alain11 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 15 hours ago, BiggTim said: Is that Paddy or Mon Amy? I was thinking about "Flying Dutchman " , a colorful paint scheme , ....I built " Pluto " Alain BiggTim, BradG, AceofClubs and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 32 minutes ago, alain11 said: I was thinking about "Flying Dutchman " , a colorful paint scheme , ....I built " Pluto " Alain Did you post that here, because I seem to recall seeing that. Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 I don't want to spoil your post .. here is " Pluto "...I will follow your thread with interest , I remember it wasn't an "easy way " , I used "Gray matter " conversion Alain D.B. Andrus, Vandy 1 VX 4, Martinnfb and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 Yes, I knew I'd seen that before!! Man, I love that one!! alain11 and Martinnfb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fvdm Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 I think a flying dutchman is always a good idea. Vandy 1 VX 4, BiggTim and Martinnfb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 Ok, so does anyone have any "Japanese Sandman II" or "Flying Dutchman" decals in one of the smaller girly scales that I could either have, buy, borrow, or get a high res scan of, to explore the possibility of making either of them in 1/32? Unless there are 1/32 decals somewhere that I am not aware of... Also any photos of either plane that anyone can find would be appreciated. I obviously have some, but I may have missed something out there. Tim Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis7423 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 If you can find them, the Kagero Topcolors P-38 books (P-38 Lightning At War Pt. I, P-38 Lightning At War Pt. II, and Pacific Lightnings) all have some early P-38 options in 1/32. - Dennis S. Thornton, CO USA Martinnfb and BiggTim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Tim I've got this set. "Hot Box Annie" looks good. https://www.largescaleplanes.com/reviews/review.php?rid=646 Cheers, D.B. BiggTim and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 58 minutes ago, Dennis7423 said: If you can find them, the Kagero Topcolors P-38 books (P-38 Lightning At War Pt. I, P-38 Lightning At War Pt. II, and Pacific Lightnings) all have some early P-38 options in 1/32. - Dennis S. Thornton, CO USA Like this one? They are kinda unique, though a little boring. Are there others? 24 minutes ago, D.B. Andrus said: Tim I've got this set. "Hot Box Annie" looks good. https://www.largescaleplanes.com/reviews/review.php?rid=646 Cheers, D.B. Yep, I saw that one, too. I just don't like planes with dirty nose art, and "Hot Box Annie" is pushing it a bit for me. I know, I know, that's half the fun, but I gotta be able to show my kids and my wife without being embarrassed. D.B. Andrus and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) not a high resolution picture , but helpful to determine the nose art size .. if you have these kind of tool like the "Silhouette" or plotter ( if not a charitable guy could help you ) , I think it could be " doable " ... even free hand Alain Edited January 25, 2019 by alain11 BradG, BiggTim and Martinnfb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis7423 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Found these as well, might be worth a look: https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/PSL32012 - Dennis S. Thornton, CO USA Martinnfb and BiggTim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 3 hours ago, Dennis7423 said: Found these as well, might be worth a look: https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/PSL32012 - Dennis S. Thornton, CO USA Watching a couple of those on Ebay! Martinnfb and Dennis7423 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) A bit of progress made this past weekend. I hunted around online and ordered some inexpensive DC motors that were a good fit and relatively low RPM, and had long shafts, plus a 2 cell AA battery pack - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077T2W8RC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. With two AA batteries, they should be turning around 3500rpm. Still a bit too fast, but close enough. Test fitted into the nacelle: Made a jig to get the shaft as perpendicular to the nacelle front as possible: Modified a kit prop to test it out: So far, so good, but here's where it gets tricky. The kit prop is pretty well balanced, and turned smoothly. But since the kit prop is the most poorly shaped prop EVER, I won't use it as it comes. I have some props built up for my L model build, using the GMF prop blades and hub with kit spinner. To be honest, the GMF blades are too narrow at the base, but are WAYYY better than the kit prop, so using that as a guide, I modified a kit prop to improve the blade shape. Much better, but the kit prop blades are too narrow at the base as well, and can't be correctly shaped without adding material to them. Left - modified kit prop, middle - unmodified kit prop, right - GMF blades. Left - modified, right - unmodified. Comparison of my modified blades to GMF blades. You can see that the modified ones are even more narrow, and the GMF are already too narrow, so not happy with, despite the vast improvement over the kit prop. The other issue is that modifications to the prop in any way, throw off the center of gravity and make it wobble a bit, so I'm going to have to do a lot of trial and error to get them right. On top of that, the early conversion nacelles in the Cutting Edge set make the round part of the nacelle slightly larger than the kit spinner, so I will need to adjust that as well. Oh, and I experimented with reversing the polarity on the motor, and it works, so I can make the props counter-rotate as expected. Pretty cool! Tim PS: does anyone know where I could find a set of Contact Resine props and spinners? I would like to try a set of those. Edited March 18, 2019 by BiggTim LSP_Kevin, Vandy 1 VX 4, Out2gtcha and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy 1 VX 4 Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 This is my humble opinion If you're going to have the props rotating it really doesn't matter what the shape of the blades look like as they will be rotating and hard to see. Or are you going to have it as a static model most of the time and running occasionally Cheers Martinnfb and BiggTim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 On 1/26/2019 at 5:16 AM, BiggTim said: ... decals in one of the smaller girly scales... “Girly” had me LOL Following with great interest as i have an E conversion too. i also have a silhouette so I might be able to help you. PM me. I am traveling for the next week-ish but after that I should be able to help BiggTim and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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