DRAG KING ___Raceliner Dragster___

[KOTA]

WOW!....Looks like an illegitimate child, of a Bowden Spacelander and a Spaceliner, that was hidden in a barn for 60 years, because they were afraid the world was not ready for something that cool.

 

[karfer67]

I'm voting for you for sure this bike is bad butt. Paint came out perfect

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[Black Top Roller]

Beautiful bike with ultra cool lines,in my opinion you've won already!!

 

[The Renaissance Man]

That's just sexy.

Great job of keeping it cool. It's a hard thing sometimes.

Rg

I totally agree, don't want to jump any sharks.

WOW!....Looks like an illegitimate child, of a Bowden Spacelander and a Spaceliner, that was hidden in a barn for 60 years, because they were afraid the world was not ready for something that cool.

I love that description! Thanks!

I'm voting for you for sure this bike is bad butt. Paint came out perfect

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I really appreciate the vote! I've still got more to do on the paint.

Beautiful bike with ultra cool lines,in my opinion you've won already!!

Thanks! The girl's Spaceliner frames have much better lines than the boy's frames (in my opinion) and are generally over looked because of the step through. I'm hoping that my tanks will change that. There are a couple of top notch builders that have bought tanks already and I'm really looking forward to seeing what they can do with them!

 

[Black Top Roller]

Ya know I did over a women's Spaceliner years ago for my mom in law that SHE NEVER USES!I might just try to get it back and match her up with my own that I'v had for 20 years now.I love the Spaceliner frames,their just to cool

 

[whitefiretiger]

Ya know I did over a women's Spaceliner years ago for my mom in law that SHE NEVER USES!

I know how that goes. Got my gf a bike & she never used it; not even once. I'm trying to sell it now lol.

Nice bike. Its so shinny

 

[The Renaissance Man]

I'm trying to get this finished by next weekend so that I can shoot some of my final pictures then. So, I'm sort of bouncing from one thing to another as I can. Today I bounced back to the shifter and made a bracket for a heim joint to attach. The 'top hat' looking socket piece turned out to be too tall, so I had to cut it down first and then drilled and tapped it for the aluminum bracket. It ended up being a lot of work for such a small part.

 

[cherrydeuce]

This things gonna fly!!!!!

From that angle it looks so much like a Bell helicycle

 

[The Renaissance Man]

I had to google helicycle. I do see the connection.
It definitely has a 60's futuristic flying machine look. Maybe some sort of spaceliner!

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Back to the tank. The rust looks great, but it needs a faint hint of the paint that would have been there when it was new. I mixed a couple of shades of metallic blue to match some of the surviving paint on the frame. An artist that I worked with years ago called this hypnotizing the colors. After it's done, you will not actually see much of the paint at all, but instead just small hints of color. The masking was to separate the two colors of blue.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

It just gets better! Over and above!

Luke.

 

[Glen]

Holy rusty metal Batman!.... you are really good

Here I am having trouble trying to figure out the best way to glue strips of newspaper to some cardboard, and you are performing magic beyond my comprehension

Glen.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Thanks guys, started work on some graphics today. I hope to make some headway tomorrow.

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

eh, I suppose it looks alright
;-)


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[whitefiretiger]

I have to say I can't wait to see the finished painted bike.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Here's a look at the latest on the tank. After studying how paint fades and metal rusts naturally, I observed that it fades away from the top down which makes sense. Most of the blue that you see in this picture is on the underside of the tank and will barely be visible unless you bend down and look.

I have them taped to the table for the next step which is silk screening the graphics. I'm having trouble with my photo emulsion, so I'm having to re-do the screen for the third time.

 

[MrLeghorn]

I wanted my bike to have a rusty look, but you have nailed it. Very nice work!

 

[whitefiretiger]

Yea its kind of to see faded bikes. And you nailed it they fade top down. You should see my Holiday Impala; the metallic red when it fades away leaves silver so the top is silver and underside is red.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Thanks guys, I have a little more rusting to do if I can ever get past the graphics.

Had yet another fail on burning the screen. There's not enough time today to try again before loading the drum kit and heading out to Birmingham this evening. I usually don't do much work on Sundays, but I'll probably at least try prepping the screen again.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

I had a few extra minutes to add some decals that I made. The CalTracs traction bars are a bit more modern than the rest of the dragster, so I waved off the rust, kept the yellow zinc coated rod ends & grade 8 bolts and added the logo for a little more authenticity. The idea is to make it look like a more recent upgrade to an old dragster.

What do you think? Keep it or get rid of it and make it rusty?