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Betty Lou She's the One. Completed

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  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Sunday, November 5, 2017 3:19 AM

Nice start, good work on the engines!

Your friend, Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

  • Member since
    February 2012
  • From: Olmsted Township, Ohio
Posted by lawdog114 on Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:34 PM
Good stuff. I’ve been there. Those engines look great. The Yamamoto Betty is definitely on my someday when I have room list.

 "Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

 

 

 

 

  • Member since
    September 2016
  • From: Albany, New York
Posted by ManCityFan on Saturday, November 4, 2017 9:02 PM

Greatmaker

 

 
ManCityFan

 There is, no doubt, a LOT of glass in that kit.  Good to know there is a mask.  I want one of these some day.  Oh, and stop going barefoot in the model room!

 

 

 

Hey I was wearing crocks

 

  OK, ya got me.  That one made me laugh.

Dwayne or Dman or just D.  All comments are welcome on my builds. 

  • Member since
    April 2013
  • From: Eleva, Wisconsin
Posted by Greatmaker on Saturday, November 4, 2017 8:34 PM

ManCityFan

 There is, no doubt, a LOT of glass in that kit.  Good to know there is a mask.  I want one of these some day.  Oh, and stop going barefoot in the model room!

 

Hey I was wearing crocks

 

  • Member since
    September 2016
  • From: Albany, New York
Posted by ManCityFan on Saturday, November 4, 2017 7:58 PM

"Just spent 2 1/2 hours masking most of the glass (still have the fuselage windows to install and do). Dear Lord if anyone brush painted these or made masks with tape, they deserve a medal. The Eduard masks saved my sanity"

 

There is, no doubt, a LOT of glass in that kit.  Good to know there is a mask.  I want one of these some day.  Oh, and stop going barefoot in the model room!

Dwayne or Dman or just D.  All comments are welcome on my builds. 

  • Member since
    April 2013
  • From: Eleva, Wisconsin
Posted by Greatmaker on Saturday, November 4, 2017 7:53 PM

Sad thing is I had another one of those little buggers in my toe tonight 

 

  • Member since
    July 2012
  • From: Douglas AZ
Posted by littletimmy on Saturday, November 4, 2017 7:11 PM

Greatmaker
Londo's guide to engine wiring. (1) Cut way too long of wire. (2) Superglue wire to finger. (3) Superglue wire to tweezers. (4) Lose wire in carpet (5) Find wire by having it glued to shoe or by jabbing into toe. (6) Throw wire away and don't take any pictures of the engine. 

 L O L O L O L !!!!!

I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing with you. You just described an "Everyday " occurance here at Demon's Hollow Asylum.

But you did such an awsome job, it was worth it.

You forgot #7: go to the Doctor to have wire removed from eye!

 Dont worry about the thumbprint, paint it Rust , and call it "Battle Damage"

  • Member since
    April 2013
  • From: Eleva, Wisconsin
Posted by Greatmaker on Saturday, November 4, 2017 5:17 PM

Hunter

Great looking start...Like DeWayne said, sorry for the trouble you encountered, but the wiring on the engine looks great.

 

Hey if we can’t laugh at our own folly what’s the point. Thank you both for your encouragement! I originally was gonna use monofilament for the wires but after I accidentally kinked one of the metal ones I thought that looked kinda spiffy. After the IP disappointment I bought a thin sheet of brass and a metal punch. Not sure how I’m gonna cut the outline though. Just spent 2 1/2 hours masking most of the glass (still have the fuselage windows to install and do). Dear Lord if anyone brush painted these or made masks with tape, they deserve a medal. The Eduard masks saved my sanity

 

 

 

 

  • Member since
    January 2016
  • From: A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Posted by Hunter on Saturday, November 4, 2017 4:33 PM

Great looking start...Like DeWayne said, sorry for the trouble you encountered, but the wiring on the engine looks great.

Hunter 

      

  • Member since
    September 2016
  • From: Albany, New York
Posted by ManCityFan on Saturday, November 4, 2017 3:39 PM

I hate to laugh at your expense, but the description of your frustration was pretty humorous.  I have not tried to wire up an engine, but will be soon, so I am sure payback is in my near future.  I will try to learn from your experience.  Don't know about you, but I learn better from mistakes than doing it right.  I remember the mistakes, but sometimes I will be doing something I have done successfully before, and can't remember a thing about how I did it.

Anyway, your IP looks great, and despite the trials and tribulations, the wired engine looks great too.  Hats off for trying a new technique.  Next time will go better.

D

Dwayne or Dman or just D.  All comments are welcome on my builds. 

  • Member since
    April 2013
  • From: Eleva, Wisconsin
Betty Lou She's the One. Completed
Posted by Greatmaker on Saturday, November 4, 2017 1:32 PM

Well you ever had how you wanted things to look like in your head but the reality just doesn't make the grade. That's how I feel about my attempt to make some homemade PE.  I used a sheet of thin plastic and a small paper punch to cut a form.  I didn't like how it ended up.  Would have helped if I would have lined it up better before the superglue hardened. I posted the pic with just the decal applied as well. Londo's guide to engine wiring. (1) Cut way too long of wire. (2) Superglue wire to finger. (3) Superglue wire to tweezers. (4) Lose wire in carpet (5) Find wire by having it glued to shoe or by jabbing into toe. (6) Throw wire away and don't take any pictures of the engine.  This is my first attempt at wiring an engine. Lesson learned drill the holes deep to better hold the wires.

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