MOC: Dutch Police Motorcycle

[Ralph_S]

I'm still enjoying my time off work and decided to use some of it to crank out one more MOC. The use of Technic parts in this one is very limited, but its style is probably fits to Model Team.Various different types of motorcycles are used by Dutch Police including the Yamaha FJR 1300P, Honda ST1100P/ ST1300P and the BMW 1200P. The latter was the inspiration for my model.

Building a motorcycle closely based on a real one was tricky on this scale and there are few details where I had to seriously compromise, but overall I like the look. As with many Dutch emergency vehicles, Police bikes have a pattern of stripes running along their sides. Replicating this pattern was hard enough on a VW Golf on this scale, but on the bike it was properly difficult.

The construction of the model owes a great deal to motorbikes built for LEGOLand parks. The figure of the policeman is not an integral part of the design of the bike. Black would probably be a better colour for the saddle, but I made it dark (blueish) grey to distinguish it from the policeman's bottom!

Cheers,

Ralph

[prateek]

Wow! I've gotta say, I've never seen a motor bike by you, but I don't mind. This one is great. I love the orange and white pattern

[Ralph_S]

Wow! I've gotta say, I've never seen a motor bike by you, but I don't mind. This one is great. I love the orange and white pattern

Thanks. I am glad you like it. It seemed like a fun way of doing something slightly different farm what I normally do. I do have a few others, but I don't build them very often.

Cheers,

Ralph

[prateek]

I've never seen those before, but I like this one the best if I had to compare

[lightningtiger]

Yet again another MOC by that genius called 'Ralph_S' !

AWESOME work (I really like the colours how they flow) and I'm a conformist! !

[Bricksonwheels]

Great bike Ralph!

[Sam42]

I like the use of the technic helmet, it'd be nice as part of an escort for a model team over-size load......

[Rick]

Nice bike Ralph. Amazing how you've managed to do the striping again. Any reason for choosing orange instead of red on the VW police car? Regarding the Technic helmet. It's to scale, but it kinda looks out of place. With such a smooth helmet I cannot 'see' a face in the bricks on the inside of the helmet.

[Jetro]

You've done it again! Feels like home...

[Ralph_S]

Thanks for all the comments.

I've never seen those before, but I like this one the best if I had to compare

Thanks. In terms of techniques used it probably is the best, but I think the trike is the most fun of the lot.

Yet again another MOC by that genius called 'Ralph_S' !

AWESOME work (I really like the colours how they flow) and I'm a conformist! !

Thank you. the colour scheme made this build a lot more difficult, but also more fun.

Great bike Ralph!

Thank you. Not what you want to see in your rear-view mirror.

I like the use of the technic helmet, it'd be nice as part of an escort for a model team over-size load......

HMMM. I have been thinking about building another European truck. I do have something else in mind for this motorcycle, but it is a nice suggestion worth thinking about.

Nice bike Ralph. Amazing how you've managed to do the striping again. Any reason for choosing orange instead of red on the VW police car? Regarding the Technic helmet. It's to scale, but it kinda looks out of place. With such a smooth helmet I cannot 'see' a face in the bricks on the inside of the helmet.

The colour of the stripes on the real cars is probably somewhere between LEGO orange and red and I happened to have more small plates in orange available at the time. It's as simple as that.

I agree that the polceman is a bit faceless, but this still seemed the nicest solution. I couldn't really think of another way of making a decent helmet. Perhaps I should have bought a black visor to go with it instead of the trans clear one.

You've done it again! Feels like home...

Thanks. Ever since I've moved back to the Netherlands I've been having a bit of a Dutch theme with my MOCs. Being on the lookout for new ideas makes it much more fun to travel through the country.

Cheers,

Ralph