fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted June 5, 2018 Author Share Posted June 5, 2018 More parts are being painted with their base color: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Very nice progress, Moa! Håkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted June 5, 2018 Author Share Posted June 5, 2018 More painting ensues: Logos on the substitute props: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted June 6, 2018 Author Share Posted June 6, 2018 More detailing: Fish & chips interlude: A modeler does not live by kits only.... 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Lovely chips. Lovely detail on the model. Is it too late for a close-up of i/p? Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted June 6, 2018 Author Share Posted June 6, 2018 12 hours ago, Courageous said: Lovely chips. Lovely detail on the model. Is it too late for a close-up of i/p? Stuart Hi Stuart Since all resin details bits were kept by the person that sold the kit to the friend that made it available to me, as explained at the beginning of the thread, fabrication and adaptation ensued. The ip is an adaptation, it's made to resemble the Electra's one, the detail is just generic. Work on the interior continues: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Adaption or not, that i/p looks neat. Amazing detail, amazing work...love it. Stuart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Holden Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 You forgot the belly cameras the Electra was fitted with to photograph the Japanese military installations en route..........at least, according to the conspiracy theorists. Who also claim the US marines found the Electra in a hangar on Saipan in 1944 and promptly burned it on orders from the US government..........😉 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Nice work, Moa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted June 6, 2018 Author Share Posted June 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, Roger Holden said: You forgot the belly cameras the Electra was fitted with to photograph the Japanese military installations en route..........at least, according to the conspiracy theorists. Who also claim the US marines found the Electra in a hangar on Saipan in 1944 and promptly burned it on orders from the US government..........😉 It wouldn't surprise me a bit. By the way, this Electra and few others had round features at the 4 and 8 o'clock of the nose that look to me as flood lights (camera ports you say? hum...) Here a link to Getty Images: https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/615316170?family=editorial&phrase=615316170&sort=mostpopular#license Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted June 6, 2018 Author Share Posted June 6, 2018 I like the way the window light falls on Noonan's navigation desk: 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted June 6, 2018 Author Share Posted June 6, 2018 More views of the same feature 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Holden Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 6 minutes ago, Moa said: More views of the same feature Seem to be on a number (not all) L10s and also the L12s. Thought they might be access panels for the pitots or DF antennas usually fitted there, but they are permanently riveted on. Strange.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 That interior really rocks! Martian 👽 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted June 6, 2018 Author Share Posted June 6, 2018 Holes were drilled for the landing gear legs, which are too long to just seat on the wing as they are. The arrangement works: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 The Small Stuff engines arrived. They are beautiful kits on themselves. For what you get, the price is incredibly fair. You even get tools to help with the assembly! The level of detail is amazing, and the casting is out-of-this-world precise (riddle me that, Martian!). I will simplify their build greatly, since most of the detail would remain hidden, but what these engines deserve is to have one of them fully built in an open nacelle "in maintenance", or "in repairs" on a support at the side of the model. I leave that to the next modeler using them. If this isn't the future of modeling, I don't know what could be. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 In less than 10 minutes the main elements (cylinders and oil pan) where in place. The tweezers provided were not comfortable for me, so I used mine (use a good one, parts slipping here to the Great Beyond are unlikely to ever reappear): Oopsy-poopsy! kit's cowls a bit small (as noted by other modelers assembling this kit before: The difference is not really big, so you either "shave" the rocker covers or you make new cowls... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 But what is a modeler if not a very resourceful person? Looking in the spares bin I found two cowls that were perfect. Notice, by the way, how a cowl should look if you were a kit maker that cares about it. Unfortunately I have no idea where these came from: Not fortunate enough to find suitable cowls in the spares bin? do not despair! The Mattel Psychedelic machine will produce vac copies slightly bigger, enough to fit the engine inside: There you go! Problem solved. Do not have spares bin or Mattel Psychedelic machine? No problem either. There is always a way: A metal tube is used as a pattern to form a tube with two offset layers of plastic sheet glued one on top of the other, thus forming a cylinder from which once truly set you cut the cowls: Glue a round piece of basswood, sand to shape: And the final result: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 Spark plugs in. You have spares, and you will need them, they are very small and tricky to glue in place: Intake tubes in place. This was easy. You get one spare cylinder, one spare intake, and some spares for really difficult (spark plug cable, pushrods) or small parts. As said, I won't be using some of them. Here for example I omitted the second plugs and wiring on the back. You may notice that I prepared but didn't glue the accessory pack on the back of the engine either, since the crankcase will be glued to the firewall directly: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicarage Vee Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Simply wonderful stuff Moa, a fantastic build to follow. Are you going to make a strategically placed jar of freckle cream and a shoe with a loose heel for the cabin? 😉😁 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Excellent stuff Moa and thanks for the alternate ways to cope with things like cowlings. With the beautiful interior a cut away would make sense. Will follow with interest. René 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 11 hours ago, Vicarage Vee said: Are you going to make a strategically placed jar of freckle cream and a shoe with a loose heel for the cabin? 😉😁 Nope 😉 but I once made a 1/72 baguette sandwich. If long enough, Noonan could use it to tap Amelia´s head when communication was needed, and they could eat it from both ends. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Holden Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 37 minutes ago, Moa said: Nope 😉 but I once made a 1/72 baguette sandwich. If long enough, Noonan could use it to tap Amelia´s head when communication was needed, and they could eat it from both ends. Should have provided a few crates of beer for Noonan. He could only navigate properly when drunk, which his previous employers Pan Am considered unprofessional..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Wow, that's really great modelling unfolding here ! Good idea on the crate of beer, after all, I put a bottle of rhum and half eaten sandwich in my Shagbat ! They did'nt find the Electra in a japanese hangar, It's now on a martian museum, it has disappeared over the Bermuda's triangle 😁 I agree a 100% with your above post about unwanted advices ! Very good job MOA, I really enjoy the thread, how did'nt I saw it earlier !! Keep it up, Sincerely. Corsaircorp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 The engine includes three different gages to measure the length of some parts. Be sure to apply the right one. Their sprue has the numbers, but unfortunately the gages themselves don't, so don't mix them up: Here is how they are positioned to measure the cut: After a lot of mistakes I managed to do all spark plugs and leads, if in a sort of sloppy way. The pushrods also gave my eyes a lot of trouble. I do not have the sight for this kind of work anymore, even with magnification, so I am doing a very so-so job. Younger modelers or the ones with good sight may not have such issues: I of course am not familiar with the design and manufacturing implications of this sort of product, but I would have loved the spark plugs to be molded together with the cylinders, which I think offers no problem, and the leads and distribution ring as one whole part to fit on. I had to use all spares provided, and lost/damaged a very high number of parts. This is a very detailed and exquisite product, but I humbly think it could be made more practical too by simplifying it a bit. Again, my eyesight is not what it used to be. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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