Eduard PE question

[MarkHancock]

HI this is my first post to LSP, and I have a question regarding the model which will be my first WIP - Trumpeter SBD1/2 Dauntless. With the kit I also have the Big-Ed aftermarket, and here is my question - possibly the first of many. Having decided to build according to numbers I started on the engine and within two parts removals hit a snag - the Big-Ed instructions for the engine detail displayed the insertion of plastic into what I assume are the spark-plug holes - after much time of sprue-searching I could not locate these "parts" - am I correct that the modeller needs to supply the relevant plastic from card stock/rod? At that point I boxed everything up and decided to ask the gurus here for advice. Right now, no photos of work hence my hesitation to post in the "works in Progress" column.

 

 

[Iain]

Hi there -

 

Can't answer specifically for that set - but a lot of the Eduard sets rely on the builder having styrene sheet and rod of suitable sizes to hand. I doubt your set is missing anything.

 

Iain

[Zero77]

If you dont have plastic rod in your stash, that's not a problem. Just take some sprue bits, heat it with a ligher (or a candle or whatever...) and when you feel it's soft, stretch it until you get a rod of the diameter you're looking for. You may have to make a few tries before succeeding to get what you need, but it's free.

Edited November 8, 2016 by Zero77

[TenSeven]

Here's an R-2800 I'm working on:

 

 

Prior to the assembly of the engine, I drilled out the round pegs that Tamiya thinks look like spark plugs with a  1.05mm drill bit. 

 

Then cut 1.0mm brass rod to ~4mm lengths to make spark plugs and CA'd them into the 1.05mm holes I drilled into the cylinder heads. 

 

10-pound fishing line to make the spark plug wires. 

 

Certainly not perfect, but is fairly convincing in person. 

[MarkHancock]

Thanks for all the prompt responses.

[Citadelgrad]

On 11/9/2016 at 12:09 PM, MarkHancock said:

Thanks for all the prompt responses.

Welcome, Mark, and please don't hesitate, at all, to post up your work in progress.  I posted my first LSP as an adult way back in 2017, and I am still not finished with it.

 

This place is full of excellent advice.  Especially to a new modeler, everyone seems very supportive.