TwoHands Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 I have been looking for photos of the upper wing surfaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Wannabe Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 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..) Model_Monkey, MikeC, MikeMaben and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 (edited) 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, TwoHands, Ol' Scrapiron and 7 others 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Great Photos Cheers Dennis R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Wannabe Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 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_Kevin, MikeC and MikeMaben 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVbob Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Love this plane! I've got three of these kits and have no excuses for not building them. Bad mojo be my enemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Too bad there's virtually nothing (that I'm aware of) in the way of AM for the kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Wannabe Posted November 4, 2019 Author Share Posted November 4, 2019 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 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 TwoHands, Kagemusha, LSP_K2 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 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 Kagemusha, LSP_K2, TwoHands and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 And: From here: https://www.aircraftrestorationcompany.com/lysander Richard LSP_K2, R Palimaka, Trak-Tor and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo.b Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 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 Kagemusha, Out2gtcha and dennismcc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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