Kostucha Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 Nice one mate looking very nice indeed.Clive. Thank you very much Clive! Alrighty folks, onto the quick update for tonight... With the radiator now sitting firm, I added another key piece to keep it stable - the rear rad hose. Now, the kit piece has a bend, and after the bend, juts out straight into the back of the Rad like a bat outta h*ll, yet, in everything I've seen, it's a pipe with a lazy 'S' shape to it. So, taking that, I figured it'd be as easy as using a pipe, bending, adding the tape, painting, and so forth. BUT, there are two different pipes. One is metal, the lower half, and all the pictures I have of the side profile of the same pipe/hose shows two very different and contrasting pipes. So, here we go... The first pic is the rad without anything added yet - this is going to be the base picture for everything... I still need to add the radiator mounting bolts (the gap between the top of the rad housing and the bottom of the exhaust stack). I started by making the hose... the top portion is a piece of evergreen bent with the help of Mr. Lighter... he's going to play a HUGE part in this... the bottom piece is aluminium pipe. Trying to give it a used metal look, the pastel chalks just weren't working. So, Mr. Lighter helped out. With a light application, the carbon that was left on it looked about right, so I hit it with a quick shot of dullcoat. After that it was a quick application of the tape and this time I used unpainted tape as the "clamps" rather than solder. Then using some solder and brass pipe, I cut a couple sections to make the drain plug: After that, it was only a matter of gluing them in. Here's a side profile shot: And one showing the drain plug: Tomorrow it'll be the rest of the lines between that mounting bracket and the back of the rad... about half a dozen of 'em, then the support arms on both sides. Thanks for looking! Happy Model Building! Mark. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dpwatson Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Wow that is nice mate!!! Looks great! David Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kostucha Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 Thank you very much David. Greatly appreciated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kostucha Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 A lot of the "flakes" are just shavings on the engine and they'll be cleaned off once the engine is fully completed just before mounting into the aircraft. There is a lot less room there than I thought (dry fitting the engine). Which is great actually, as there isn't too many hanging wires to clutter the area up. The main Stuka itself, and I have got to remember to take some pictures of it, has the elevator on and the rear area now fully completed. All the masking is done up, and the only thing left is to figure out how to get a line out of the forward canopy before I glue and fill it onto the body, as well as the center canopy frame and section (so all I need to do there is build the Revi sight, and the frame itself). It's really coming close to the end of this one... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kostucha Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 Just another quick update of work progressing. Everything between the rad and the mounting bracket is done... I'll weather it along with the forward rad pipes when those go on. Work started with two electrical wires - sensors I'm guessing - one for the Rad, the other for the round green thing at the very front of the engine and the rad slat control cable: After that I went to the other side: I added the one line from the top of the rear of the rad coming back: Work then began on the rad support arms - 4 in total: Thanks for looking! Mark. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackcollar Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Looking great! Nice job -Al Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kostucha Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 Thank you very much Al! More to come tonight! I'm hoping to get the pipes done up at the front end of the engine forward of the rad. Once they're done, then all that is left is the wires, cables, and pipes between the back of the engine and the firewall, and that'll be done later on. Thanks again! Mark. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dpwatson Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Lovely work as usual!! Just curious...are you going to do a cut-out section to see all this? David Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kostucha Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 Thank you David! A pleasure hearing from you as always. In regards to your question - there will be NO panels forward of the firewall... na-ked as it were. I'm contemplating putting the spinner on or not, depends how the propeller hub turns out I suppose. Hope this helps! