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PZL-Mielec An-2T "Colt" Polish Air Force 7447![View album, image #33 View album, image #33](/albums/img/7/1/7/1799717-12803-66-720.jpg)
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Projekt: PZL-Mielec An-2T Polish Air Force
29 22 December 2023, 21:42
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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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7 February, 21:04
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65 26 March, 05:19
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Go for it Greg - not much room for wiring though! I also thought you'd go for one of the AVI/LF styrene kits.
26 March, 11:30
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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... 🙂
26 March, 16:00
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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. 🙂
26 March, 16:07
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This is interesting! I'm following. I have a question. How do you connect the motor to the propeller?
26 March, 16:42
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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. 😉
26 March, 17:06
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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.
26 March, 17:16
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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. 🙂
26 March, 20:29
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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.
27 March, 05:50
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OOH. An Omega kit - I have one of their BN Islanders - Watching this one.
29 March, 19:45
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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. 😉
3 April, 05:21
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The frame of those windows seems very fragile being resin. You have great skill, Greg!
3 April, 17:45
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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.
3 April, 17:50
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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.
12 April, 06:38
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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.
18 April, 06:54
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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.
18 April, 12:53
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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.
18 April, 14:09
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I'm intrigued by the opposite spinning propellor idea. I can see where that might make things easier. Hmmmm...
18 April, 14:11
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You haven't missed much... I had to redo much of the canopy... updated photos coming soon~
6 May, 19:03
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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. 🙂
23 August, 18:21
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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?
3 September, 16:21
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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!
3 September, 17:42
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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.
3 September, 17:43
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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.
3 September, 17:50
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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.
4 September, 16:11
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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. 🙂
4 September, 16:22
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7 20 August, 14:26
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The engine is done. At the end it will be covered by the side cowl and will be visible by 15% 🙂
24 August, 12:44
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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 😁
24 August, 16:27
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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).
4 September, 07:46
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13 18 January, 18:57
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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
4 February, 04:53
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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.
4 February, 11:41
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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
4 February, 12:47
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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.
4 February, 17:17
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That block looks great with the piston crown detail, perfect for a garage dio ……… gonna start scouring the aftermarket now👌
4 February, 23:11
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Absolutely, I'm not that talented, so that's why I picked up a few of those garage kits.
5 February, 00:55
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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.
5 February, 13:06
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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!
5 February, 13:11
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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
24 February, 18:44
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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
25 February, 04:55
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The amt ertl
Kit no 31760
1958 impala
It also has options of stock parts for engine or modified
25 February, 13:15
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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
25 February, 13:25
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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
25 February, 14:57
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Vaught F4U-1D Corsair ( Tamiya 1/72) Combat Worn Heavy Weathered![View album, image #34 View album, image #34](/albums/img/7/6/4/1799764-134557-44-720.jpg)
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Almost done. Apart from the rigging and the missiles. Ive loved this built. It was so much fun. I also like the result a...
Projekt: Vought F4U-1D Corsair
27 12 August, 21:19
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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 🥴🥴
12 August, 21:24
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My goodness, that cockpit looks stunning! Are you sure it's not 48 scale?
13 August, 14:26
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Thanks Michael!
I could have hoped Thomas😅😅. It would have made my life way easier. Though the PE details helped a lot
13 August, 14:28
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Agree with everyone - the cockpit looks great! Chipping at this scale is impressive
14 August, 14:26
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Thanks guys, waiting to get free from work this week to star painting the fuselage and engine. Let's see how that turns out
18 August, 15:39
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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
19 August, 19:34
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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 😁👍
20 August, 17:29
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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!
20 August, 19:22
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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 👌
20 August, 19:48
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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
20 August, 19:57
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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.
21 August, 12:32
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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 👍👍👍
21 August, 16:05
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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
2 September, 11:12
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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 👌 👍👍👍
2 September, 15:37
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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 😁😁
2 September, 17:37
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Weathering done!! I will leave the rockets for the last, that means, next step FULL ASSEMBLY
4 September, 12:11
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