1944 Group Build

Impressive engine, Clemens!  Great detail.

Your Wildcat is looking good, Joe.  Nice work on the underside paint.

Doug: I use fine copper wire for my engines. I usually take a very fine drill to make a shallow hole in the surfaces the wires attach to, then I use a tiny amount of CA on each end of the wire to glue it in place. Some engines (especially Quickboost's AM ones) don't come with ignition wire harnesses though. In that case I use plastic rod (0,5mm -1mm for 1/48 engines) to scratchbuild the harness. It takes a bit of time but isn't all that hard to do once you get the hang of it.

Here's a pic of my Quickboost Pratt & Whitney R-2800 (my all time favourite radial):

The pushrods and ignition wire harness are scratchbuilt using 0,6mm plastic rod. I painted it with Alclad (metal areas) and Gunze acrylics. the weathering consists of a very heavy Flory wash for that grimy, used look (it's for a German captured P-47 and those birds don't look like they were cleaned a lot in the photos I have)

I hope this helps...

Wee, catch-up time! You guys are pulling off some very nice looking builds in here!

Joe: That tiny Hellcat looks superb, especially the Landing gear PE work!

Matt: It's always nice to see a 262 being build! What a sexy looking aircraft!

Steve: Your T-34 is looking very nice! I love the weathering!

Thanks Rob, Doug and Bish. I appreciate it.

Nice work Joe.

Thanks Jay that was what I was looking for. I need to find my micro bits and just try to drill the small holes and go from there.

Doug

Right on Joe, looks good thus far....

Moving along slowly but surely. I've shot the MM white on the underside, landing gear and gear doors. Everything is going nicely and I will be moving on to the intermediate blue on the sides and tail.

Thanks Joe. I hadn't spotted it because it wasn't showing green. Will have to have a read through that before doing my next radial. That looks a lot better than PE.

Oops. Sorry Bish. My initial post started a new page. It's on pg. 90.

Bish, It is on this page of the GB. 7th post down.

Ken, knock yourself out and post those pics.

Joe, where is the link Jorge posted. I have only wires engines using whats in a PE set but I would like to get more detailed.

Nomad53

Hey all,

I posted this earlier and it may have gotten over looked. What are the techniques that you use to do the wiring on your airplane engines. and the painting also. I am doing a P-61 Black Widow and want to detail the engine that will be open to view.

Thanks,

Doug

Doug, My apologies for being late getting back to you on this. The link that Jorge found for you is exactly what I was going to find for you. Lawdog(Joe)'s tutorial on wiring an engine is excellent. I haven't gone quite as detailed as he does but, I have wired an R2800 for my 1/48 Tamiya P-47. On that I just drilled some guide holes with a micro bit, cut some scale copper wire pieces to length and then glued one end in bent it into place and glued it into the other pre drilled hole. The other option is like what I did on my Hellcat and used a PE set. I'll try and remember to post a pic of my P-47 engine.

Hey everyone,

Just thought i'd let you all know. I started a diorama last night for the P 38 and the P47. I didn't know if it would be done, But, it looks like it will. Can I post pics here.

The title is "June 5th, 1944 Somewhere in England Childhood friends meet up maybe for the last time"

Thanks

Thanks for the kind words and input guys. I'll give the tinted mist coat a try - I think it'll be exactly what I need, along with a coat of dull. Since I have a couple of months left, I'm planning to build my first base as well. Nothing too extravagant, just a simple flat dirt and grass base that I can cut my teeth on, so to speak.

Bob: hang in there buddy. I've been through tough times myself and it never lasts forever, even if it feels like it will. I hope things turn around for you soon.

I'll definitely post some pics once it's done

No worries Bob, just be sure to post some pics when you are able to finish it.

It's been a little while since I've checked in on things in this GB, and there's a lot of good work going on.  Unfortunately with circumstances being what they are, I probably won't be able to get around to building the diorama I have planned for the LCVP I built earlier this year.  This are tight around here (as I'm sure they are everywhere else as well) and I won't be able to get enough of the material for the water (both for the dio itself and the playing around with it to see how it works), or to get the materials needed for the base.  Sorry to bail on it like this, but at least I was able to finish the LCVP.  I'll try putting the dio together next year when things will be looking better financially speaking.  Keep up the great work!

Nomad, is this a 48th scale kit. I can't say I have ever seen anyone add writing to engines. I think it may be something many of us over look. I had not even realised they had writing on them until I got my 1/18th engine kit. The best thing I could think of would be small decals. But in use with lots of maintenance work and engine changes, I would not be surprised if this writing came off.

Hey Doug,

I found this on the forum, used the same technique to do a P-47 engine, worked fine. 

http://cs.finescale.com/mobile/forums/thread.aspx?ThreadID=149327

Jorge

Hey all,

I posted this earlier and it may have gotten over looked. What are the techniques that you use to do the wiring on your airplane engines. and the painting also. I am doing a P-61 Black Widow and want to detail the engine that will be open to view.

Thanks,

Doug

Thanks Bish. Yeah, that's what I figured but I was curious nonetheless.

So far I have only used the streaking grime to give a more grimy look. I mainly use Flory Washe's for aircraft.

Hey Bish, Do you use AK products on your aircraft models? If so, which do you use?

The T-34 is looking good Steve. Joe's idea is a good one, I used to use Tamiya buff for a dust effect before moving on to AK products. Before that, a pin wash might be a good idea.

Exceptional T-34.  Weathering looks good.

Steve, Your T-34 simply looks excellent. You have done a superb job. Now, I'm not an armor builder but, I have dabbled. Certainly the thing that stands out is, as you mentioned, that it still has some shine to it. One thing that comes to mind is to basically "tint" some rubbing alcohol with acrylic buff or tan color. Then over spray your T-34. Gradually build it up and what this does is blend everything together. In addition it will give an overall dusty appearance all the while,hopefully, knocking a bit of the shine out of it. It's also good for creating streaks and post shading. This was a sweet little trick that Rigidrider showed me while in the Butcher Bird GB for toning down and blending my camo on my FW 190. I am quite sure that some of the other folks here with more experience with armor have some better ideas and observations. But nonetheless you should be very pleased with your efforts.

Joe

Paint looks great, Matt. Can't wait to see the topside.

I wanted to post a couple of "weathering WIP" photos, to get some constructive feedback if I could. I feel like I'm partway there, but I'm missing something and I can't put my finger on it. I brushed on some Doc O'Brien's powders - a mix of Muddy Red and Dirty Brown on the road wheels (which I'm pretty pleased with), and Dirty Brown with a dash of Gritty Yellow on the hull. I still need to add some rust and fuel stains to the fuel barrels, and give it a shot of dullcoat (still a bit shiny from the coat of Future I put on).

I guess at this point it's too late to add more paint, but any advice on how to proceed is greatly appreciated!

Nice work Matt. Keep it up.

I was looking back at some of the photos and was wondering how you all do the wires on the engines for the planes?

I am building a P-61 Black Widow and want to detail the engine. It is a Revell kit 1/48th. The palne is set in 1945 so I will not enter it in this build. I just need to know the tips and techniques on how to detail the engine. I have several reference photos on the wiring and all but the techniques it failing me.  

Thanks Doug

Oh by the way I am still going to finish the USS Missouri but I need to get my airbrush problem worked out and get the masking done.

Better pics...