French Resistance Bike......The Challenge! Customized Barbie Bicycle
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brownboots Admin
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Subject: French Resistance Bike......The Challenge! Customized Barbie Bicycle Sat Feb 20, 2016 1:54 pm
The Challenge set by Reddragon was simple (it seemed!) take one of his Cheap Bikes and turn it into a French Resistance Version.
The bike, pre Bash...
......seems simple enough, it was Hell!!!...I had to literally nail the paint onto this, such was the quality of the Plastic!!
First pass...
Numerous re-coats later...
Finished.
...please don't stare too hard at it.....you'll flake the paint off!!
Over to you RD....Share your Hell!
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thierry Sabotage
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Subject: Re: French Resistance Bike......The Challenge! Customized Barbie Bicycle Sat Feb 20, 2016 2:19 pm
VERY NICE BIKE.................BRILLIANT Bash!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Subject: Re: French Resistance Bike......The Challenge! Customized Barbie Bicycle Sat Feb 20, 2016 2:23 pm
Outstanding work!
Rossini Red Devil
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Subject: Re: French Resistance Bike......The Challenge! Customized Barbie Bicycle Sat Feb 20, 2016 4:25 pm
Awesome Paul!! Its always great to see something ghastly become something decent!
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Subject: Re: French Resistance Bike......The Challenge! Customized Barbie Bicycle Sat Feb 20, 2016 4:25 pm
incroyable!!!
What an amazing transformation! Brilliant work Paul!!!
Top arrows!!!
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Subject: Re: French Resistance Bike......The Challenge! Customized Barbie Bicycle Sat Feb 20, 2016 4:31 pm
Great stuff BB, the brake cables are a clever touch. I painted the same model bike and tried lots of different methods, even white glue that i use on model soldiers would not stick as an undercoat. You passed the challenge with flying colours. Cracking picture of Tommy Le Gunn.
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Subject: Re: French Resistance Bike......The Challenge! Customized Barbie Bicycle Sat Feb 20, 2016 4:35 pm
Excellent work too Richard!
Rossini Red Devil
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Subject: Re: French Resistance Bike......The Challenge! Customized Barbie Bicycle Sat Feb 20, 2016 4:37 pm
Yours is really smart too Taff!!
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Subject: Re: French Resistance Bike......The Challenge! Customized Barbie Bicycle Sat Feb 20, 2016 10:04 pm
Great transformation
inntruderr61 Moderator
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Subject: Re: French Resistance Bike......The Challenge! Customized Barbie Bicycle Sun Feb 21, 2016 2:31 am
Great looking bike! You did a great job! Figures look awesome too!
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Subject: Re: French Resistance Bike......The Challenge! Customized Barbie Bicycle Sun Feb 21, 2016 8:16 am
Paul I'm just loving your kitbashed French Resistance Version.
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Subject: Re: French Resistance Bike......The Challenge! Customized Barbie Bicycle Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:58 am
Oh, man! I wish I had seen this topic before I donated several Barbie bicycles, including this same pink model, to the local charity shop last summer!
That was an impressive change in appearance for what looks like relatively little effort.
Ah well, too late now.
Note to self: do NOT look for Barbie bicycles on eBay. DO NOT look for Barbie bicycles on eBay.
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Glidah Drivah Red Devil
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Subject: Re: French Resistance Bike......The Challenge! Customized Barbie Bicycle Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:09 pm
What a great conversion! It’s technically a postwar bike, but my French resistance Peggy occasionally hops on my Schwinn!
-Nate
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Subject: Re: French Resistance Bike......The Challenge! Customized Barbie Bicycle Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:02 am
Those are nice conversions on the Barbie bikes.
Even though postwar, that is one sharp looking bike Nate.
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Subject: Re: French Resistance Bike......The Challenge! Customized Barbie Bicycle Wed Jan 24, 2024 7:02 am
Yeah Brownboots and redragon were both extremely clever at converting and creating stuff. Their enthusiasm could be extremely contagious . I believe redragon sold up many years back, and brownboots, well, he is having a break from the hobby. That bike is so cool Nate, that Peggy use's to get around, no doubt to stay unnoticed as she travels around gathering intel for Joes!
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Subject: Re: French Resistance Bike......The Challenge! Customized Barbie Bicycle Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:59 am
Great transformation BB Nicely done also Glidah Drivahs Schwinn bike awsome
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Subject: Re: French Resistance Bike......The Challenge! Customized Barbie Bicycle Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:04 pm
You turned an inexpensive plastic toy into a realistic work of art! Fantastic! Did you use varnish to protect the paint?
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Subject: Re: French Resistance Bike......The Challenge! Customized Barbie Bicycle Sun Jan 28, 2024 7:00 am
Melancholia wrote:
You turned an inexpensive plastic toy into a realistic work of art! Fantastic! Did you use varnish to protect the paint?
I believe Brownboots used a matt spray varnish to finish the over al look, if I remember rightly, Faith .
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Subject: Re: French Resistance Bike......The Challenge! Customized Barbie Bicycle Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:57 am
This is an amazing transformation!!
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Sat Feb 20, 2016 1:54 pm
I wish I had seen this topic before I donated several Barbie bicycles, including this same pink model, to the local charity shop last summer!
. I believe redragon sold up many years back, and brownboots, well, he is having a break from the hobby.
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