Hírfolyam

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here!

Nicolas
watching

Jennifer Franklin
following 👀

Łukasz Gliński
Interesting example you have selected - 7447 is the one that was used for escape to Austria and hence the special colours:
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Finn
I'm in

Jennifer Franklin
I am curious to see how you handle your fit trouble.

Gergely Rácz
Well... So am I, Jennifer 🙂

Ekki
Following.

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Nicolas
Nice result Gergely.

Greg Baker
After a quick study of Uwe's album… here we go!

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat!

Alex K
So do I!

Uwe Kaeding
Go for it Greg - not much room for wiring though! I also thought you'd go for one of the AVI/LF styrene kits.

Greg Baker
If I hadn't got excited and spent $35 on this kit 5 years ago after seeing your build, I probably would've gone with the styrene - they do look really good. Oh, well, we work with what we've got...

Of course... that's only until I figure out that the correct version of the Puss Moth is the Mk. V and not the Mk. XIV and then I can't unsee the problems... 🙂

Greg Baker
As for the wiring, I've drilled out the engine cowling to create enough room to slot in the DC motor. It's VERY tight and I was very careful not to breach the surface. I haven't tested it yet, but I think I was able to get close enough. The small DC motors always have such a small shaft, which can be helpful but sometimes creates a challenge. I'll run two thin wires out and then hide them behind a small, scratchbuilt control panel. Then under the styrene floor and down through a hole in the underside of the fuselage. I'll have to put a resistor on it in the base, otherwise the motor will likely spin this little plan apart. 🙂

Живко Джаков
This is interesting! I'm following. I have a question. How do you connect the motor to the propeller?

Greg Baker
Because I can't quite get the DC motor out of the engine cowling due to the size, I'll have to add a styrene rod to the propellor and then have it go into the cowling. To attach it to the motor itself, I'll likely drill a small hole (about the same diameter as the DC motor shaft) into the short styrene rod and then fit it to the motor shaft with a tiny bit of CA glue (making sure not to get the glue INTO the motor itself). Then I'll glue to styrene rod to the propellor. It'll be tricky to keep everything centred, otherwise the spin will be off. I'll take lots of pictures to show the process... if it works. 😉

Живко Джаков
I am asking about the centering. I have some experience with DC motors. I have several similar ones collected from children's toys, but I dare not try.

Finn
Joining

Greg Baker
Centering... well now... usually what I do is drill a hole as close to the centre as I can manage it... then I drill a little bit this way... then a little bit that way... then I slice the rod until I get a bit that is arguably in the centre...

Then I ignore the wobble. 🙂

Thomas Espe
👀

Greg Baker
Alright. Some progress. I have out some of the cockpit to make room for the extra windows. I was as eloquent as Uwe, so I covered my mistakes up with some thin sheet polystyrene. Put in some wires to reinforce the wings, and got the propeller spinning. So far so good, I think.

Matthew A
Cor

Cuajete
I can't miss this!

Greg Baker
Wings attached and engine mounted.

Casey Beckett
OOH. An Omega kit - I have one of their BN Islanders - Watching this one.

Greg Baker
Got the fuselage more or less put together and painted the interior. Next up will be fitting in the windows… if I'm not back in a day or two, notify the authorities. 😉

Живко Джаков
If I have to report you missing to North Shore Rescue it will be easy.

Cuajete
The frame of those windows seems very fragile being resin. You have great skill, Greg!

Greg Baker
Thanks Cuajete - the resin is quite tricky to work with and I had to add in some extra windows, so it was a bit touch and go. I did copy Uwe's idea to use some wire supports to both hold the wings on and provide some structural stability. The only problem is that I put one of them in the wrong spot and had to cut it out to remove and replace it.

Skyhiker
I made it just in time.

Greg Baker
After an enormous amount of fiddling, I finally got the windows in place and Tintin, Snowy, and the medical kit seated. Now I can start to close it up. Thanks god.

Erik De Smet
Nice project again. A resin kit is always tricky and the tiny parts fragile, especially the u\c. Luckily this one will be flying. btw , Greg, do you mind making the propeller spinning in the opposite direction, so that it pushes itself in place ? I did it on some of my models, it is hardly visible . The main advantage is that you don't need to glue the propeller to the motor axle with ca, just a little bit of tacky paste inside the propeller tube will be enough.

bughunter
Greg is building an Omega resin bird 👍 I have some in my stash - in 1:48 as usual - but have not started one until now.

Greg Baker
You're right, Erik. I replaced almost the entire upper canopy framing with polystyrene and wire. I had to add some windows to this kit and wanted some consistency in the thickness of the frame. It was tricky to get everything glued in place, but I got it done more or less to my satisfaction. I'm hesitant to add the u/c elements because they seem rather fragile, but you're also right that it being in-flight will help a lot.

