[xBhp Universal Thread]: Haroon's scale model display (many bikes/pics)

[Haroon]

My Scale model Collection and Display Stand
Atlast, I am glad to make my presentation (if I can call it that way). My scale model display has been in the making for a while now, but work/family commitments just took precedence and this was in the back-burner.

Some of you may have seen my old scale model display in the forum before the xbhp web-crash, my collection continued to grow (and hope it still goes on) & bikes piled up in the bedroom. My wife first thought it’s just the child in me, but later realized this was a much more serious infection without a treatment, so she decided, “what cannot be cured, has to be endured”. Anyway, she is now happy to see it, but has requested a footprint limit for the display in the living room. Ofcourse, my kids aged 4 & 8 are generally not destructive, but they fully know what this means to me and don’t bother to fool around with it.

For me, merely buying & putting models on a shelf did not suffice & hence wanted to add some zing to it. Hence the different themes. Ofcourse, some of it continues from my old display stand and that’s the best I did with my limited creative capabilities.

Theme-1: Being a BMW affectionado, my theme had to have a dedicated place for BMW. But since I had some more of the European beauties- Triumphs & Ducatis, I decided a European bike showroom from my imagination would be good.
Theme-2: There were some cruiser bikes (including the prized possession of the scale model of the ‘Jet bike’ made by Orange County Choppers- You can see the actual thing in the ‘American Iron’ magazine cover photo below), so I figured the best theme would be outside a local pub with some ‘bikers with attitude’!
Theme-3: Lastly, there was an assortment of many sport bikes, nakeds, sport-tourers & tourers, so then I decided the Deals Gap would be a good background (this actual place in US is a sports bikers paradise with 318 curves in 11 miles- called the dragon).
Theme-4: The extreme bottom section is basically bike mag covers color-copied, laminated & stuck. OK, these are some old mags since I took them from my old display stand made in 2003.

Coming to the display stand itself, Yes, the new stand did cost me some money. I designed the basic frame and had it fabricated at a workshop under my supervision (thats the only thing outsourced, otherwise, this is a 100% single handed job by myself without any help from others including photos with a crappy camera & worser tripod!). I then bought sheets of transparent & opaque Plexiglass (Boy, they are very expensive here & they only sell the whole sheet). With the other tools available at home, I only had to buy a few tit-bits like nuts/bolts/washers, superglue, acrylic paint, double side stickers etc. I had some human figures of the same scale size, but these were those Sci-fi figures and hence I had to do a lot of scrubbing and repainting to make them atleast close to a ‘biker look’. Then it all BEGAN. Ofcourse, a few breakages, few cuts to fingers etc were all part of the fun, but glad it is finally done. Had to do a lot of work to build the stand, so I have included some pics of that as well. BTW, it does not stop here- I will still continue to collect models.

Hope you enjoy the whole thing. Feedback for any improvements also welcome.

The drawing board to start with. All material, tools etc ready for action.


Cutting, drilling and adjustments…





The electrical connections..


The exhibition begins




Theme-1 The bike showroom






















Theme-2 Outside the Pub


















Theme-3 Deals Gap motorcycle resort
















Full dress Tourer gang


Sport Tourer gang


Theme-4 Mag covers laminated

[Aryan]

This is phenomenal Haroon. Thanks a ton for sharing all the information and ofcourse the plethora of pictures. You have perhaps the largest number of collection here in xBhp! Absolutely mind-bogglingly exotic machines there.. I am absolutely sure you have put that 'bug' of collecting these models in many a souls out here with these wonderful pictures of yours! Truly amazing work and you sure are a collector.

This DID require a separate thread and here it is!

TOPIC APPROVED!!

[Haroon]

Thanks Aryan for the super quick approval and the compliments.

[Mindgrinder]

thats an awesome collection the only collection i ever had was McD toys lol, and my bro cars. The original scale model cost a bomb, amazing passion bro.

[praveenkm]

Thats a lot of effort with patience. Great collection of models and awesome display ambiance as well. Kudos








PS: Dusting em would be a big chore i guess

[anvancy]

WOW!simply wow

[Aryan]

Where's Bandhav!?

@Haroon: How much time did it actually take you to gather all these beauties? 1 year? 2 years?? I cannot help but wonder!

[Haroon]

Thanks Mindgrinder, Anvancy & Praveen.
Yeah Praveen, you said it- dusting it is a real pain.

Yeah Aryan. Me too waiting for Bandhav. I think I started collecting sometime in the year 2001. BTW, the jet bike of OCC is the costliest- Price US$ 35 + US$ 30 for 2-way taxi to the Discovery Channel store in Orlando. I was lucky to see the actual bike in 2003 at the Biketober Fest in Daytona Beach.

[ankitmohan]

simply amazing buddy............

[kriss]

you would be my icon from today !!!


May it be 1:12 or 1:18.... Awesome collection....