chrispisme Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Yaaaaaa, those struts wouldn't stand a snowballs hope in he.....(you know where) of supporting the model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 3 hours ago, chrispisme said: Yaaaaaa, those struts wouldn't stand a snowballs hope in he.....(you know where) of supporting the model. Not only that, the flimsiness and ridicule, but the only "parts" provided -as per photo- are just the "W" that unite the inner parts of the floats with the fuselage, most likely not right, by the way. All the other struts are blatantly ignored. You are on your own. I say! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 A bit of primer and base colors are applied: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 11 hours ago, Moa said: ...to do this: Get on with it, a walk in the park for Master Monks. Nice tidy progress there Moa. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 10 hours ago, Courageous said: Get on with it, a walk in the park for Master Monks. Nice tidy progress there Moa. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 Starting to dress-up things a little working with oils and adding detail: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 The interior is almost there: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispisme Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 lovely work! love the Matrix droopy spoon meme...that's not a reference to those struts is it?🙂 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 Of the several different early engine exhausts I found of the spares bin, guess which one precisely fits this engine and this plane? You guessed: none. So one is fabricated: 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 The area that fairs the cylinders needs thinning its walls from inside, as the plastic is too thick here: At the same time the front is opened, as photos show you could see the engine nose there: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispisme Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Very nicely done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Lovely work on that exhaust! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Nice work with interior and engine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Ranger Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 I was not aware monks had motorized tools. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 15 hours ago, chrispisme said: Very nicely done! Thanks, Chris! But I was just trying to avoid dealing with the struts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 9 hours ago, Bengalensis said: Lovely work on that exhaust! Thanks, Jörgen, it was simpler than I thought, took only a few minutes. These are the times when I would like to have learned to use resin, to make a few copies. But I hate it, and the smells, and the mess, and the short shelf life. So I often have to reinvent the wheel for my models. 7 hours ago, Vesa Jussila said: Nice work with interior and engine. Appreciated. Most of it will be almost invisible, but so fun to make! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 18 minutes ago, Space Ranger said: I was not aware monks had motorized tools. My dear Spaced Ranger: We really don't. There are 1/72nd homunculi inside that drill pedalling like mad. We call it a machine to avoid paying social security. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 Base colors are airbrushed. The floats will later be given the oil treatment to better simulate wood: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 Slowly working with the oils to resemble wood surface: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 Painting of the kit's engine (a little jewel, by the way) will allow me to glue it to the fuselage and proceed to join the halves. Pity just the very top will only be seen of it: Water radiator and home-made exhaust are painted too. I also prepared an anchor, although I have no idea if the plane had one, but I think it's a good accessory to have in your seaplane, in case you are in trouble in relatively shallow water and don't want to drift away to the middle of the ocean: 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 That engine has scrubbed-up rather nicely. Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 The interior looks gorgeous! I think the "struts" provided in most vac kits are only there to provide a pattern to use for length and angles etc. They're not intended to be cut out and used! Nice engine to by the way Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 HI Moa Interior, engine, exhaust and wood items look fantastic. Great work fella. Could have done with an anchor to throw out the window in one of my cars once when I was a youngster, it was an old car and the brakes failed approaching a busy junction, never gone down through the gears so quickly and thankfully the handbrake had some life in it !!! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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