Here's the idea... The P-40 Seca

Paint looks...er... would look? Awesome.

I'd re-think the seat cowl / rear fender, but the gold looks cool with the green.

 

you would need United States Army Air Corp or Army Air Force (depending on pre or post June 1941)...

if you go with the un camouflaged version then it would be appropriated to include the nationalist chinese roundel (white star on light blue field) for the American Volunteer Group (AVG or Flying Tigers)...

i like the though of using ammo cans for saddle bags for THIS bike...

 

Excellent info..thanks! What about the p40s that flew in the Mediterranean Theater?

 

My two cents... I think you should stay with the Asian theater since it is a Japanese bike. By the way I have some nice Ammo cans I'd be willing to part with if you are interested.

 

If you can wait until the end of July, the EAA Airshow in Oshkosh Wisconsin always has a few vintage P-40's show up.

 

Great Concept. Giving me some ideas for sure..

 

I definitely trying to go to the fly-in!

I have to work it out in a mockup, but what about sheet metal and pop rivets to make the tail area and seat? I could hinge the seat at the front, springs underneath, and skip the upholstery.

a friend suggested that i also epoxy rivet heads to the tank to match the look.

 

Hey folks!

Been a while, but I've got some stuff done:

I built the directionals into the Ammo can/Saddle Bags (only got one mounted right now).

Painted the tank, tail and side panels flat olive drab

 

I like it. I've thought about something similar, especially the ammo cans.

Re: your hi-tech electronics goodies...any progress? Read the last bit of my sig...

I've been thinking about creating a custom speedo/tach from scratch (a friend needs a tach for his bike as well). I figure a small microcontroller, 16F876 or similar, an GLCD (hardest part thus far is finding the LCD; I want something very visible in sunlight) and a few discrete components + a bit of C and I'd be good to go. It would be quite easy to add an accelerometer to the mix. Logging could be done via SD card. Let me know if you would be interested in working on such a thing.

 

Lookin good!

Great idea on the ammo cans / indicators.

You still planning on jazzing up the paint (like the above photoshop)?

 

Here are some ideas. These are from the boys at Sport-touring.net.



decal store

 

I haven't worked on much of this, yet, but It's on my list for the cold months ahead.

As for the display, you should look at the eInk stuff from Sony. Designed for normal light! I have one of the 1st generation eInk readers and it is amazing... Other than the sorta grey background, it's like looking at paper.

It's not as responsive as most LCDs, but the angle and daylight become a non-issue.

If you can find a copy of the October Esquire, you might be able to hack something usable out of the piece they included:

http://ryaninc.blogspot.com/2008/09/esq ... issue.html

Neat stuff!

 

Thanks!

I'm gonna do something, but I'm having second thoughts on the sharkmouth... gotta sleep on it a bit more.

 

It's been a few months since I've been here, I wish I would have seen this thread before the damage was done.