chrish Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 I started this to take a break from the vacuform ATR kit, after a solid week of building (great enjoyment though) I have most of an engine glued together and painted and very slightly weathered. KiwiZac, TimHepplestone, AlbertD and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertD Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 I need a bigger display shelf. That looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Engine looks sweet, Chris! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robthepom Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 wow, and thats OOB, that engine looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Topnotch work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstarr3 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Wow that's great work. Very clean painting. Are the ignition wires kit parts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josebagasteiz Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Great work so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonGUSA Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Bstarr3 said: Wow that's great work. Very clean painting. Are the ignition wires kit parts? No they are not, but the instructions show how to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonGUSA Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 9 hours ago, chrish said: I started this to take a break from the vacuform ATR kit, after a solid week of building (great enjoyment though) I have most of an engine glued together and painted and very slightly weathered. That looks good, but you painted somethings wrong. The two octagonal shaped parts on the left and right of the front gear case are the Bendix-Scintilla distributors, and should be painted the color of the front gear case Grumman gray. The part in the middle is the Bendix-Scintilla magneto, and it should be painted semi-gloss black. The smaller part in front of the magneto is the propeller governor and that is painted correctly semi-gloss black. Ron G nmayhew and coogrfan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jep1210 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 I love all these 1/24 Hellcat builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted July 25, 2019 Author Share Posted July 25, 2019 Thanks for the encouragement! Greatly appreciated!! The instruction sheet has a template for the spark plug leads showing what to use and what length to cut them at and where to install the leads. They recommend .032 solder for the leads but I found that to be waaay too thick. I used .010 solder to build the leads and even at that it's tough getting the exhaust headers into place. RonG it's my model and I'll paint it any way I like dmthamade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonGUSA Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Each to his own, just trying to help. If you don't want input dont post Ron G nmayhew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vynce804 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Engine looks great. Did you paint all the major components separately before bringing them together? cheers Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted July 25, 2019 Author Share Posted July 25, 2019 Thanks Matt Yes all components were painted then assembled, still some touch up's required by brush after handling, just minor stuff. The cylinder banks are Alclad stainless steel and magnesium with a dark wash to help bring up the wonderful casting on the cooling fins, the rest is Tamiya acrylics and Vallejo for the exhaust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 That looks excellent! How did the engine go together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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