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Rebel Alliance Biker Scout



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by Dale Kelly

Scale: 1/35

Recognizing the effectiveness of Empire's Biker Scouts, the Rebel Alliance developed their own Recon- Speeder Bike. The alliance gave their bike better forward protection for the driver and a more powerful forward firing weapon.

This bike is built on a toy motorcycle I bought at a dollar store. I removed the wheels and other parts. The fairing is a combination of the original toy, the front of an AC-130 engine and miliput. The engine is the arm from an old Dorvak model with an exhaust nozzle from a Harrier jump jet. The instrument panel is from the same Harrier model. (No model is safe in my house any more.) The rider and equipment is a combination of 1:35 scale Italeri and Tamiya figure and accessories. The slung weapon is based on a Sterling sub machine gun from Italeri‘s modern light weapons set to try and be close to the Original Star Wars blaster.

The main weapon and other small parts come from toys and broken telephones.

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