kpnuts Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Hi all got this for my birthday, I'm well impressed, the instruction manual is a thing of beauty I've never seen one like it before. It is full of history and information also loads of beautiful pictures of the cars this engine was in. The actual instructions make up about a third of the manual and are also beautifully printed and clear to follow. The box is huge, good quality and stuffed to the brimm with high quality plastic. I'm intending to build this as half see through rather than completely see through as is intended with the kit 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 So I've started the crankshaft and pistons I've built the casings of the half I'm going to paint, we have a machine at work called a vapour blaster which we use to clean engine parts which I'm hoping to use to give these parts a cast look (it uses tiny glass beads and is only supposed to remove 30 microns on metal parts will try it on a piece of sprue first) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 That looks amazing. I've never seem this kit before. Looking forward to seeing it progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 Hi all more work on the engine, im certainly getting a lot of practice creating metal effects on this one. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pouln Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 It certainly does look like metal, Ken. Honest metal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 Thanks Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian T Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Happy birthday!! What a present, I’ve never seen anything like that before. Good to see such variety in this section of Britmodeller. I’m following this for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 Hi all one of the advantages of having a 547 engine completely dismantled at work is loads of reference material, for instance this main drive gear should have 6 30 mm holes in it, 1/3 equates to 10 mm I also took the half I'm painting aluminium to work to vapour blast it (for a cast effect) And the first coat of the casting effect 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josep Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Wow! Awesome project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 More work on this, been adding a few bit of discolouration to the ally side, got a bit more work to do on those effects yet. Still loads more bits in the box. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 Well I've got the valves installed worked some more on the casings getting happier with the results (I think maybe its too shiny needs dulling down a bit) I don't want to make it look grubby just weather worn and aged. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share Posted October 30, 2020 More work on the valve gear and the first test run. Is there any way to add video to a post. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pete in Lincs Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Splendid bit of kit. It looks like you're enjoying yourself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share Posted October 30, 2020 I am as it appens 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROPELLER Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 What a great engine! To my eyes, with correct hardware, painted and a bit weathered on a stand, it would be a magnificent object... Congrats, Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share Posted October 31, 2020 Hi all started on the exhaust down pipes (dosent really show in the pics) I tried an experiment with metal effects on the exhaust as I didn't want it to look the same as the engine and im really pleased with the look of them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 Got the exhaust on and more experimental metal effects, a word of warning to anyone building this kit and painting parts of it the black shiny plastic is of a different type of plastic to the rest of the kit I sprayed the cowl for the fan (with the same type of paint used everywhere else) the plastic on the cowl has crazed and cracked (and that's even with using plastic safe primer) im hoping a layer of filler sanded down then sprayed over will fix it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 Nearing completion now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlambert Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Beautiful work, it could almost be a full-sized display engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pouln Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Nice model you created, Ken. How big is it now it’s done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 Not completely finished but it is 11 inches wide and was 7 inches high till I added the fan so I recon its probably 12 inches high 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pouln Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Ok, quite big. Thanks, Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share Posted November 5, 2020 Well its done (the supplied belt is too tight making the top pully bind and stopping it) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzulscha Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Nice kit, happy birthday indeed! Those metal finishes look amazing! If you mentioned it I missed it, but what are you using for your colours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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