BMW R75

Chris Norman How about some photos of the completed project please.

Dave Norman Photos added

leslie vandiver I have been working on this model as well, mine however is made by ESCI 1/9 scale I will post some pictures shortly for you, I have built the ESCI Harley Davidson WLA45 also 1/9 scale.....Now after I finish the R 75 I have the Dragon Sd.Kfz.2 1/9 scale Kleines Kettenkrad but I am wanting to get a little more experience before I finish them they are fun for the scale size and I am having issues with finding the right cement for the Dragon because I started to paint the 1/9 figure and nothing seems to hold well any suggestions?

Mike Kryza Hello Leslie - the Revell BMW is the same as the Esci ones. (reboxed)

leslie vandiver Hey Mike I am going to start trying to paint my maybe today but I found this site SVSM GALLERY MW R75 This site has some amazing detailed photos of the bike that will help when painting or the decals Sir thanks and its an honor to find you as a friend.....
Leslie

Mike Kryza Thx a lot for hint - it's really very informative. I'll look tomorrow in a quiet minute at the site. But I think it will last a little while before I start with the BMW... .

simon Hi ...some time since this post but this kit is now expensive as its getting rarer , I've got the chance of a esci bmw /sidecar 1/9 but in Black /chrome wheels etc (after war civilian model) I'm thinking of converting to Wehrmacht but IS this exactly the same kit but a different finish Mike ?

Mike Kryza Hello Simon - the BMW R 75 was specially build for the German Army. I think the Revell box includes the original sprues from Esci. Only with some colored parts. At that time the manufacturers don't change the parts/sprues like today.

Mike Kryza I forgot - the military version has always(!) the sidecar.

simon Thanks Mike , see if he still has the kit for sale ????

Mike Kryza Good luck!

Curtis Caden One of my all time favorite motorcycles.

Martien Lourens 15 years...but nice builds.

Curtis Caden Nice job. Like your choice of decals.

M.Julian Marles Classic kit!

Rui Jorge Yes, Julian, it is. Almost complete. Just some minor work on the Zündapp. It 's been unfinished for almost 12 years. But now I return to this hobby and very soon I will finish it.

M.Julian Marles That's great! I had my first one when I was a teen and I thought it was one of the coolest kits ever!

Luka Novak Finished. Nothing fancy. Simple and spartan but I like it

Tamiya BMW r75 set with crew and two figures, the ones to the left of motorcycle. Kit is pretty basic and requires quite a bit of work but main purpose for me was to try working with pigments and weathering. No washes though

Feldgendarmerie resin figures I got on eBay, no idea about company, quite possibly some Chinese knock offs.

Knife rest/spanish rider/barrier scratchbuild from balsa wood, barb wire also scratchbuild.

Base and lamp MiniArt set, replaced wall with rubble because I made pig's breakfast from it (expletive deleted vacuform). I used wash here on coblestones

M.Julian Marles A classic! I have a bunch of these as well as the single bikes. I always liked he wounded guy sitting in the sidecar..one of Italeri's only decent figures!

Jean Tchao Compared to the Hat set the italeri is far.. far.. far nicer

M.Julian Marles Yeah. Hat.ouch.

Ulf Petersen

Robin Hasting Finally found enough paints, tools, etc. from the move to start hacking again. This one is a quickie for my mother in law's birthday. She drove on of these at the end of WWII for the Luftwaffe as a feldwebel (womens auxilliary) serving on a AAA battery near Wurzburg.

H K A classic Tamiya scene I have a 8,8 cm Flak instead of the Tiger and a Pak 35/36 ( and my troops are from the Großdeutschland Division)

Es-haq Khosravi Excellent!

Curtis Caden Both motorcycle and armored personnel carrier are 24th Panzer - Division. I like the horse! The motorcycle is mechanized reconnaisance unit 1 under the Reichswehr. The Hanomog half track is 5th vehicle in 2nd platoon of 1st company on Russian front in 1942. The Tiger 1 Ausf. E tank is no. 232, sPaAbt 503, Russia, October 1943. The G4 German Staff car is for the commander-in-chief of the Wehrmacht.

Curtis Caden Es-haq Thank You! You are one of the kindest people.

Es-haq Khosravi Thank you Curtis! It is not my kindness, it is your greatness!

Curtis Caden I hate to be trite in saying it takes one to know one.

Es-haq Khosravi

Wim van der Luijt straight to the wishlist

Es-haq Khosravi Very nice!!!

Frank Krause Love it!

Ludovic Thank you guys I still need to finish it with decals. I'll post when it's done

Stefan Suessemilch LOl Maarten By the way.... forget the german importer as they're.. hmmm... let me say it this way... toffee nosed. In my opinion they don't really care about the customers

Maarten Kruizenga What i also wonder is..........are those models cheaper than anywhere else because something vital (to me the decals are vital) is missing? Surely they are breaking some trade law by knowingly selling something defunct??

MoJo Hi Eend,
send me per PM your adresse. I found one Deaclsheet in my Stash and this is before 1974 you can have it. It is not complet but the most are on.

best regards

Eend I don't know, i never visited a store outside of Holland and Germany. But judging from online shops in the UK, most kits cost usually a bit more here in Holland.

Maarten Kruizenga crooks, all of them...........

Eend MoJo, you have a PM

Holger Kranich Eend, get yourself some Microscale Decalfluid! The decals will be like new then!

MoJo Hi Eend,

thanks for the info,

I send it on Monday

bg

Steve Wilson Nice build Guy, superb weathering

Guy Golsteyn Lol, I had no clue back in 1977, but it turned out ok. I was 16 years old and I could still conquer the world

Steve Wilson Hey! Guy.
Lets face who does have a clue at 16.
I thought, wrongly, as I now know, that I was INVINCIBLE, women swooned and fell at my feet knickerless. Beer came out of a free flowing non-payment never ending tap. I'd love to go back to visit, maybe not...

Aghis Barberopoulos Aah, life can be so great can't it ?
This is a nice build, with a history of itsown now!

Christian Lehmann The base for this side car is the solo version also provided by SOL. I used the single BMW of SOL on my Natter dio. The first visual impresion of this kits was great but the fit was poor ( I had to shorten one frame because they had different length. Seems to be the same on the side car kit that I have in my stash.

Dirk Heyer I scratch built since the complete framework . The Sol tyres are out of scale, too small! The original BMW 750 ccm was equipped with the same tyre size as the Sd.Kfz. 82 Kübelwagen . Quelle:
Die Kräder der Wehrmacht.
I cast a Tamiya Kübelwagen tyre and milled the rim away, so I could attached the Sol photo etched part.
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Christian Lehmann Well done Dirk. I did not check the dimensions and built it out of the box. Most important for me was that it looks like a BMW