** engine mate, looking forward to the end product.

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Battlefortress Driver with Krusha Wheel






Boulder, CO

I don't get the reference..... LINK!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB8WHA3WWz0

For the drive train, instead of chain drive, you could do axle, or belt drive. Both would work, but since you are using a V8, axle would probably be better.
   
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Ragin' Ork Dreadnought






Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany

p_gray99 wrote:Nice! can't wait to see how it turns out...


Arakasi wrote:Looking very promising!


SelvaggioSaky wrote:That's a Bad*** engine mate, looking forward to the end product.


Thanks a lot guys!

matphat wrote:
I don't get the reference..... LINK!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB8WHA3WWz0

For the drive train, instead of chain drive, you could do axle, or belt drive. Both would work, but since you are using a V8, axle would probably be better.


again, . I DID know that song, just not the lyrics....

I agree, axle would look more fitting.... but how am I going to put it on the bike? Won't be easy! I might be able to figure out some good looking chain/ belt drive, even though it wouldn't fit as well....

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Oslo, Norway

Very nice

Where did you get hold of the wheels?

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Roarin' Runtherd





Canada

Hey MrMerlin - perhaps not an axle, rather a shaft drive. My yamaha V-star is a shaft drive. Lots of other bikes are too. Google some picks and I'm sure you could manage it.

   
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Ragin' Ork Dreadnought






Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany

TaWaaagh wrote:Very nice

Where did you get hold of the wheels?


They're from Lego.

Gutsplitta wrote:Hey MrMerlin - perhaps not an axle, rather a shaft drive. My yamaha V-star is a shaft drive. Lots of other bikes are too. Google some picks and I'm sure you could manage it.


Thanks a lot man! Thats just what I'm going to do!

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Canada

Couldn't resist and did a bit of searching myself. Being Orky and all, it may look cool to have the gears at the back end exposed.

Two intersecting gears like the one on the right in this pic should form a right angle, one off the shaft and one at the wheel axle:

http://www.brownemetal.com/images/portfolio/Buckles/GearSeries/GearSeriesGroup/IMG_3005.jpg

Here's a detail cutaway of the wheel end from a Yamaha showing what I mean:

http://gigazine.jp/img/2009/03/27/yamaha_new_vmax_tms2009/P1150912.jpg

Since your engine's already 'in-line', then adding a small box with a shaft on one side should look great. Here's a view of a shaft coming from an 'in-line' BMW engine, scroll down a bit to the cutaway view of the BMW R-Series engine:

http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=8483

Hope this helps!


   
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Ragin' Ork Dreadnought






Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany

Thanks so much!! I guess I'll smash apart that old alarm clock, there should be enough gears in it for a whole biker mob!

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Canada

Fantastic! I can't wait to see how it turns out.

   
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Lawrence Ks

Now the real question is, how are you going to base this thing? Are you going for a high way warrior feel? Or are they going to track through the mud? Looks great man. Can't wait to see more from you.

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Perth, Scotland

Thought I would pop over and visit your blog after you left me some advice on my blog, thanks for that btw.

Nice work, i especially like the Trukk.

Looking forward to your future works.

   
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Battlefortress Driver with Krusha Wheel






Boulder, CO

I'm starting to think you forgot about us!
Post MOAR!
   
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Ragin' Ork Dreadnought






Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany

(small) UPDATE!
matphat wrote:I'm starting to think you forgot about us!
Post MOAR!

Yeah, I was already feeling bad about it.... I did actually work on it, but I didn't think I should update until I have more to show..... but I guess I'll update anyway:
I did some welding on the engine and roughly attached the rear wheel:



I'm still unsure about how to build this, It'll probably take me a while to figure out something propa.....

and I tacked this on for lulz (you might know where the idea comes from ):


I'm really sorry to say that I won't be updating this much next week, as I'm going to spend the weekend visiting my uncle, and then I'll be painting 10 orks for comission. AND I'll be entering a model for the Dakka painting challenge...... sorry....

Gutsplitta wrote:Fantastic! I can't wait to see how it turns out.


Thanks a lot mate!

PapaPiggy wrote:Now the real question is, how are you going to base this thing? Are you going for a high way warrior feel? Or are they going to track through the mud? Looks great man. Can't wait to see more from you.


Why the hell did you ask?? Now I also have to think about THAT! lol

CoyoteCub wrote:Thought I would pop over and visit your blog after you left me some advice on my blog, thanks for that btw.

Nice work, i especially like the Trukk.

Looking forward to your future works.


Thanks mate!

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New Haven County, Connecticut

That bike is coming out pretty cool! I can't wait to see it when it's done, kudos on the details

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It looks like it's going to be one badass bike!

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Battlefortress Driver with Krusha Wheel






Boulder, CO

I was hesitant to say this, but now that I see how the engine is shaping up, and how the gearing is starting to look, I can't help it.
This project is SCREAMING to become a trike.
With a shortened rear axle and big beefy differential, huge mudder tires, etc...
I've yet to see a GREAT triker boss, but this beast seems to be a perfect candidate for it.
And yes this DOES include Vincent Hudon's amazingly painted trike boss from last years Golden Demon. I love his paint job, but the model really wasn't that impressive mechanically.
   
 
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