Evil Iron Custom Chopper Trike Motorcycle 1/8 Scale Model Kit Build How To Assemble Paint Wire Decal
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By the late 1960s, America’s burgeoning custom motorcycle scene included “trikes,” wild three-wheeled choppers inspired by the classic Harley-Davidson Servi-Car that was often used by police departments for parking enforcement. For Evil Iron, Revell’s Los Angeles-based designers started with a chrome-plated twin-cylinder 650 cc engine and reworked a rigid frame to create this far-out three-wheeler’s finely detailed chassis. Up front there is a skinny tire on a 21-inch spoked wheel, while out back a pair of reversed five-spoke mags wear super-wide low-profile boots. Evil Iron’s tongue-in-cheek theme starts with a smiling skull atop the sculpted high-back bucket seat that’s covered with a cloak which flows downwards to become the trike’s body. Other details include a double-edged sword, leg iron headlamps, and studded mace ball taillights. After Revell introduced the 1/8-scale Evil Iron kit in 1971 it soon became the model builder’s favorite fantasy trike. Now Evil Iron is back for the first time in decades, ready for old friends and today’s new generation of dreamers.
Features
Classic custom chopper trike styling
Over 14 inches long once assembled
Period-perfect details include stretched-out front forks and swept-back handle bars
Removable long-handled parade axe and optional iron mask
All-new decal sheet includes wild flame decals in two different colors
Includes soft vinyl tubing to represent spark plug leads and various control cables
Molded in white and clear with two trees of chrome-plated parts and soft black tires
A chopper is a type of custom motorcycle which emerged in California in the late 1950s. The chopper is perhaps the most extreme of all custom styles, often using radically modified steering angles and lengthened forks for a stretched-out appearance. They can be built from an original motorcycle which is modified ("chopped") or built from scratch. Some of the characteristic features of choppers are long front ends with extended forks often coupled with an increased rake angle, hardtail frames (frames without rear suspension), very tall "ape hanger" or very short "drag" handlebars, lengthened or stretched frames, and larger than stock front wheels.[1] The "sissy bar", a set of tubes that connect the rear fender with the frame, and which are often extended several feet high, is a signature feature on many choppers.
Perhaps the best known choppers are the two customized Harley-Davidsons, the "Captain America" and "Billy Bike", seen in the 1969 film Easy Rider.
The huge success of the 1969 film Easy Rider instantly popularized the chopper around the world, and drastically increased the demand for them. What had been a subculture known to a relatively small group of enthusiasts in a few regions of the US became a global phenomenon. During the late 1960s, the first wave of European chopper builders emerged, such as the "Swedish Chopper" style, but Easy Rider brought attention everywhere to choppers.[13]
The number of chopper-building custom shops multiplied, as did the number of suppliers of ready-made chopper parts. According to the taste and purse of the owner, chop shops would build high handle bars, or later Ed Roth's Wild Child designed stretched, narrowed, and raked front forks. Shops also custom built exhaust pipes and many of the aftermarket kits followed in the late 1960s into the 1970s. Laws required (and in many locales still do) a retention fixture for the passenger, so vertical backrests called sissy bars became a popular installation, often sticking up higher than the rider's head.
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Super cool kit with LOADS of Nostalgia! 👍 I'm building my Evil Iron now....🙂
My opinion is "Great video Chris keep em coming and I'll keep watching."
Love the giant tires. Great build.
Those spikes are for the tail light mace balls. The glue over the lil round domes. And the sword display rear panel for the body works better placed inside the two main body halves.
I built the king chopper 2. Had it in my closet for years. Saw your video on it and finally built it
Absolutely one of the cooler models. Had one back in the 70's. Models back in that day were between $2-$7. Most of my models fell prey to a BB gun or a firecracker back then. I will definitely have to get this again. I've learned some nice tricks from your building videos. Thanks for taking the time to show these as you build them. Nice job on this one. 👍👍👍
Built this when I was a kid. Picked mine up a couple of weeks ago, and will be building it up soon. Thanks Chris!!
Love these big motorcycles,CHRIS! Love your videos!!! Thanks for doing them!!!!
Another great job! I ordered mine yesterday.
I will picking up this kit for sure! I sure hope they release the Grim Reaper kit again too.
Nice build, gonna have to get this one when it makes its way up to Canada, already have ideas for this one. hopefully they'll make the dragon trike also.
I have never built a motorcycle kit before, this one looks like fun. Keep up the great videos.
Love it. Awesome job as always
This one looks OK to me. These kits can be used as good 'Slump Busters' too! You did a great job, she looks Sweet!! 👍. 🦘
What a great size - was looking forward to this build, and it did not dissappoint.
Nice
Nice build, it’s great how this brings back the memories
Picked up this it a couple weeks ago and I'm just getting ready to start it😎
Very well done Chris! That thing is incredible! I've yet to build a 1/8 scale kit! Thanks for the review!
Spikes are for the taillights built this when I was 10 loved it I did it in candy apple..
