"Model vehicles tend to be based on a fully functioning original and it is rare to hear of the process operating in reverse.
That, however, is exactly what Mike Prankerd has done in creating a roadworthy version of the bright red sidecar combination that Wallace and Gromit used in the animated film A Close Shave (1995).
“It seemed a cracking idea to bring the model to life,” says Mike, a retired university lecturer who lives in south Wales. The reference source for his project was a plastic novelty toothbrush holder, just six inches high and moulded in the shape of the sidecar outfit used in the film.
The base vehicle was a rusty 500cc BSA motorcycle and Watsonian Monza Sport sidecar, which Mike had bought with the intention of returning to motorcycling after a 25-year break.
Before making any detail changes, he checked with Wallace and Gromit creator Aardman Animations that his customising intentions were legal. “They seemed genuinely pleased, if a little mystified,” he says."
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