Greg Baker
I'm intrigued by the opposite spinning propellor idea. I can see where that might make things easier. Hmmmm...

Lode Schildermans
I'm in

Nicolas
Missed this one. Joining the fun.

Greg Baker
You haven't missed much... I had to redo much of the canopy... updated photos coming soon~

Lode Schildermans
I'll take a seat as well 🙂

Greg Baker
And... we're back. As I mentioned, the canopy basically fell apart while trying to install the windows, but it seems to be stable now. I also added a small tail wheel (as in the reference image) that I scavenged from the spares box. Next up, paint it pink and fix any issues that reveals. 🙂

Spanjaard
I will seat next to Lode 🙂

Cuajete
Great, Greg! 👍

gorby
Nice work on what looks like a challenging kit.

Moreno Baruffini
Wow, very nice work 👍🏻

Greg Baker
The first of my "back to school" photo album updates. This was a really challenging kit to build. I'm not sure how Uwe did such a great job on his version... The canopy/wing spar almost defeated me. The clear parts are a lot less clear than I would've liked, but at least you can tell who's flying the plane, right?

Cuajete
Great job for this hard kit, Greg. Good paint finish. Definitely much better with the wire crossbars and can see perfectly who is inside 👍
Congrats!

bughunter
You finished this kit to a nice looking miniature diorama 👍
The Omega resin kits seems to be not that easy. I have some in my stash - one day in future I will try one.

Greg Baker
Thanks guys! I can honestly say, the Omega resin kit left a lot to be desired. It might have gone together more easily if I hadn't carved out a larger cockpit area and added the cross bars. That really set me back a lot. Also, the surface in many areas (especially the wings) was not particularly clean. Defects in the mould made for odd blobs and scratches that needed to be sanded or filled to the best of my abilities.

Greg Baker
Just to show the propellor in action:

Youtube Video

Cuajete
Great, Greg! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Great job indeed, Greg!

Spanjaard
awesome!

Nathan Dempsey
Nice display. Such a rare bird too!

CaptGPF
Always love your TinTin dioramas!

Lorraine Lin
So cute!

Nils Steyaert
impressive as always 👍

Greg Baker
Thanks everyone!

gorby
Excellent result Greg!

Neuling
So nice .......... 👍

Moreno Baruffini
Bellissimo!

Matthew A
Good job you waited till you had figures before you built this. It would have been a nightmare taking it apart to add them. 🐻 Congrats on how it turned out.

Greg Baker
Oh my. Neither one of us would have survived that operation. This was one of those kits I was holding on to "until I'm good enough" to tackle. I doubt that day will ever actually come. For some kits you just have to say "let the water flow" and let it be what it will be. 🙂

Nicolas
Verry nice, congrats.👍

Miguel Vaquero
Fantastic display diorama!!

schecter87
A start has been made

schecter87
The engine is done. At the end it will be covered by the side cowl and will be visible by 15% 🙂

Mr D
Brilliant, a good start 👌.
Tamiya know there bike's 👍👍 l did the NRS-500 it had a see through fairing, So l did an oval area unpainted to see engine.
Like it 😁

schecter87
Finally finished the exhaust. For this kit it was a bit tricky, because of Tamiya provides a bit different way of assembling it (in my opinion is not very successful).

Jv
Sure following
Love crusty builds always butiful in there own way

d hadley
Thank you Jv!

Munkyslut
Watchin……… Jv took the words right out of my mouth 😂

Bob Hall
Count me in 👍 !

d hadley
Thanks guys!

Jv
I noticed pistons in the block
a detail I haven't seen on a kit before
and not at the same hight as is correct so heads could be left of and the build would still be correct
The machineing for the valves is also a fantastic detail
Very cool kit with options I haven't seen before
Great kit I will have to look for it

d hadley
The block and valves did not come with this kit. I had them in my parts box. I wish I knew where it came from, but I have no idea. I can tell you that the block and valve heads were black and the oil pan was clear.

Jv
Ok that is sure indeed
But sure something I haventbseen before
I am sorry to say you should probably save that fo something werte you want to display that
A very interesting detail

Bob Hall
Lot of the older AMT/MPC kits came with separate cylinder head and valves. Just checked a few kits in the stash and the 1970 Super Bee and 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro have that detailed engine.

Jv
Thanks Bob very 😎

Munkyslut
That block looks great with the piston crown detail, perfect for a garage dio ……… gonna start scouring the aftermarket now👌

Bob Hall
Build up something like this.

Munkyslut
That's perfect Bob! Remember the fantastic garage dio that Bill did?

Bob Hall
Absolutely, I'm not that talented, so that's why I picked up a few of those garage kits.

Jennifer Franklin
Following 👀

d hadley
thank you all for the great comments! JV, this is the build I was saving this block for. I have another one in my parts bin for another build in the future.

d hadley
That garage kit looks cool! I like that it is self contained. I think I might build up the barn around this Camaro in a similar fashion!

