Diesel Gypsy Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Yeah that’s exactly what I mean. It shouldn't take too long for a man of your talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splinter Posted October 1, 2011 Author Share Posted October 1, 2011 There's some movement with Troy PD - they forwarded my request to their retiree forum ... Keep your fingers crossed! As for wiring the distributor, I have a ton of wire, needles and rods, so I try it ... If not, I order the wired one from modelcargarage or similar ... I started glueing parts of engine block, but for the link to the gearbox I needed a different approach... The hole is around 1.45 mm in diameter, and since the thickest wire I have is 1 mm only, I glued a piece of 1.5 mm rod first... Once dried, I'll drill 1 mm hole, to fit the copper wire... Front bench is glued too... Steering wheel needed some putty... BTW, there's plenty of sink marks around ... I' try to sand the engine cover from inside with a power tool... Flanks needed some filling, too... For future windows, I took a piece of tape and draw contours with a pencil... Tape was then glued to 0.5 mm clear styrene to cut it out in a shape, but 'till now without success, so there's no photos yet I started adding 0.5 mm styrene strips, 5 mm wide to mud guards... 0.5 mm is flexible enough for me ... Oil pan and cylinder heads were glued too (this all will be blue one day) and as a base for starter I needed to add a piece of 0.5 mm styrene... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Some great work going on here! Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llking Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 The engine block water pump and cylinder heads should be Ford engine blue, the transmission headers and pulleys steel, oil pan fan blades and starter black, belts flat black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splinter Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 Last few days I focused on two details ... First are connections between exhaust manifolds to exhaust and transmission to gear shift ... So, transmission... This was fixed with a piece of sprue 3 mm in diameter and 3 mm in length Manifolds has similar problem ... I took a piece of wire isolation Ø2 and 4 mm in length ... For a better fit, especially to the cylinders, I "wired" exhaust manifolds, too.... Now it looks more convincing ... Breathers were shorten... And after glueing cylinder heads, a small problem appeared with air distributor ... I needed a piece of 0.5 mm styrene and some sanding for sidewalls.... Second part is distributor wiring ... I took 0.6 mm medicine needles and cut them into little pieces with power tool, 1-2 mm in length (some 30-40 pieces in total) Coil was first... I used 0.3 mm wire, cause I don't have 0.4 mm drill pin... Each end has a piece of needle glued with CA On valve covers I managed to drill 0.35 mm holes ... Lest side it finished for now, but all of this is testfit only, for taking pics only ... For painting engine parts in blue, I have MM1510 (Blue Gloss) and Revell 50 (Light Blue Gloss) ... I think Revell will do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham77 Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 This is looking very smart, am quite keen to have a go when I do my next car at wiring the engine it looks like a lot of work but a great addition to the model. Cheers Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifer54 Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Is there any progress on this one, Splinter? There's some great work going on here, I'm keen to see more of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splinter Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share Posted December 25, 2011 Is there any progress on this one, Splinter? There's some great work going on here, I'm keen to see more of it! Nice of you to ask, but a week before GB end all I can say it's on hold 'till further notice... A day-or-two after my last update I got a call from the owner of the apartment which I'm paying rent for: I need to move out! My priorities changed in a rush, so Ford was packed in a box and it's still in a box. I was sleeping in a hostel and ate in restaurants for a month 'till situation settled down. Just on Monday I moved in new apartment, so I hope that after holidays I will be able to continue with my hobbies. Once I continue working on Ford, I will ask admins to move this topic to ordinary WIP section. Happy Christmas to everyone, Tomislav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifer54 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I'm so sorry to hear about your difficulties with your apartment, I've been homeless myself in the past, it totally messes up your life. It's a shame your model won't be finished, but you've had bigger worries! I'll still be eager to see it finished when you do get the opportunity. . . Good luck in your new apartment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Yes, good luck in your new home Tomislav Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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