Gazzas Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 Gaz, I use cigarette papers cut into thin strips for covering manifolds on German inline engines. To finish off I stipple said manifolds with Mr Surfacer 1200. I hope this helps. Cheers, Von B Ooh, now you have me contemplating removing my tape and replace it with cigarette papers. I have some around somewhere that I use for flags on 1/350 warships. Fortunately I have been free of nicotine prison for 5 years now. Gaz MikeMaben and Bobs Buckles 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Yes to the purple arrowed attachment points. Put it this way, without doing proper research, like buying a few books, they are credible Richard Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 Hi Friends, Spent a fair amount of time painting this Mercedes D. III engine. I tried to be deft with the brush and true to the colors I've seen over the hundreds of engines that I've seen in the last couple weeks. I didn't get it perfect, but I'm pretty happy with it thus far. After priming I discovered more bubble holes requiring love and affection. The exhaust pipe even had something that looked like a gentle fold in it. No matter. Putty, abrasives, and a proper filter apparatus had me ready for paint. After the primer, I sprayed the entire apparatus with Alclad polished aluminum. The rest was done with a dying gold pen (dying so much that I actually had to put the tip of the paintbrush to the felt of the paint pen) and artist acrylics. All that remains is a wash with oils, then some heavy work with pastels on the exhaust pipe. Without further ado, the scary results of half a days work: I read somewhere that the exhaust pipes used on these machines were made from a copper alloy. Having never been that close to one, I can't refute or affirm. Lacking copper paint, I decided to make it a little brassy with gold pen over silver then complete the 'burnt look' with pastels. Can't make any promises... Thanks for looking! Gaz MikeMaben, LSP_Kevin and sandokan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0t0rdr1ver Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Looks great so far Gaz, excellent start! Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Are you using a flash in those pictures? Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Gaz Nice work on the TD's Mercedes engine. Colors look true and add the extra life. Keep ‘em comin Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy 1 VX 4 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Are you going to use the true details World 1 display base? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 Are you using a flash in those pictures? Richard Yes. Is that why they look so bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 Gaz Nice work on the TD's Mercedes engine. Colors look true and add the extra life. Keep ‘em comin Peter Thank you Peter. I wish I was able to reproduce the plated look on the cylinders. Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 Are you going to use the true details World 1 display base? I didn't even know there was such a thing. I'm not big on bases, but if I do I'll look for a inexpensive way to do it. Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Yes. Is that why they look so bad? Could be. It tends to wash out the colours I use whatever modelling lights I have, usually a bench light and my magnifier. Richard Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karimb Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Gaz! Engine looks good to me! At least you didn't have to do tha asbestos covering on the manifold yourself! Should look the part after a wash, sone filters and weathering! Karim Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 At least you didn't have to do the asbestos covering on the manifold yourself! <snip> Karim The glass fibre stuff is bad enough, I get red, itchy arms from boat exhausts if I forget to wrap them in rags when working on engines Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 ... Can't make any promises... Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy 1 VX 4 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 The glass fibre stuff is bad enough, I get red, itchy arms from boat exhausts if I forget to wrap them in rags when working on engines Richard Washing your arms and ice water helps a lot RLWP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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