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Motorcycle scale models

Every new model by Pere Tarragó is an absolute work of art, the meticulous attention to detail, the appearance of not being a model at all, but a real motorcycle, somehow magically shrunken to model proportions. His latest work, shown here, is a BMW R32. He sent a series of photos documenting the entire construction [...]

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Benelli 250 GP Scale Model Motorcycle

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 9/3/2008

in Motorcycle scale models, Vintage Motorcycles

Pere Tarragó has just completed another of his exquisite scale models, this one is a Benelli 250 4 cylinder GP bike. The photo above is one of those where you look at it and think, “Hmm …, nice bike,” then you see the piece of candy in the foreground.
The model is 15 3/4 inches long [...]

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Got a note from Pere Tarragó of Barcelona, Spain, he thought I might be interested in looking over his scale model motorcycles. I went to his website, took a quick look and slowed way down, this was something special.
Pere has been building scale model motorcycles for about 35 years, he’s been doing it professionally for [...]

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Montesa Motorcycle Scale Model

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 5/11/2007

in Motorcycle scale models

Scale models have come a long way but I’ve often found motorcycle models to be just a little off in some proportion, somewhere. Maybe the tires are just a little bit too large for the wheel to look right or some tubing or wiring looks wrong, but up close you can always tell they’re models [...]

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We’ve all heard the stories about cool projects that start with a sketch on a cocktail napkin, well here’s a model of a Ducati powered car that started at a Tamiya model club meeting in southern California. Dale King picked up a few incomplete Ducati kits to see what he could put together. He carved [...]

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