I will begin working on the base for my Corsair over the next couple of weekends, as I took next week off from work, and will be gearing up for the weekend madness group build....I will get some pics up this weekend of where I'm at with the Corsair, for all to see....I promise, this time! Lol

Holy smokes dude!  That looks amazing!

Mustang, I've saved your photos to use asd reference when I do mine. THe ultimate compliment.

Cheers

Tony

Popping in. Joe that engine rocks! Awesome work. 

mustang1989

Tony: Thanks man and good start on the 263.

Thank you Joe, Cliff and Eaglecash for your comments as well. Eaglecash, hey ...I gotta stop somewhere dude. 

Completed pictures as of this morning. I did manage to get an engine oil dipstick tube and indicator handle handle added.

 

BK

Tony: Thanks man and good start on the 263.

Thank you Joe, Cliff and Eaglecash for your comments as well. Eaglecash, hey ...I gotta stop somewhere dude. 

Completed pictures as of this morning. I did manage to get an engine oil dipstick tube and indicator handle handle added.

Nice work on the Boss 302, Mustang!  Love the heat tube on the air cleaner inlet.  Does it have the vaccum solenoid for the inlet door too?  Hehehe.  Nice detail!

Joe: Absolutely spectacular detailing on your engine. Sweet technique with the ignition wires. Also, I love all the decals. Puts a truly authentic touch to your work.

Tony: Good to see you off to a solid start on the 263. Looks solid.

Yeah that looks terrific Joe!

And nice work there too Tony! 

That engine really looks terrific. I will adopt that method for my wiring too, it looks just right.

Here's the latest on the Me 263, I've got everything off the sprues and sprayed some RLM02 on the interior bits. More detailing to come.

Cheers

Tony

Thanks Cliff, Rob and Joe!! 

Tony: Watching that 263  come together is going to be a true joy. Great subject matter!!! 

Got the ignition wires and looms installed over the weekend and this morning saw the installation of the ignition coil wire and the wire harness.

This is how my wiring harnesses start life these days. I use the innards of a section of automotive electrical wire with the insulation stripped off then twisted the wire strands together and applied super glue to the twisted section and allowed to dry. After allowing the super glue to dry flat black enamel was appied to the twisted section to replicate an electrical tape wound wire harness. Then the excess wire strands were clipped off until I had 4 "circuits" remaining which get painted the appropriate wire colors and routed to their final destination on the ignition coil and engine block once the harness was glued into place.

And here's the completed engine with the ignition coil wire, distributor advance vacuum line and electrical harness installed. Glamour shots coming in the next day or so....

Ohhhhh, cool Tony. That's gonna be interesting! 

Thanks for the welcome everyone. This is what you get in the Me 263 box. Plastic, resin and photoetch. Nice.

Cheers

Tony

Joe mate, that engine looks like it could be lowered into place in the real thing! Your skills are awesome my friend!

All good Tony, I have added you to the build list. Welcome aboard mate!

Welcome Tony- cool choice! 

Joe: The engine looks remarkable. Love how you did the ducting. Looks as real as can be.

Tony: Nice have you on board to honor our friends. Looks to be a fun kit and a nice way to honor Lewbud.

Hi Rob,

Thanks for hosting this. This is the first time I've logged in here in a while. I'm saddened to learn of Lewbud's passing. He hosted the last few Weekend Madness GBs, which I participated in. I'll build a Special Hobby 1/72 Me 263 in his honour. I won't build it in a weekend, but I will build it quickly.

Regards Tony

Looks sharp Joe!!! 

On vacation/holiday- will get back to the Corsair when I get home. 

In keeping the thread active......

Managed to get a little more progress done this morning. Added the manifolds to the mix. Spark plug wires came in and are now cut & prepped for install. Just have to form them to present a natural "lay" appearance and get 'em on there. Engien wire harness is also in the prepping stages. After that I think I'll be able to call this lil' side project done. 

To achieve the corrugated aluminum sleeve/ heat duct on the passengers side manifold up to the air cleaner I wound fine copper wire around the piping and painted it a dull black.

Looking forward seeing you back in here Nick. Hopefully life will slow down a couple of miles an hour so you can get back in the swing of things bro. 

great work you guy's sorry, I haven't been up to date here. Been busy with other stuff.

Thanks Steve and Joe. Yeah this kit has a fairly accurate base to work with as far as the engine is concerned. May have to procure one of these kits and build the whole thing.

Got the power steering dipstick installed this morning. This......was harder than you'd think. 

Joe, Ace has also done the Mauler in 1/72.  The one I have is 72302. 

Oh man Joe, that is choice! One thing that pops out at me is that this seems to have one of the best and most realistic fan belts and pulleys I've seen you do so far. I may be mistaken it is something that I quickly noticed. Either way, it is yet another in your amazing engine builds.

Erickson collection has a Mauler on display.  Makes the Avenger look like an SBD when that is compared to the TBF.

Awesome looking engine, Joe. Looks like the real thing.

Cliff and Joe: Thanks fellas!! Lookin' forward to that AM-1 build Joe!!! 

Josephs truck is still awaiting on a check which we should see this week. It'll be a month since the collision on next Thursday. A frickin' MONTH man. The adjuster that I'm dealing with now is really trying to help out though by trying to get me as much money as I can get to repair it with.

Here's todays progress shot in the form of a glamour style pic with all the pieces loosely installed and with the fuel inlet line routed & fastened to the engine and carb now. Should be getting the plug wires tomorrow & installing those this week along with a fabbed engine wiring harness.

About time I check in and get caight up on the terrific builds going on.

Jim: Very nice work going on your Corsair. The landing gear especially look excellent.

John: Assembly on your F-16 looks great. Looking forward to some paint on there.

Justin: I can't wait to see some pics of your Corsair. Sounds as if sound progress is being made.

Joe: Loving the Boss 302. It is looking fantastic. I hope things are turning out for the best with Joseph's truck.

Cliff: Well, that is indeed a bugger with the seams. It appears to me that your getting them to disappear though. Outstanding effort my friend.

Unfortunately, I have no progress to report on my Corsair. Still need to pull it out and evaluate where I need to get going on it. In the mean time, I have been distracted by another kit on my bench. It is the Siga Model 1/72 Martin AM-1 Mauler. My father actually flew this while in the Naval Reserves. I've had this kit for years. This is the only injection molded kit of this aircraft so, I have to work with what I have got. The molding is poor verging on atrocious. As such, I took this as a challenge and have since put in a lot of sanding and scraping. I will look to start a WIP thread on it.

Everyone is truly honoring our friends with their talent and skills. It's very uplifting.

That's coming along beautifully!!!

Thanks Cliff, John and Rob!! 

Good bunch of guys there alright. Trying to help the main admin revive the place a little bit and just getting started after making a few adjustments. 

Got the rocker covers and carburetor on. Now currently fabbing up the fuel inlet line from the fuel pump to the carburetor after I got through with the dual feed line on the passengers side of the carburetor. I'm also acquiring the black spark plug wires that I thought I had in inventory. No worries though.......I'll be working around those on other stuff like fabbing up a dipstick for the power steering dipstick tube that I fabbed up for the P/S pump a few weeks ago. ( Hence the tube sticking up out of the power steering pump) just to add another little touch to this engine.