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kostucha Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 One of a few quick updates tonight... working on the front rad hose. Here's a picture of the stock piece: These are the pieces that are going to be used to make the new one: A quick trick with bending pipes and getting a nice round bend rather then a bent over or pinched look... I put a piece of plastic rod the same diameter as the opening inside the pipe, this helps limit this pinched look. Above is a piece bent without, and below it is a piece bent with the rod inside of it: The pieces ready to assemble next to the kit piece: the joint of the two pipes at the front. I used a small round file to file out enough room to join them, then using a slight amount of "excess" thick glue I attached them. This will help give a slight "welded together" look: When inserting the two outter pieces to the center one, I used a piece of plastic rod that was narrower than the opening. This will offer both strength to keep the two pieces together, and also enough flexibility to position the pipes in line with how they're supposed to angle as well: The glued pieces next to the kit piece: Using a lighter, you can give that used look I mentioned with the other pipe. Here's a demo piece. With a light application of the tip of the flame off the lighter, you can add a bit of carbon. The far right is too much carbon applied, and it fades to the left until there isn't any, showing how much variation you can give. Once you're happy with it, shoot it with a dull coat to seal it, and now you can handle it. If you don't like it, before the dullcoat, just take a kleenex or Q-tip and clean off the carbon and try again. Very quick, very easy, and I love the look it gives: Carbon effect after the dull coat, and the "rubber pipe connectors": Alright, back to work! All that's left is the upper line to bend and attach, and the gloss black rad clamps, then it's getting mounted in! More later, and thanks for looking. Always appreciated. Happy Modeling, Mark. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big Kev Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Amazing work Mark! I'm really struggling to keep up with all your great ideas and techniques. Your pipework is just fantastic, both for its craftsmanship, and the fabulously realistic results it achieves. Kev Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wingman47 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Looking good... Mark Ben Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kostucha Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 Kev, thank you very, very much! I'm trying to throw in as many "mini how-to's" as I can. A huge one for me was bending the pipes... hated pinching them, so I decided to try it first with solder - too soft, would pinch along with the pipe, so then I tried the plastic rod, worked like a dream! So, why not share that one right? I've got nothing to hide with this build... It's a 24 scale Stuka with no panels around the engine and a few others taken off here and there.... this is the WORST build to try and hide something within it... It is an absolute blast trying new things too... the lighter idea came from trying to 'blue' the pipes... didn't work... got carbon - no surprise... thought about trying lighter amounts of carbon, and treating it like chalk pastels... who would have thought that it would have worked! I'm happy with it... gives it a great look, at least in my eyes. So, as I plug along, these mini how-to's also help me keep track of what I'm doing... in all honesty, this Stuka is a "trial and error" period, getting all the building ducks in a row as it were, so that when it comes time to do these things on the 190, it'll be nice and smooth. Ben, thank you very much! Greatlly appreciate the comment. Folks... aside from the air intake on the side which will go on after the engine mount... and the wiring as mentioned before... my Jumo is DONE!!! HAHA! I'm really happy with how it turned out. Here are a couple final pictures of the forward rad hose: And some other quick shots around the engine: The bent slat tip on the front of the rad was bent back into positition after the picture... no damage. Alrighty, so with the Jumo done, there is really a small checklist of things to do... important and time consuming, but small... you know... paint the bird... stuff like that. Thanks everyone for looking! Happy modeling, Mark. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Isaac Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Thats pretty sick Mark! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dpwatson Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Wow. That looks great!!! Love the pipes. I think prop on!! David Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JP Vieira Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 The amount of work you put in this is really inspiring Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kostucha Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 Thats pretty sick Mark! Thank you Isaac! Fitting comment as I'm just coming off of a cold from this weekend. Wow. That looks great!!!Love the pipes. I think prop on!! David Thank you David. I'm leaning towards having the spinner off - why not right? The amount of work you put in this is really inspiring JP, thank you very much! I find the best way to do it is literally one piece at a time. As tedious as it may be, making one line at a time, cutting, shaping, painting, mounting, then onto the next, it is really the only way to do it. Again, thank you for your comment. Tonight I'm hoping to have the rest of the a/c prepped up and ready for painting, or really close to at least. Simple enough, but there's quite a bit to do still. Main focus is going to be on the front Canopy and Revi gunsight, as well as the center canopy section too. Happy Modeling! Mark. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vvwse4 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Mark, Went from page 1 untill the last page. Amazing build, really stuning work!!! This promises a lot for the 190. Rick. