Looks awesome! I do wish it was an old school chopper though. One question. Are there alternative Harley Davidson's out there that will work in 54mm?
Jim Patrick
Jim, let me try to say things like this: "I don't know"
I don't want to sound "rude" but, as noticed previously, for those who really know how a motorbike is, this miniature has notorious shortcomings in its details.
However there are some extremely nice and realistic military Harleys in 1/35 scale that can be used to convert and upgrade the donor chassis and engine to the more contemporary and civilian Harleys such as the FLH Electra Glide. Look this Harley WLA:
The question here is how a "50mm motorbike" (that's 1/35) will look with 54mm figures riding it. And if the models are even higher, like 60mm, then the figures will look like if a fat Marc Gasol and a wild Maria Sharapova were having a date on a tiny Harley.
Reverse thoughts can be used if we pick a 1/24 Harley. There are very nice die cast Harleys in 1/24 scale. Here's a contemporary FLS:
but here, I fear that only if the figures are notoriously big for the quoted 54mm, namely measuring around 75mm they will work. Otherwise they will look like actor Peter Dinklage riding a maiden in the intervals of Game of Thrones.
In times of yore, there were classic toys in 1/32 scale from brands such as Britains and Matchbox that had Harleys. But they offered just a toyish silhouette, almost unusable for scale figure modelling. Italian manufacturer Polistil had some 1/30 bikes but I can't remember a Harley in the catalogue.
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