Grunticus Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 I was going to leave the engine covers closed and do nothing with the engine, not even paint. As I was assembling the engine I could not help admiring the engineering, fit, and detail of it. Ideas came and clear photos were available, so I decided to add ignition wires and fuel line to make it even better. I will leave the left hand cover open on the model so the shown side stays visible. Here’s the completed assembly, I will seal it and then and weather it some. I will also attempt to make exhausts from hollow brass rod. I found a Quickboost door set in my stash that I had not used on the Dutch one. The Quickboost doors at first look like straight copies of the kit doors, but there are more detailed raised hinges on the Quickboost ones so I will use them. Kit part on the left. Cheers! LSP_Kevin, Alex, Whitey and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Looking good! That engine is pretty nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunticus Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 (edited) The cockpit is ready. I did not have the appropriate diameter hollow brass tubing, so I drilled out the exhaust stack. Some minor cleanup to do I see in this magnification. Those are half-millimeter holes The engine was sealed, received a few washes, and sealed again in semi-gloss. It looks quite neat. The data plate came from the spares box and is not accurate, but looks good on the block. There are not many photos of this plane in this livery. The well known one: One other: But there were more painted similarly. It looks like a brush job and the pattern varies quite a lot: Edited March 4, 2021 by Grunticus Landrotten Highlander, Out2gtcha, Alex and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunticus Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 Folks, I need some help with the question written in the photo. Does anyone here have an answer on this one? I cant find a single photo with an opened engine compartment. Thanks for any help! geedubelyer, Out2gtcha, Landrotten Highlander and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Im no SME, but Id venture to say someone round here knows something about the Bu 131A /Ki-86a and or has a decent pic of now the engine panels open. Grunticus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensar Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 search on Bucker jungmeister walkaround find the net-maquettes.com result and look in there. Numerous pictures around the cowling. Landrotten Highlander 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunticus Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 11 hours ago, kensar said: search on Bucker jungmeister walkaround find the net-maquettes.com result and look in there. Numerous pictures around the cowling. Thanks Ken. That is the walk around I used on these builds. However, there's no shot of an opened engine panel. I am trying to find out the pose of an opened panel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 12 hours ago, kensar said: search on Bucker jungmeister walkaround find the net-maquettes.com result and look in there. Numerous pictures around the cowling. Bu 131 is Jungmann Jungmeister is Bu 133. Different planes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensar Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 You are right. It's a Jungmann. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunticus Posted March 6, 2021 Author Share Posted March 6, 2021 The exhausts are finished and installed, drilling them out was certainly worth it since they are clearly visible. There is room around them for a small paper roll to mask them off during final painting. I had already painted the top wing but was not satisfied with it's appearance. MRP paint can be easily stripped with a piece of toilet paper drenched in ethanol or iso-propyl alcohol (IPA). I re-sprayed the orange in a new mixture of 7 parts MRP-051 RLM 04 Gelb and 2 parts MRP-232 International Orange (I used 5:2 in the first attempt but found it to be a tad too orange for my taste). It was a lengthy job but gave a nice result. I need to find some smoother-surfaced paper to which the UHU Pattafix sticks to a tad better than it does regular printer paper. Like superglue, it loves human skin much much more than anything I suppose we will never know the exact colors used, these are the colors I chose for this one (as said, 7:2 yellow:orange for the orange tint): scvrobeson, Landrotten Highlander, LSP_Kevin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Just stumbled upon this build, I love it. What did you use for the instrument panels? Are those kit decals or aftermarket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunticus Posted March 6, 2021 Author Share Posted March 6, 2021 1 hour ago, John1 said: Just stumbled upon this build, I love it. What did you use for the instrument panels? Are those kit decals or aftermarket? Hi John, Thanks! Those are stock decals that come with the kit. I just cut tem in to individual sections to help them settle more easily. John1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunticus Posted March 6, 2021 Author Share Posted March 6, 2021 On 3/4/2021 at 8:32 PM, Grunticus said: Folks, I need some help with the question written in the photo. Does anyone here have an answer on this one? I cant find a single photo with an opened engine compartment. Thanks for any help! Hmm...okay, judging from the photos I posted (top photo) that lower part IS separate from the main cover. I can glue to to the panel of the opposite side. Somehow it doesn’t make sense however....Well, this photo is all I have to go on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hangarrat101 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 While I don't know for sure about the original German/Japanese aircraft, the post-war Spanish-built aircraft have one door per side, which meet with a fairly narrow central strip under the centre of the cowling. The dark line in the photo is a stiffener on the inside. Quite useful for propping the cowling open. Grunticus and mozart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Agreed with hangarrat, one door per side. I posted the walk around pictures on the site (and accidentally included a Tiger Moth shot!.....oops) but checking those pictures made me notice that you haven’t included the 4 rigging lines from the nose to underwing Leon. Accident or design? They are easy enough to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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