Bugger Al
Swear box full??
Swear box full??
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Made a little progress with this today. Whilst i'm awaiting some 0.3mm and 0.5mm beadwire to arrive from evilbay i made a start on the cockpit and a few other things. I've re-done three pipes so far on the engine but i'm at standstill until the other wire arrives. I figured the 0.5mm copper wire was to thick and a total pain to bend how i wanted it.
Will be painting the RLM 02 and 66 areas later. Then i'll try and detail/decal the cockpit, seat and IP.
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Nice progress :thumb2: and interesting to see how you sorted the different size wires, I should do something like that too :thinking:
Have fun!
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I had to do that Steven. I have so much wire that it would be a total pain to try and go through it to find the bit i wanted. This way there is more than enough for a couple of builds in each tube and i can hide away the rest.Comment
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Whilst i'm (still) waiting for the wire to arrive from evilbay i made a tart on the cockpit. Not going to do very much in here as most of it will be hidden and i'm wanting to focus on that engine more so. So a basic RLM 66 paint job with a couple of instruments highlighted. Added chipping/scratches and some 'mud' pastel as these were operated from very messy and basic sites.
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Nice progress so far Alan! :thumb2:
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Nice detail and weathering.Comment
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Nice work Alan. And who doesn't like a nicely detailed engine.Comment
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Hi Alan,
I`ve only just seen this thread,had a good read up so i`m fully fledged following along now :thumb2: ,
The cockpit is coming along very nicely....... nice,subtle,wear and tear!
What a pain with those pipes earlier,just the ticket for testing the old resolve:rolling:,
Interesting stuff.
Cheers,
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Cockpit is coming along nicelyComment
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A quick dry fit (excluding exhausts) before i finish painting and weathering the BMW 801. Quite nice details on this engine OOB
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Very nice Alan your detailing has paid off.Comment
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Not happy with some of the paint colours i've used so i'm going to re-do them. I used Vallejo Metal Colour Aluminium for the front set of cylinders but it seems to bright for my liking. So i painted the rear set with Dull Aluminium and i think it looks way better. Also will blend nicely with an engine wash. The two frame colours are different as i want to see which i preferred. I used Xtracrylix for the front and Vallejo for the rear. I prefer the rear as it looks more pastel. So the front frame will be repainted as well.
Also had a little play with rust pastels from CMK on the exhaust. Looks ok so shall do the rest of them with this and seal it in with a matt finish.
Still got pipes and wires to fit. But this is taking a lot of figuring out and research as the kit is obviously simplified and chunkier than the real thing.
PS. I know there are paint chips on the black. It's getting re-painted too
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