Britten Model for sale on eBay [Archive]

WALRUS

20th September 2018, 01:36

F5 Dave

20th September 2018, 07:07

Tyres would have 'gone off' by now.

bistard

20th September 2018, 09:08

I have an assembled one on the shelf, have had it 14 years

jellywrestler

20th September 2018, 09:22

Anyone got a spare 700 euro?

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/BRITTEN-V-1000-1-12-Full-Metal-Kit/253878122878?hash=item3b1c50b97e:g:EbIAAOSwaOpblq6 M

I'd love one of these.. Rare as hens teeth and jolly expensive! Can't afford this one though.

Has anybody on here owned/made one?

there's a few change hands as quite a few still aren't made up, mine included, kind of like it better in bits.
have thought about copying it to say four times the size in a 3d printer for a laugh but got real bikes that need the time at the moment, that's for a broken leg in a cast month i reckon

WALRUS

20th September 2018, 09:53

Now THAT is a grand idea.. Scan all the parts, scale them up, 3D print a 1:1 scale Britten..

HenryDorsetCase

20th September 2018, 12:32

Now THAT is a grand idea.. Scan all the parts, scale them up, 3D print a 1:1 scale Britten..

I was coming back in to town from a pointless meeting a couple weeks back and was driving through industrial Hornby to get on the m'way to civilisation and out the corner of my eye spotted what I thought was a Britten (in the CRS livery) parked randomly in the window of a shop.

So I did what any of us would do and pulled into the shop. Turns out it was a print and signage place and they had printed out a life size picture onto either glass or perspex. and had lit it from underneath. It looked fucking awesome. I took a photo of it but not the name of the business because I reckon one of those on the wall in my mancave would be the absolute tits.

Just wanted to share whilst we were on the subject.

F5 Dave

20th September 2018, 13:26

We're not talking about the same thing. You clearly do not understand art.

We were talking about the physical representation as art. You were merely subject to La Trahison des images. Or The Treachery of Images for you Heathens.
Its the whole This is not a Pipe thing.

You should have known but not everyone can be as well bred as us conisiurs, conesewers, cona. . .
ahh smeg! I've cheesed it.

WALRUS

20th September 2018, 13:48

I was coming back in to town from a pointless meeting a couple weeks back and was driving through industrial Hornby to get on the m'way to civilisation and out the corner of my eye spotted what I thought was a Britten (in the CRS livery) parked randomly in the window of a shop.

So I did what any of us would do and pulled into the shop. Turns out it was a print and signage place and they had printed out a life size picture onto either glass or perspex. and had lit it from underneath. It looked fucking awesome. I took a photo of it but not the name of the business because I reckon one of those on the wall in my mancave would be the absolute tits.

Just wanted to share whilst we were on the subject.

Got the photo? Sounds pretty good!

HenryDorsetCase

20th September 2018, 14:00

Got the photo? Sounds pretty good!

I think I have left my cellphone at home or in the car (or at the gym). I bought the motorbike to work :(

jellywrestler

20th September 2018, 17:36

Now THAT is a grand idea.. Scan all the parts, scale them up, 3D print a 1:1 scale Britten..

you'd be far better to photgraph the real bike and with the right program its easy to do a file, lot of cost in printing though

WALRUS

20th September 2018, 18:11

Fair enough, I know very little about 3D printing and it's associated tech.. Maybe a world I need to finally delve into

AllanB

20th September 2018, 19:43

I remember those models being released - can't remember the cost but expensive at the time but clearly I missed yet another investment purchase. I really should not be given money.

Berries

22nd September 2018, 15:52

Shit, I have one of those. Built it, had it in a display case, then had two children. It now sits broken, wrapped in an old New World bag at the bottom of the cupboard. Might have to get the old Tamiya pink paint out again and fix it.

jellywrestler

22nd September 2018, 16:23

I remember those models being released - can't remember the cost but expensive at the time but clearly I missed yet another investment purchase. I really should not be given money.

$260 or so

jasonu

23rd September 2018, 04:22

Now THAT is a grand idea.. Scan all the parts, scale them up, 3D print a 1:1 scale Britten..

By god I seriously think you might be on to summat!!! Maybe start out with a 1/2 scale and see how it goes.
SERIOUSLY DO IT IF YOU HAVE THE ACCESS AND SKILL!!!!!

jellywrestler

23rd September 2018, 08:41

By god I seriously think you might be on to summat!!! Maybe start out with a 1/2 scale and see how it goes.
SERIOUSLY DO IT IF YOU HAVE THE ACCESS AND SKILL!!!!!

time and money, got my own shit to sort first....
i have a 1916 bike that there are about 5 in the world and i need a tank and some other parts, i have a friend whose a design lecturer at uni who i've discussed 3d printing a tank for, as a sample to get one made, lit only takes about eight shots of each side with a shoe phone, whip it into a program and print it, his question was do i want to run petrol in it, my answere of course is no i just want an accurate sample for the tin smith.

F5 Dave

23rd September 2018, 09:00

Hmm. Not so sure that's such a good idea.

A Henderson will look silly with a Britten tank on it doncha think?

jellywrestler

23rd September 2018, 10:46

Hmm. Not so sure that's such a good idea.

A Henderson will look silly with a Britten tank on it doncha think?

you off your meds again, it's an Emblem Big Twin, 1265cc the largest motorcycle on the planet that year

AllanB

23rd September 2018, 11:08

Emblem Bi Twin, 1265cc the largest motorcycle on the planet that year

I'm trying to Google it - appears to be rare indeed as mainly old Harleys and the likes appearing. Oh and images of Bi-turbo badges for fancy euro cars and movies about bi-sexual twins.

It's interesting what is hidden away in NZ - something as rare as your ride.

Also interesting re the 3-D print as the mock-up. This is where the technology will excel - typically you'd be shaping styling foam of making wooden bucks. The old ways have a certain class about them.

jellywrestler

23rd September 2018, 12:43

I'm trying to Google it - appears to be rare indeed as mainly old Harleys and the likes appearing. Oh and images of Bi-turbo badges for fancy euro cars and movies about bi-sexual twins.

It's interesting what is hidden away in NZ - something as rare as your ride.

Also interesting re the 3-D print as the mock-up. This is where the technology will excel - typically you'd be shaping styling foam of making wooden bucks. The old ways have a certain class about them.

supposed to be big twin, just google emblem motorcycles.
it's a tough one to search ebay for parts as emblem brings thousands of other shite things.
i have met the neice of the original owner, she's in her nineties, he brought it and died, his brother, (her father) inherited, she said she can still remember the blue bike in the scullery

Stylo

23rd September 2018, 17:52

AllanB

23rd September 2018, 17:59

I cruised into Ruapuana back in about '92 from memory, it was a Sunday, no racing that day, very quiet, overcast day. Was asked to give a bloke a push for this bike I'd never seen the like of before. Bump start, so I gave him a hand. Took a couple of runs and ..away it went. Remember I got a 'thank you mate!' from the guy in charge. Made some great noises but it stopped after the first lap coming onto the second. Fast machine, ugly but fast. Nice bloke , John Britten.

Shit I remember seeing him experimenting with the 'wings' on the front of the bike out there one sunny day. You could just pop in and watch shit back then.

Ironically a certain Ducati Moto GP bike and Kawasaki supercharged machine applied similar concepts decades later with success.