dodgem37 8,503 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 (edited) Front of Firewall. I believe the Tamiya kit has the oil tank line going into the firewall above the location shown here. Back of Engine. Sincerely, Mark Edited January 21 by dodgem37 mpk, Alex, MARU5137 and 4 others 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Alex 2,281 Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 That’s outstanding. Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
Alex 2,281 Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 After drybrushing and all those bolts. The whole thing is still in two pieces. I'm not going to glue the long block to the supercharger/carb section until after I have the ignition harnesses built. Which I would be doing right now if my wife wasn't watching The Expanse, thus compelling me to do the same... I did a less-detailed take on the piston primer lines than Mark did, but hopefully still representative. BradG, denders, Gazzas and 10 others 13 Link to post Share on other sites
Alex 2,281 Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 (edited) This ignition harness is nowhere as detailed as Mark's, but it still took me two solid hours of squinting and cussing to make. My nanofabrication skills clearly leave much to be desired. The upside-down tape on the work surface trick is a great one though. It shifted the task of drilling 0.5 mm holes into 0.8 mm round styrene rod from impossible to merely maddening. Let's see if I can now paint and install this without breaking it. Then make the other one... Edited January 10 by Alex MARU5137, Gazzas, D.B. Andrus and 8 others 11 Link to post Share on other sites
Gazzas 7,757 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Harness looks great to me. Good work all-round. Alex, mpk and MARU5137 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Alex 2,281 Posted January 11 Author Share Posted January 11 Ignition harnesses and a few additional bits of plumbing added. Next up is to tackle at least some approximation of the air/fuel/boost control linkages that sit on the back of the carb+supercharger+intercooler section. Which is now permanently attached to the engine block. Did a quick paint-up of the upper firewall and oil tank. That's MRP Chromate Primer, in keeping with my plan to make this model my try-out for the new paint that everyone is raving about. So far I like it a lot. One thing I have not tried yet is to see if it's at all possible to brush paint details or small ding fixes with it, but given how thin it is, I'm not optimistic on that. So far the oil tank is not attached - it's just sitting there. I need to decide what other bits I may try to add. I think the oil foam separator lines at a minimum since they are so prominent on top of the tank. Once that's done then I'll see about joining this to the engine and running linkages and hoses between them per the shop manual reprint that should be on the way to me in the mail. I also need to dig out and start on the lower firewall, because (as Mark illustrated) there are a number of components that can be built there which plumb to the engine and may be visible. PLUS I need to clean up the fuselage halves and look at how the additional plumbing that Tamiya provides (the major oil and coolant hoses only) plays into all of this. It's a good thing this group build runs through May, seeing as I have not even laid eyes on the cockpit yet... LSP_Kevin, MARU5137, GDW and 8 others 11 Link to post Share on other sites
Alex 2,281 Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 I built the control linkages on the back of the engine. Not as detailed as Mark's, again, I know my limits...but hopefully representative of something linkage-y being there. Then joined engine to firewall. Now I can proceed to install the plumbing and control linkages that pass between firewall and engine. But I'm going to wait a bit on that as I need a break from squinting at tiny things. So instead I've started painting up the central cockpit parts (floor, IP, stick, pilot's seat, radios, etc) that go into the next steps. LSP_Kevin, Phantom2, mpk and 12 others 15 Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_Kevin 32,012 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 That's coming along very nicely, Alex! Kev Out2gtcha and Alex 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Gazzas 7,757 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Very sharp, sir. mpk and Alex 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Out2gtcha 35,856 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 On 1/13/2021 at 8:43 PM, LSP_Kevin said: That's coming along very nicely, Alex! +1!! Alex 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Out2gtcha 35,856 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 On 1/6/2021 at 12:02 PM, dodgem37 said: Front of Firewall. I believe the Tamiya kit has the oil tank line going into the firewall above the location shown here. Back of Firewall. Nice pictures Mark! dodgem37 and Alex 2 Link to post Share on other sites
dodgem37 8,503 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Good show. Nice detailing. Sincerely, Mark MARU5137 and Alex 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Alex 2,281 Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 3 hours ago, dodgem37 said: Good show. Nice detailing. Sincerely, Mark I’m trying! Your work is a great guide to what’s possible. I just need to figure out what is consistent with a) my skill level and b) finishing this within the gb window... MARU5137 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MARU5137 15,911 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Looks SPLENDID ... love the Engine et al. Alex you did a Alex 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dennismcc 5,167 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 This is looking great, that engine build must have taken up quite of a bit of your patience allowance for the week, I keep saying this but one day I must build one of these Tamiya "super" kits. Never mind I'm going to keep on with my current PCM kit. Cheers Dennis Alex 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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