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Italeri WLA45 Harley
horsegunner
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Posted: Friday, March 25, 2005 - 01:07 PM UTC
I know this kit is old, and from the ESCI line, but how good is it? Being in 1/9th scale, I imagine it is quite big.
What would it take to make into a Canadian Harley? All info appreciated.

Art
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Posted: Saturday, March 26, 2005 - 03:20 AM UTC
Hi Art,
That's a new one for me. I don't think we've ever had a question about Military motorcyles yet. However, I think they have one at Vimy house in Ottawa (Canadian War Museum). Since the museum is reopening in may, you might want to pay them a visit and take a look at the real thing, then compare with the model. I take it you have the kit? (By the way, nice C1).
PEIRECCE
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Posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 05:43 AM UTC
From what I understand in doing a little looking Canada didn't use the WLA we used the WLC which has a different front end and such. I have the kit and it looks good to me, I have been looking for a pic of a Cdn WLC to see how hard it would be to modify.

Here is a quick pic that I found on the net.

http://milifax2003.tripod.com/S_T_mc2.jpg

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Posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 05:37 AM UTC
Thanks for the info. Paul, my Leopard C1 was built in 1997, long before MLM's conversion. As you can tell, I used the figs from Tamiyas Cheiftain kit.

Art
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