Engines,engines, engines

[Guest]

Sorry for such a long wait before a progress report but I have to wait till I'm doing something that relates to this topic.

OK so for headers I use ak real metal steel

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Ak real metal gold

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And valejo Arctic blue

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First paint the headers with AK steel ( if I was doing bike headers I would buff the steel up first) (the AK range of metal finishes are amazing and all can be buffed) (the buffing works even better if you have of the paint on the cotton bud or cloth you are buffing the work with)

Slightly off point my airbrush died so I decided to try and replicate finishes without one.

So get some of the AK gold on your brush(medium flat brush) work most of it off on a tissue and dry brush only on the first bends of the headers.

Next get a cotton bud dip it in AK steel and rub most of it off then dip it in the Arctic blue and starting at the dry brushed gold blend from the gold down towards the exhaust.

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Here's how it should look.

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If on a motorcycle you would blend less and the header would be highly polished.

[JR]

Very impressive shine Ken.

[Mark1]

Very effective method :thumb2:

[Guest]

Hi all here's my method for aging plastic parts on car engines you know fuse boxes, air boxes drive shaft gators and such.

I use mig 502 Abteilung model colour copper oxide blue patina

I roughly dab the 502 over the part

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Then hold the part the way it will be in the car and scrub loads of white spirit over the part and let gravity do its job

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[Mini Me]

Well done Ken.......some of these are so real looking you have to start hunting to see if it's a model or not. Rick H. :thumb2:

[RonGlass]

Just getting csught up, Thanks for this Ken ! I want to add an engine (robbed from a Great Wall SWS kit) to my sdkfz 251 Uhu but first need to add in some engine compartment sides & firewall. Your thread here is right on time !

[colin m]

Great stuff. We get to see Ken's secrets.

[Guest]

I've got no secrets mate anything anyone wants to know about my modeling techniques they only have to ask.

[Guest]

Hi all I'm thinking of expanding this to include bodywork, interiors or any and all aspects of my modelling techs, firstly would anyone be interested, secondly should I post it all here or set up separate sections for each subject.

[adt70hk]

Just had a catch-up. Outstanding work Ken. Wouldn't then know where to start......

Will be following with interest hopefully a bit more frequently.

ATB

Andrew

[Tim Marlow]

Hi all I'm thinking of expanding this to include bodywork, interiors or any and all aspects of my modelling techs, firstly would anyone be interested, secondly should I post it all here or set up separate sections for each subject.

I’d definitely be interested. Might be worth a subject for each section though, it would be easier to refer back to.

[outrunner]

What Tim said would be a good idea.

Andy.

[colin m]

to include bodywork

How to achieve a good blemish free, gloss coat on a car. I've got a Mk1 Escort to build sometime.

[Guest]

Hi so heres another quickie (very messy one)

Take some AK real metal in this case steel put it on a cloth take some string and press it into the AK steel

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Fold the cloth over the string

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Put your fingers on the cloth over the string and pull the string through

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Lots of braided hoses, you can use different thicknesses for different sizes of hose or even double it put it in a dremel and spin it up to double the thickness.

Put some hearshrink on the ends and paint steel.

[Guest]

9OK so this next one will be in 2 parts as its more than 10 pics long.

Doing an old oily engine .

So heres how it looks before

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First my favourite leaky engine product.

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So put it on joints or gasket areas (think about where a real engine would leak)(for anyone who doesn't know anything much about engines don't put it on fuel injection or electrical areas, fuel injectors do leak but not using this product)

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Whilst this is still wet my next favourite colour (I know you may be thinking is he nuts, but trust me)

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This is important keep engine in the orientation it will bevin the vehicle then load the brush with white spirit and flood the areas with the colours on them, you should end up with this.
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