LSP_Kevin Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 20 minutes ago, Thunnus said: Thanks Kevin! Probably because I has so much practice on these Hasegawa D-9 kits. This is my fourth! Well, may the fourth be with you! Kev daHeld, D.B. Andrus, LSP_K2 and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 On 2/7/2021 at 3:27 PM, rowin said: John, look at the pictures of the real D-13, there is no flare tube on the starboard sideof the forward fuselage. Simmilar sitation is on the most D-9 (late production). Great build! Circling back to this issue... I've checked my references and would have to disagree. Although I cannot make out the flare port on photos of the most recently restored D-13 or the captured photos at Gilze-Rijen Airfield in Holland, the flare port is clearly visible when the unrestored Yellow 10 was languishing in an Atlanta vacant lot as discovered by Jerry Crandall. Below is a crop of one of these photos that appears in Volume Two of Mr. Crandall's Dora books. Greg W, Out2gtcha, LSP_K2 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 13 hours ago, Thunnus said: Yes, Galaxy Tools riveter is what I used to rivet this model. It's a nice tool with one advantage over the RB Productions version... the dot pitch of the 1.00mm large wheel matches the small wheel and corner tool exactly. Not an exact match with the RB Productions Rivet-R sets, which can be frustrating if you don't pay attention. I bought the Galaxy riveters on Ebay from a seller called usdreamer-0. Shipped from China. Excellent. Thanks. I'll have to grab some of their tools; looks like they sell some interesting stuff. Out2gtcha and Thunnus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Thunnus said: Hrmmm, cant see that pic, is it just me? Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 Just now, Out2gtcha said: Hrmmm, cant see that pic, is it just me? I think Postimage (the photo host I'm using) is down. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 It should show up now as Postimage is back online. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Yep, clear now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowin Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) On 2/10/2021 at 7:00 AM, Thunnus said: Are you sure? In Squadron's Walk Around book that port or at least the outline of it is visible on Yellow 10. This was before the most recent restoration when Yellow still had the D-9 wings on it. John, I was sure before you asked. I checked this once again. I have the same book as you from Jerry Crandall, this is the best source in my opinion. On 2/10/2021 at 6:49 PM, Thunnus said: Circling back to this issue... I've checked my references and would have to disagree. Although I cannot make out the flare port on photos of the most recently restored D-13 or the captured photos at Gilze-Rijen Airfield in Holland, the flare port is clearly visible when the unrestored Yellow 10 was languishing in an Atlanta vacant lot as discovered by Jerry Crandall. Below is a crop of one of these photos that appears in Volume Two of Mr. Crandall's Dora books. You are right, the port is highly visible. But if you look on the pic from Holand (war period photos) there is no port on them. The same is on the restored D13 as you said. If you look on the D13 cockpit photos there is no flare port on the main board as well. I saw that Jerry is active in your topic so maybe he could help. But if I am wrong sorry for the mess. Edited February 16, 2021 by rowin adameliclem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Crandall Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 The flare hole was there originally but taped over. During the first restoration in Germany by Art Williams it was reskinned and and covered over. Cheers, Jerry MikeMaben, LSP_K2, D.B. Andrus and 6 others 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 15 hours ago, Jerry Crandall said: The flare hole was there originally but taped over. During the first restoration in Germany by Art Williams it was reskinned and and covered over. Cheers, Jerry very interesting! Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 I'm really looking forward to the painting session. Another great show going on here for all of us. Well done John. Thunnus and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 52 minutes ago, Troy Molitor said: I'm really looking forward to the painting session. Another great show going on here for all of us. Well done John. Yes, he's a painting fool, for sure. Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 Painting? I wish I was closer to that step but still got quite a ways to get there! I've cobbled together more of the central MG151 area using some of the resin gun bay parts and sheet styrene. This is purely fiction as I just want to fill up some space caused by the removal of the cowling gun cannisters/chutes. The straight section of sheet styrene is stand-in as well as a form for the ammo chute. I'll fold some brass sheeting around the form for the actual chute. Uncarina, Greg W, Troy Molitor and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 I took a pause on my Tempest build so that I can get past this "hump" on the D-13 build. Which is the rear engine assembly. I've settled the placement of the major components, including the added MG151 cannon. Additional wiring is required but it is not something that I can do with the components in separate pieces so I wanted to move on to painting the engine components. After painting, I'm going to assemble this one component at a time and try to add the wiring in layers, working from inside to the outside. I've built up my wiring inventory to cover all of the bases. Initial fitting of the MG151 after painting. Right now these parts are not glued in as I'm trying to figure out where to add wiring. LSP_Kevin, Beaconroot, daHeld and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 Work on the engine continues. Since real photos of this area are limited, I am using lots of artistic license to fill this empty space with appropriate, if not accurate, complexity. I just want it to look passably busy. On one hand, it's pretty easy work since the engine space is represented by a small finite box with bulkheads on either side to pass wires between. But since most of it is fictional, it's difficult to visualize what I should do. Just gotta dive in... Random holes have been drilled into the front and rear bulkheads to accept the wiring. I am using either copper or lead wire in various gauges as well as some metal guitar string, to mimic the mass of hydraulic lines found at the rear of the Jumo 213 engine. The wiring is added as the "box" of the engine compartment is put together. At intermediate stages, I place the engine assembly within the fuselage to check my progress. After a few hours, the engine box is complete. The complete engine box is posed with the kit wheel well. If you recall, I also have the Aires resin wheel well set, which I was planning to use but now I could go either way. The final view into the kit wheel well will be restricted by the wing bottom but this lets us enjoy the completion of this step in the context of its placement within the fuselage. brewer, F-4Phanwell, Brett M and 24 others 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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