a push bike version a Zundapp Motorcycle used by the German army during WW II will be sort of stand off scale.
So sketch first and a bit of planning.


Been a model maker for some time, so got a 1/24th scale kit of the bike to get an idea on some of the details.


Bit more planning with pencil on paper.


Drew up a scaled up plan for the frame, just slightly smaller than a real one.


Donor bike and some bits of steel for the frame.


So here is the front section of frame, mounted up on a jig of plywood with nails to hold it's position.


Multi pie cuts to get that aggressive curve in the lower frame, will be tricky to weld. The top end
not so difficult


Here are the frame parts pretty much ready to be welded together, hopefully soon.

So here is a bit of a mock up of the beginnings of this bike. Yep she will be chunky, yep she will be
a little heavy but hey weight will mean momentum right! Took a bit to hold all this together and get
her welded.


Here is how I got around those fine pie cuts front lower frame, covered them with a plate and welded
the edge of the plate.


Here is the front end, that little stork will be for the gear lever. Will run the gear and brake cables
down the centre of the upper lengths.


The rear of the frame just behind the seat post to the start of the donor frame section that I used.
Had a few headaches getting this section right, you can see my finger pointing to the rear of the
frame where I put a cut to bend the section down.


The bars are some stock cruiser bars with a short length extending them slightly.


No fancy mig or tig welder for me, old school arch welder low amps and 2mm rods and blast a few
holes then fill them! Most people who have mig or tig welders here have real problems with feed
as the salt air creates corrosion on the coil of wire and it doesn't feed well, none of these problems
with arch. Now take it easy on my welds folks, far from a master!
Here she is alongside a picture of the real machine along way to go but getting there.


So using plywood to help make up motorbike bits, got a bit of sanding ahead of me!


Yep will have two seats as per the real machine, plan to have the rear one swap-able with a carrier.


Using an old motor bike headlight surround and that's a VW oil filler cap as a the tank cap.




Found a good book with some great detail shots, slowly getting there.

