The Ace

[Willowbilly3]

I've been working on my latest piece. It's going to be a 1/4 scale of a 1920s Ace four cylinder. Like this;

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/photo-gallery/jt-nesbitt-glory-be-the-american-superbike/

Well, about 40 hours of work and this is where I am. About 75 fins cut, shaped and welded on, only 21 left to go at 10-15 minutes each.

 

[Todd]

Holy shhhhh......... That is cool and some awesome patience.

 

[soltz]

Crazy Cool, is it going to be a runner or display [S
Either way your a hell of a craftsman

 

[bob w]

It's gonna be ultra cool.[dr

 

[Willowbilly3]

No, not a runner. I'm not THAT handy.

 

[Old Iron]

Pretty cool lookin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Willowbilly3]

Today's progress on the Ace. Finished the fins, 98 of them not counting the top. Also got the clutch/flywheel housing and the tranny on. End of day 12

 

[Willowbilly3]

So I need opinions here. Should I go with the barn find 90 year old look or the new original shiny paint look? I still have a while to decide.

 

[smallfoot]

barn find...[P About the time those were running around, there probably weren't many paved roads and if I'm not mistaken, weren't those total loss oil systems? 15 minutes out of the showroom and they probably didn't look new and shiny!

 

[soltz]

Barn find for sure, it's to cool for shin

 

[Willowbilly3]

barn find...[P About the time those were running around, there probably weren't many paved roads and if I'm not mistaken, weren't those total loss oil systems? 15 minutes out of the showroom and they probably didn't look new and shiny!

I think these had a regular crankcase like a car and dippers on the rods. Top end oiling was done with an squirt can.

 

[zzrodder]

Way too kool!! A real piece of art - I agree with the barn find look too... Great use of found parts for the bellhousing - fuel pump?

 

[Willowbilly3]

Way too kool!! A real piece of art - I agree with the barn find look too... Great use of found parts for the bellhousing - fuel pump?

Gear reduction cover from a small Briggs and yes, part of a fuel pump. The cover is a little bigger than scale but looked the part, so it goes with these things, can't always keep everything to perfect scale using found parts. Pushrods and valve springs are a little fat too. I was pretty stoked to find those little NGk plugs, 1 inch long.

 

[Old Iron]

I'm with the barn find too.

 

[Willowbilly3]

Engine pretty much done until I set it in the frame, probably close to 100 hours in and time to take a break from it and get some other stuff done.

 

[Willowbilly3]

I scaled the magneto down quite a bit from an original. They were cartoonishly huge, like something from a Farmall tractor.