{"id":25288,"date":"2020-01-28T14:34:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T09:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/?p=25288"},"modified":"2020-01-28T14:34:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T09:04:29","slug":"1-16th-scale-of-by-1914-militaire-motorcycle-by-raphael-truffi-bortholuzzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/1-16th-scale-of-by-1914-militaire-motorcycle-by-raphael-truffi-bortholuzzi\/","title":{"rendered":"1\/16th scale of by 1914 – Militaire motorcycle by Raphael Truffi Bortholuzzi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

About Raphael<\/span><\/h2>\n

Born in S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazil, in 1981, Raphael Truffi Bortholuzzi is a professional miniature artist. He has been doing visual arts since the age of seventeen.<\/span><\/p>\n

He began as a hobby, and then he moved to a more professional world, thus being able to produce something that the world will recognize and more realistic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Raphael had a stable career in the Motion Picture and Film Industry as a designer over 20 years only brought him benefits when he decided to venture as a miniaturist.<\/span><\/p>\n

He moved to London at a young age, where he did a variety of jobs as a graphic designer, motion graphics and art director. Back in Brazil, he studied Cinema 3D and Animation.<\/span><\/p>\n

After building the miniature Vespa 1000 Air model<\/a>.

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Now he has built the 1\/16th scale of 1914 – Militaire motorcycle.<\/span><\/p>\n

The history of Militaire goes back from 1910 to 1922 when the wars demanded motorcycles for commutation.<\/span><\/p>\n

While there were multiple motorcycle manufacturers in America during the pre-World War I era and these manufacturers was using outsourced engines.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Militor\/Militaire\/Militor made more than 80 percent of its production in-house. That is still regarded as an achievement.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1910 first prototype was displayed and from 1911 onwards this prototype was put in the production in Cleveland, Ohio.<\/span><\/p>\n

It had a single-cylinder, 480cc engine cooled with a fan. The collaboration of shafts and chains, with a friction-drive setup at the back of the engine.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this story There is also one charismatic businessman Norman Sinclair, who is an integral part of this story.It is been said that he saved the company from going bankrupt.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was also said that some 200 units were sold.<\/span><\/p>\n

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LivingWithGravitys Take<\/span><\/h2>\n

The model that Raphael is built has great amount of minute details from every angle.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whether its paint scheme or the structure Raphael is not left any gap but instead anyone that sees his art will admire him.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n