Jv
I got 2 fugimi garage kits
Just got to get a few kits with tool boxes and stuff like that
I will have to have a look in some of my amt and mpc kit for that detail

Jv
Had a look through mots of my amt and mpc kits
None which has the cool detail of showing the pistons in the block
But I did find a impala kit which has a crank shaft
And also shows the rockers

d hadley
That's cool! Which impala kit?

Jv
The amt ertl
Kit no 31760
1958 impala
It also has options of stock parts for engine or modified

Jv
I also got a few engines in a parts bin
Will have to go through them now 😆
Unfortunately I don't have much of amt or mpc kits
And most not so old

Jv
I think I just gained a new interest in amt and mpc kits 😆 🤣

Jv
Sorry Bob I had a look at the Baldwin camaro kit
Just looked at a few reviews
I was thinking if thay made a kit pree chist thay probably wouldn't change much
In the next few thousand of years
The early kits were about 2000
The kit does have rockers showing in the heads
And yes you can see what resembles pistons
But all at the same level of the bore
And the 2 pistons on each end of the block on both sides
Have lining up blocks across them
The latest kit in that family still has those details
In the case of the block D Hadley is uesing
The pistons are at different levels and there is nothing over the pistons
Further more the pistons are machined for the valve clearance

d hadley
Thanks for all that amazing detective work! So many great details!

Miguel Vaquero
Starting stronger since the A350 catastrophe. Cockpit sub assembled with the Eduard Detail set, painted and weathered. Couldnt take more pictures of the progress due to the details being so small 🥴🥴

Michael Kohl
Nice cockpit

Thomas Kolb
My goodness, that cockpit looks stunning! Are you sure it's not 48 scale?

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Michael!

I could have hoped Thomas😅😅. It would have made my life way easier. Though the PE details helped a lot

CaptGPF
Agree with everyone - the cockpit looks great! Chipping at this scale is impressive

Nicolas
Nice progress so far.

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks guys, waiting to get free from work this week to star painting the fuselage and engine. Let's see how that turns out

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Miguel Vaquero
Engine almost done, except for the PE parts. I'm amazed of how it's all turning out tbh, didn't expect this great finish on such small parts

Mr D
Looking good 👍 the instrument's look good, did you get the clocks to sink in with softener ??
I have this one to build next after my lAR-80.
Thanks for uploading 😁👍

Miguel Vaquero
Hey MrD thanks! Well Im sorry I can't help you with that because I used the photo etched and plastic instrumentation provided by the kit from Eduard. Sure someone with more experience with Tamiya decals can help you with that in here.

Looking forward to see how yours turns out!

Mr D
Thanks 👍👍
May look into the PE kit.
Belts come out nice, do you glue PE direct to plastic or do you have to prep first ?
Coming on nicely 👌

Miguel Vaquero
I use cyanoacrylate for the PE parts, just a little amount sticks okay, although at this scale there's some parts that are way to hard to make them stick and my not so skilled application of the glue leaves a lot of residue on the model. I try to clean up the best I can but it's quite challenging sometimes

If you want to build a good looking cockpit with the extra detail I recommend you the PE for sure. But if your main goal is the exterior and not to focus so much on the interior the PE kit doesn't include a lot of things for the exterior, and the tamiya kit I think gives a really nice looking base cockpit

Miguel Vaquero
With half the plane chipped, I'm leaving for the week. There's still a lot of work to do regarding chipping and weathering to blend the paints. I'm having so much fun, and applying new technics for me that I'm sure I'll use in future models.

Mr D
Thanks Miguel 😃👍
I've only been building again as an adult for just over a year, so the advice helps me improve.
And as l said will probably be my next build.
Good luck with everything Miguel.. enjoy 👍👍👍

Miguel Vaquero
Chipping and decals done. I'm sure this chipping is not going to be of the liking of many, but I wanted to try different techniques and achieve a heavy worked on plane who could not get a paint job in a lot of time. I really like the result I achieved, even though it may seem extreme, I think it adds a lot of personality to the model, and also adds some history to it. Let me know your opinions on this and what would you have done differently with this chipping process

Mr D
It fine, I've seen much heavier worked model than this..?
In reality they looked beat up from war n work... Especially the Corsair.
Best to build a model to how you like it.
I put all my models on a stand with wheels down , some people will cringe at that.🤣 But l like it personally, as l see more of the work I've done.
I'm yet to start wearing.... As quiet new to the game and learnt.
I think you done nice job, well done 👌 👍👍👍

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Mr D. I'm with you in this one. The best thing about this hobby is to do things as one likes. At the end of the day, the one who's going to be looking at them is us 😁😁

Miguel Vaquero
Weathering done!! I will leave the rockets for the last, that means, next step FULL ASSEMBLY