Matchbox 1/32 Westland Lysander: Engine weathering starts..

[TwoHands]

I have been looking for photos of the upper wing surfaces.

[Cap'n Wannabe]

Some more progress....not much, but I have been extremely busy of late!

 

The engine primed..

 

 

..and painting started.  It took me a while to figure out the best way to paint the engine - most photos I've seen have the crankcase black, as well as the rods that go up the front of the cylinders, whereas the cylinders themselves are aluminium.  I've only done the back of the cylinders so far, and I think once I apply a wash, it'll look pretty good.  (Actually, I reckon it don't look half bad in the photo..)

 

[R Palimaka]

On 9/15/2019 at 12:50 AM, TwoHands said:

I have been looking for photos of the upper wing surfaces.

 

I took these photos from the observation deck at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. Hope they help, you should be able to click on theimage and enlarge them if you need a closer look:

 

 

 

Some canopy detail:

 

 

Richard

Edited September 30, 2019 by R Palimaka

[dennismcc]

Great Photos

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

[Cap'n Wannabe]

So in between my job and ICUS (In Command Under Supervision) training, and getting into the groove of instrument flying in the real world instead of a training environment (you're visual when you get clear of cloud instead of when the instructor tells you you are.....and at night....lotsa fun!), I've managed to [almost] finish painting the basic colours on the engine.  I firstly painted SMS Black as the base coat, then painted the cylinders in Tamiya Flat Aluminium....almost, but not quite dry-brushing them.  Due to the way the engine is molded, aluminium paint got into lots of places I didn't want it to be, so the next step was removing it from them.  I thought about how best to do it - I could have simply painted black over it, but that would run the risk of the aluminium showing through the black, so instead, I wet a brush with methylated spirits and carefully removed the paint.  There are still a few places I need to go over, but so far, so good..

 

[LSP_K2]

I too like the Lysander (for some bizarre reason). Probably the best references I have on the aircraft, are this 4+ book, and this MMP/Stratus volume.

 

 

[AVbob]

 Love this plane! I've got three of these kits and have no excuses for not building them. Bad mojo be my enemy.

[LSP_K2]

Too bad there's virtually nothing (that I'm aware of) in the way of AM for the kit.

[Cap'n Wannabe]

G'day folks....moving on to the next bits I want to paint...I have a few questions:

1. What, exactly, is the spidery-looking part?  Exhausts? Inlet manifold?

2. What is the best/simplest/quickest technique to paint it?

 

 

3. What is the best/simplest/quickest technique to paint these?

 

 

[RLWP]

32 minutes ago, Cap'n Wannabe said:

G'day folks....moving on to the next bits I want to paint...I have a few questions:

1. What, exactly, is the spidery-looking part?  Exhausts? Inlet manifold?

2. What is the best/simplest/quickest technique to paint it?

 

 

 

It is surprisingly difficult to find pictures of the back of a Bristol Mercury on the internet. They are manifolds, I'd guess inlet manifolds:

 

 

That's from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Mercury

 

Spray them, then drybrush some grot onto them

 

Richard

[RLWP]

I also found this:

 

Westland Lysander Mk IIIA - 870-hp Bristol Mercury XX radial - Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, Hamilton, Ontario by edk7, on Flickr

 

Richard

[RLWP]

And:

 

 

From here: https://www.aircraftrestorationcompany.com/lysander

 

Richard

[chrish]

I’m pulling up a seat as well!

I’ve built this thing and had a great time! It’s a really nice kit....in my opinion

[Simmo.b]

Jeez, I remember that comp, I won my district with a flower class corvette, won a puma helicopter and a tiger moth to build for the finals, I was all of 13, still have the completed moth, didgy build but proudly displayed in my cabinet

[Finn]

Some cockpit views here from the manual:

 

https://www.avialogs.com/aircraft-w/westland/item/3410-a-p-1582c-pilot-s-notes-lysander-iii-and-iiia-aeroplanes-mercury-xx-engine

 

Jari