{"id":3030,"date":"2013-01-05T05:51:43","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T13:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=3030"},"modified":"2013-01-05T05:51:43","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T13:51:43","slug":"harley-davidson-heritage-softail-classic-revell-7302-18-scale-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=3030","title":{"rendered":"Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail Classic Revell #7302 1:8 Scale Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twttr_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=3030&text=Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail Classic Revell #7302 1:8 Scale Review\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here if you like this article.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/twitter-plugin\/images\/twitt.gif\" alt=\"Twitt\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">RoR Step-by-Step Review 20130105*<br \/>\nHarley-Davidson Heritage Softail Classic Revell #7302 1:8 Scale Review<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<a title=\"Fig 000 by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29474631@N04\/8347345964\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fig 000\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8370\/8347345964_216cb50d18.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Click the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Buy Now<\/span> link below to purchase the Step-by-Step review<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> by Jon Morrissey <a title=\"Jon Morrissey by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29474631@N04\/8227416608\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Jon Morrissey\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8066\/8227416608_d9e5e63edf_t.jpg\" width=\"84\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Harley-Davidson was right when they named this bike a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153classic\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. It had plenty of power and comfort to tackle the open road. Some people might not think a snap kit is worth building so my goal was to show that these kits can be great &#8220;curbside&#8221; builds or a foundation for a custom bike build. One thing you can&#8217;t ignore is that the pieces are substantially more stout than a glue kit, and that really is a nice benefit of these kits. Due to the nature of the kit, that&#8217;s understandable, but it really is a bonus for the advanced modeler who will find these parts easier to work with (less frail than glue kits) or to use with other custom cycle projects.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><b>For the Modeler:<\/b> This kit came molded in black and gray, and included chrome parts and clear, amber, and red parts for the windshield and lenses. Rubber tires and spark plug wires are also included. The parts are detailed and there were no problems with flash, and only a couple of issues with specific parts that will be addressed within this review. Overall, this turned out to be a nice kit and with some time and attention, it&#8217;s hard to tell this was a SnapTite kit. It&#8217;s sitting proudly on my shelf next to non-Snap models and they don&#8217;t seem to mind. Perfecting this build will take some advance knowledge that you will find in this review. 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