Revell 1:32 SD Lysander

[Guest]

Laurie, are you sure you want to tackle this next ? Tamiya to Revell (Matchbox) in one quick move, just might be a bit of a shock to the system.

Colin M..

Not built a 1/32 & as I bought it at the same time as Vaughan it has been looking at me in a very aggressive manner. Hoping Colin you will let me into all the horrible bits, gently, so that I have a smooth ride.

Laurie

[colin m]

Look at that, four days since my last post ! I never was that good at a WIP thread. But, I have not been totally idle.

I've built the engine. 1:32 scale, it's big, but lacks a lot of detail. One obvious missing detail is the lack of connection between the cylinder heads and the collector ring. I've addressed this problem with 18 tiny bits of plastic rod, and now realise, they are too small in diameter. An error I'll have to live with !

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The engine should really be black, but as my whole model will be black, I needed a contrast somewhere.

The rods were all carefully bent into the collector ring. It took me ages to work out a way of building the engine and getting the distances right between the cowling and ring etc.

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Once all in the right place, I was able to spray the collector ring. Think of this as the underoat. The finished ring will have an attack by pastels at the end of the build.

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Now then, collector ring colour. There are many opinions and many different type of finishes. Some were painted, many were not.

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This is the plane I'm building, so I'll aim for something like this collector ring. Sure it's not as tired as an in service item (even though it's been repaired a few times) it's probably a lot cleaner than normal.

The engine now has its cowl in place, some tricky filling and sanding along the seams will be needed as the fit is a bit 'off' !!

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[yak face]

Top work colin, looking great. Its a bugger on these engines isnt it , i had to add the exhaust to collector rings on my 1/32 beaufighter too , i ended up using the brown plastic wire out of a 15 amp cable . The collector ring itself is a controversial topic too, all too often you see them in bright copper colours , whereas they all started life looking like your silver one ,then slowly darkened with use . I reckon a few brown washes over the silver will be spot on, cheers tony

[colin m]

Wire, that would have been so much easier ! The daft thing is, the Matchbox 1:72 version, has the exhaust pipes moulded in place, but not the 1:32. doh..........

[Guest]

Colin thats some great work going on! I'm surprised that the detail is so lacking on such a large scale. You're doing a cracking job fixing that tho!

[Guest]

So this is the 6:0am engine is it Colin ? Considering sleepy eyes ! very nice job.

What size should those connector rods be Colin.

Laurie

[colin m]

Trey, yes detail is lacking, but in it's a very old kit, originally made by Matchbox. And the exhaust pipes Laurie, well just a lot bigger in diameter !

Something like this.

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[colin m]

Well a weekend of borderline weather meant I got a bit of real work done. With the Lysander assembled, well sort of, it was primered (Halfords rattle can) and then sprayed Humbrol matt aluminium in place where I intend to do a bit of paint chipping later on.

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Then many hours were spent in a cold, no, very cold garage as I sprayed the top coat. At least I wasn't alone this time, there was a couple of monkeys looking for somewhere to plug their arc welder in ! And of course, just as things get going, the airbrush dies - again in my case. Is it time for a new one ??? Anyway, I got it going again and now the Lysander is all black.

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I now need to spend a lot of time, breaking up that vast expanse of blackness with chipping weathering etc. This might get tricky - how to make black look interesting.................

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[colin m]

A 4 day gap in a WIP - must try harder. Anyway, a bit more has been done.

The slats have now been refitted (the flaps were returned to the wing sometime ago) It was a lot of work to butcher the wing just to re attatch the same bits again, but I suppose it gives the wings a bit of a dynamic look. Ops, I've just realised, looking at the picture, the leading edge of the wing has a bit of chipping, but the leading edge of the slat is as clean as !

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These are the Shuttleworth decals, representing the only flying Lysander in this country. They are rather thick and took lots of decal softener to get them down. On the plus side, there isn't many of them.

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I've tried to create a bit of fuel spillage around the extra fuel tank. A bit of an experiment this one, once the matt coat is applied I'll loose this detail, but it should be ok to replace it afterwards. The result isn't really what I was after, I was hoping for a light metallic sheen effect - any ideas anyone ?

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And finally, one wing is on. I've been lucky here, dry fitting shows I won't be suffering the infamous Lysander wing droop that so many have. Wing location / security is very delicate, this is one model you really don't want to pick up by the wings.

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So the Lysander needs another wing and an engine - yes an engine, I've got one of those somewhere........................

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