BMW R90S engine by kpnuts - FINISHED - Franzis - 1/2 - PLASTIC

[kpnuts]

Hi all my missus bought me this for Christmas, since I enjoyed the 1/4 Porsche 547 engine by the same manufacturer so much.

 

[shipman]

Lord, preserve us. What next?

[yvesvidal]

This is fantastic. I was tempted to get that kit (being a BMW enthusiast), having ridden an R75 and owning an R1100S, but the price gave me a cold shower. I will follow your build log with a lot of interest. I never rode the R90S but had a taste of the R100S and these machines are marvelous once you tame the gearbox.

 

Do you have a Build Log for the Porsche engine?

 

Yves

Edited December 29, 2020 by yvesvidal

[kpnuts]

Yves, yes I do have a build log of it, I did it half and half not all clear (I may go that way with this I will see when I have more of it built)

[yvesvidal]

7 hours ago, kpnuts said:

Yves, yes I do have a build log of it, I did it half and half not all clear (I may go that way with this I will see when I have more of it built)

 

Could you post the URL of that Build Log, when you get a chance? I thank you in advance.

 

Yves

[kpnuts]

Here you go 

https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/franzis-1-3-porsche-carrera-type-547-engine.36234/

[Egilman]

Oh yeah I remember, Ken, your the guy that makes plastic look like cast UHMD resin.....

 

(or, in the alternative, give us the location of your miniaturizing machine) {chuckle}

 

You ought to teach this stuff.....

 

Very Very nice

[kpnuts]

Thanks mate.

More done to this.

 

[shipman]

I had the pleasure of wearing out a R1OO/7, a R100S and R100/RS during the 1980's.

Each was a different brew of chalk and cheese.

Like the R90/S they all had conventional roller timing chains; not what this kit offers.

A real restoration of any one of of these 'air heads' would be cheaper and intrinsically of more interest.

 

In 1976 I sat on the central wall at Governors Bridge for the 10 (yes 10) lap production IOM TT, which Helmut Dahne won, riding the 'prototype' R90/S (which was an enlarged R75).

Stuck in one position on an old bit of wall, for what seemed an eternity was very uncomfortable.

Every TT in it's long history featured photographs of that spot. But NOT the one where I could have been preserved for posterity.

[kpnuts]

Never owned a BMW (lots of others) im just building the kit so wouldn't know about the accuracy of the kit, from what (admittedly little research I've made) it seemed pretty good to me.

[shipman]

Good for you, KP.

Happy New year matey.

[kpnuts]

More done to this

 

[kpnuts]

More done to the gear selector mechanism, and I couldn't resist trying it.

[kpnuts]

Well its finished

 

[shipman]

Quiet, isn't it.

[yvesvidal]

Fantastic model. You really did a wonderful job on this kit.

 

Yves

[lmagna]

That went quickly! Nice running engine.

[popeye the sailor]

great job!........cool to see it working