Nice job Chris! Thanks for the review.
I've built a couple 1/8 scale cars. The 1982 Corvette Coupe and the 1985 IROC-Z.
Thank you Chris for building that particular kit. It's a big blast for the past .. already have mine ordered.
Wow, that's a big model! Nice work, Chris.
I built this when I was kid! Probably one of my favorite kits.
That looks awesome, great job.
I built this kit in the late 70's or early 80's as a kid. I still have the rear wheels but everything else got lost over the years. As soon as I heard it was being released again I immediately ordered one. It should be in my hands tomorrow. My head is already spinning with paint and detail ideas.
100% Badass!!! Built it as a teenager and been waiting for a reissue! Got it yesterday and it's on it's way!
Try using popsicle sticks taped to the underneath of the mirror. 3/wheel. This was how I displayed the Tom Daniels king chopper.
NOW , MY SELF , I WOULD PUT REAR WHEEL GUARDS , THEN JUST PUT A BANANA SEAT ON IT , THE CHASES LOOKS REAL COOL , AND I FEEL THAT THE BODY IS JUST A LITTLE MUCH , BUT IT DOE'S LOOK COOL ❤️ GREAT JOB ❤️
They need to reissue the 1/8th scale big deuce.
Very nice build/review of a nice kit. You did an excellent job as usual. Revell has done a very good with bringing this kit back into production. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Chris. Your builds keep getting better and better. I like the colour choice the frame looks great in the smoke & mirrors. Very impressed. With old Revell kits I can remember a Pontiac Firebird custom John Travolta kit in the early 80s, I am not sure if it was the same kit in the Hot Rod Magazine series but if it still exists it would be a fun build. I am still a slow builder I have the 76 chevy van by Revell which you built a long while ago, and I hope I can make it as cool as you did. Love the show keep them coming. Thanks Stuart.
That came out nice. I have two of the original. The spikes arefor the rear light housings, to make them look like a morning star. The spear as you call it, is supposed to be some sort of a poleaxe. Beeing a medieval reenactor myself, I will leave out the axe heads on the top of the front end, the poleaxe, and the sword in the back, since they are far from historically correct. But thats just me beeing a medieval nerd 😅
This is fantastic. It looks very smart and a good size 👍
Cool build
Could you imagine trying to make a turn on that thing with the chain drive and single rear end gear and those wide tires😂😂😂
Got mine today I know it s late for this video but thought I would let u know am building it as I type this
Great job mate👍
Great build review Chris I'm going to have to order one from the round up
That is HuuuUUUuuuge!
Nice work! Man, that's a lot of panel liner on this one. Have a few bike kits to do and will be using some of your building👍 techniques on them.
Built this about 30 years ago, but after moving a couple times it didn't survive. My girlfreind said she will buy it for my birthday!!! my brother did one back in '75 0r '76 that the had the body of a dragon, but don't remember what it was called , he passed away in'78 and i don't know what happen to it. wish i could find it and build it as a memorium to him since he was the one who got me started in model building and been doing it ever since i was 14 , i am 62 now . Like your videos.
hey cris am still building my evil iron did you super glue the top and bottom fork pieces on love the kit just a few things i would change like the way the rear tires go on and the front forks i have the grim reaper chopper and the forks were diffrent went togher easy am getting the brown chevy van
The spikes are for the tail light maces!! 😉👍🏾
@hpiguy
10 ай бұрын
That makes perfect sense. I thought the little nubs were cool, but the spikes would be more in line with the look. I'll glue them on, thanks.
I'm always amazed at the creativity of the designers of these custom trikes, and they make interesting model kit subjects. Haven't seen one of the big scale trikes on here for a while. As impressive as these customs are, have you built any stock motorcycle kits?
Nicely done Just curious what kind of Glue do you use on your kits
Yea. That's a good model. I built that way back in the '70's as a teenager. After while, my bitch sister broke it and I used the rear wheel on a big '63 Vette I built. I see you doing a bunch of models I did way back when I was a kid. Brings back memories. :)
This is a Big Mac. No. This is Super Sized. No. This is a Whopper! Yup!!! No matter the model type. No matter the scale. If it's a model kit - hpiguys Workshop will build it! Thanks, Chris.
@hpiguy
10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much RA!
Where do you get the smoke and mirrors paint can't find it
I miss molds and the glue for them 1:48
I liked the dragon fire trike better.
Revell Germany kit ?
Didn't take you long to do this build, as you only just recently posted the video where you showed this kit, plus several others.
Just be WARNED: this kit needs a lot of cleanup. And, I have been building for 60 years. It's not an easy kit. So, the tooling, in my opinion, was not cleaned up.
@gerdogstenc2534
9 ай бұрын
Also, it took 6 hours of sanding to get steering head working properly.
@gerdogstenc2534
8 ай бұрын
Looking for part number 57 for inner rear wheels. It's supposed to be plated. Non plated part number 104 on another sprue. Worst kit ever.