spacewolf Posted November 13, 2009 Author Share Posted November 13, 2009 Hell yes thats looking very good now. Its going to look pretty sharp when you get it painted up and installed. It occurred to me that the front cyclindars must also somehow connect to the collector ring, but it beats me as to how. Twice as many tubes shoehorned in there must be the answer but with the cowling on, they will never be seen anyway. Plus you'd start babeling and drooling if you tried it. Viewed thru the open cowl flaps, what you've go its more than enough. Very well done Vaughn! Sabre YAYYY ! Glad I pass the test !! Every second tube is the one going to the forward bank of cylinders. Each half of the collector ring services 7 of the 14 cylinders. Other than wiring the front bank this is about all i'm doing as most of the engine is hidden. I'm not painting the engine as it should be because it's dark enough inside the cowl.. painting the cylinders black means you loose almost all the detail. I'll do a black wash and let it go at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted November 13, 2009 Author Share Posted November 13, 2009 Just time for a quick update before I'm off to work. I trimmed the other exhaust and checked it on the engine... like the other side it is about 1/16th short and needs an insert to fill a divot on the lower side. I cut the exhaust and glued in the shim, the rest will have to wait till tomorrow. I'm hoping to have the exhaust finished and the wiring done...possibly have the cowling finished as well this weekend... anyone out there have pics of the cowl flap actuator's ? they'll be next ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 Life has slowed down my building time but I got the other collector half done as well as catching another mistake in the right hand half. The bottom tubes extend from the ring half quite a ways ( I'll bet they were very prone to cracking the weld joints ! ) and while test fitting the left hand side I noticed that i'd totally missed where the bottom tube on the right side went.. nothing for it but to re do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 Test fitting shows everything is where it's supposed to be, a little filing and sanding and it's ready for paint...finally ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Nice work Vaughn. It's really looking the business now! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 Cookin' with gas tonight ! Once the L/H collector ring was done I started splashing paint around. Testors gloss gray for the crank case, steel for the intake tubes (the Tamyia instructions Sabre sent me calls for gloss black but as an old aviation mech that makes no sense to me.. ya want lighter colors so you can spot leaks easier). I painted the collector rings first with Vallejo steel, then a thin wash of bronze and finally a wash of Tamyia red/brown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 A heavy black wash using Vallejo black tones down the silver and makes the detail jump. A few touch ups here and there, then the wires and the 'Franken Engine' will be ready to install ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Very nice work Vaughn! Cheers, Håkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 Working on the cowling I had all sorts of gaps due to the engine. The rear bank from the 21st C. kit needs about 1/2 MM taken off the edge...not a lot but it makes a diff. The worst problem was the kit engine parts.. I had to trim several of the heads to get the cowl to sit down properly. It could have been this particular kit or my build of it... just a problem I thought I'd mention. Once those problems were dealt with everything lined up nicely. The fit is nothing to write home about but I've seen a LOT worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 Still some work to do... the bottom seam is terrible.. but thats for tomorrow. Looking in from the front it looks pretty good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Nice build and great detail ! Hubert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 Well I'm finally back... work and life got in the way for a few days. I found more work to do on the 'Franken Engine'.... why I couldn't have left well enough alone I don't know but it seemed like a good idea at the time ?..... The opening for the prop mount shaft is way too wide... remember this was designed to have a motor spinning the prop so the main mounting point is at the rear of the engine and the front of the crank case was not needed to be a close fit... So I had to make a bushing. It was cut and trimmed to shape out of a bit of 1/16th scrap. Careful trimming and sanding made for a press fit and the prop shaft is a perfect fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 The postman finally delivered my order from Great Models.... ye Gods what have I gotten myself into ?!!! It's learning curve time again ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 Nice build and great detail ! Hubert. Thanks Hubert.. we'll see if I survive this ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 Very nice work Vaughn! Cheers, Håkan Thanks Håkan, this very quickly went beyond the simple build with a few mods that I'd planned on ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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