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Mikester Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Dude, that engine is amazing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dpwatson Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Well if your going to have the sinner off. Why not go the whole way and do some crew and maintenance equipment as well? David Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kostucha Posted November 5, 2009 Author Share Posted November 5, 2009 Mark,Went from page 1 untill the last page. Amazing build, really stuning work!!! This promises a lot for the 190. Rick. Thank you very very much Rick! Yeah, this Stuka quickly became a trying ground for methods and ideas that will be used on the 190. A lot of planning is going into the 190 and I'm going to have a whole lot of fun with it, ESPECIALLY the engine. Cockpit is going to be a standard pattern of work, but the Engine, Ohhhhh do I have plans for that. Thanks again Rick. Dude, that engine is amazing! 377.gif Thank you Mike! Greatly appreciate the comment. Hopefully I don't botch the paint scheme and the engine is going to have a nice home to slip into. Well if your going to have the sinner off. Why not go the whole way and do some crew and maintenance equipment as well?David David, this Stuka, and the 190 are going to be built in a way that would be fitting to a "maintenance" scene on a diorama if I get to building one the down road. The idea of maintenance equipment would be great on the diorama, but as a static aircraft by itself I wont have anywhere to put 'em. I guess it's a good thing that I'm keeping all the panels eh? The plan too, as strange as it may sound, were going to be mounted on and painted up along with the rest of the aircraft, even though they wouldn't be shown... Tonight work isn't happening on either kit... heh... "either" kit... been a long time since I pulled something like this... actually, 2 1/24 kits at the same time, yeah, this is a first... this week though I would like to have the whole aircraft prepped for painting prior to me leaving for Ottawa for a week. We'll see if it happens. Thanks again everyone for looking, Happy Modeling! Mark. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kostucha Posted November 6, 2009 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 Working with glass... a very different change from an engine... This is the center canopy section where the radio antenna mast mounts to from the outside, but also, the roll bar is mounted inside of it. This is also going to be the first section where I get to see how effective my use of the Montex Masks are for such a thing. I initially wasn't overly happy with the idea, but as I started to use them I began t like it, and after this, I was REALLY happy with how the inside turned out. Yeah, Montex has an exterior AND interior mask set for clear parts. So, here we go... I first applied the masks and then ensured all the bubbles along the edges were gone. Once I was happy, they were shot with the flat gray: Next I used a light wash with dark grey pastel chalks as a base: After that was done, I then attached the inside base of the antenna, and some cylindrical tube that the antenna wire fed into. I don't know what it does, it was just there: And now with a bit of dirty work and the wire added: The long end is going to feed into the back of the radios. Next up was the internal frame. I added a couple small pieces here and there, but for the most part, the kit pieces were great! After a quick shot of paint, pastels and dull coat: Once it was all mounted inside, the initial wash was cleaned up a bit with a brush. Where it was cleaned up, it blended nicely. Where the internal frame prevented the brush from getting into, there's a bit more of a 'dirty build-up' look. Following that I added a few small paintchips here and there. Once it was dry, I pulled off the masks ,and boy was I happy! As a side note, the reason that I sprayed both in side and ouside the gray first, even though the outside will be a dark green, is so that any "frame" from the outisde that overlaps the interior one, will still have a gray colour when looking through the glass. It's not perfect, but this way you won't see any exterior paint showing up on any frame if you're looking at it from the inside. I hope that makes sense! The outter horizontal frame section (as can be seen in the last picture) is a bit too wide. I'm not sure if it's the Montex Masks, or me, but I'll give it a closer look this weekend. If it does overspray, there are very easy ways to clean this up, so nothing to worry about. Well all, goodnight, and happy modeling! Mark. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Awesome, Mark! You´re insane...I hope you understand that..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eastern Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 It's damn awesome! But may I ask you, how many hours do you spend at the bench a day? 25? :D Nice progress and fast as well. But despite it's fast, it's great from all points! Keep up your stunning work, Mark! Cheers! Alexander. :( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kostucha Posted November 6, 2009 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 Thank you both! Last night I was working on the bench for a couple solid hours. Work was broken up with loads of laundry and changing poopy diapers - which really helps when freshly painted parts are drying. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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