Bengalensis Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, Kitkent said: That's a really impressive model,looking like a real racecar now as well. Chris. Thanks a lot Chris, it's slowly getting there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share Posted March 19, 2021 Today some good reading arrived. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share Posted March 19, 2021 The temporarily tacked nose has been separated again, and the last finish to the joint done. Time to mentally prepare for shaping and gluing the grille... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 5 hours ago, Bengalensis said: Today some good reading arrived. I hope I will have this book also next week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 Today felt like a good day to deal with the grille. In the morning I went out to my workshop and turned myself the necessary wooden tool. This is of course a highly unnecessary exercise, it could be done quicker and more than well enough by hand, but I felt this was more fun. The serious work starts. First I carefully sanded both sides of the photo etch with 600 paper to give glue and paint a better chance. First the rough shape of the horizontal bar was done, working carefully with the wooden tool against a mouse mat. Then the upper vertical bars. Followed by the lower bars. Some of the work had to be done with a set of pliers as the material was a bit hard. There was no way to make a perfectly fitting shape at this stage, but I felt a rough base would be good enough to start gluing. One end of the horizontal bar was then glued to the nose and left to dry out. To glue the other end I used a piece of copper wire to stretch the etch into place while the glue set. It all looks very wonky at this stage... It looks better from above, which is the important thing now. From this angle it looks like it will never work. I started with the centre vertical bar, shaping and adjusting the fit as best I could and glued in place. Then I continued one by one, adjusting, shaping and gluing, going outwards left and right. After a few hours and a number of breaks to let CA-glue set things looked much more hopeful. Still some minor adjustments to do. I want the grille to be as smooth as possible to the nose piece, so I applied a tiny amount of filler. With the filler sanded and cleaned up the nose is ready for a good coat of primer surfacer. More sanding and fine cleaning will be needed, but there's hope. The kit instructions told me I now deserved a beer at this stage, but I missed buying some good beer, so I choose a good bottle of wine that I'm enjoying now... I think it's now only the two small flanges, or sight glasses, for the side of the rear fuel tank I have to sort out before all remaining parts can be sprayed. 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Sooo much going on and only just caught up with this again: looks lovely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Your work on the grille is simply superb! If I tried that I'd get so frustrated with it, it would end up as a scrunched up ball of photoetched metal after about 10 minutes....!! Great job! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 really excellent job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Brilliant technique, and great patience and workmanship! Bravo! Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc2 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 That's a demonstration of real skill and patience right there. I bet you are pleased now its done! M. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 Thanks a lot for your kind praise guys. I'm very pleased to be done with shaping and gluing that grille. It took the better part of a modelling day, but it was worth it. This morning I made two simple flanges from 2 mm Evergreen rod and drilled new holes in the body. These can now be fitted after painting and take a dark wash. It's not perfect but will do the job. With that out of the way all remaining parts and the body were sprayed with 2K-surfacer, and a number of tiny pinholes where filled manually. This will now cure for a while before a major fine sanding session can take place. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 She's looking great in the primer, and that nose grille is just outstanding. Excellent patience! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Stunning progress so far, your patience with the grille has certainly paid off! Stay safe Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I have still not placed an order for the P2, but have received my MFH Bugatti 35. Still waiting for postie to deliver the MFH RSR; USCP Porsche 550 and Profil24 Howmet. There may be something else but things take so long to deliver that I forget! Oh yes - 1/24 MFH Alfa 33/3. But once that lot arrive, I shall be onto FPPM like a rash. Thanks so much for the inspiration. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 13 hours ago, Brandy said: She's looking great in the primer, and that nose grille is just outstanding. Excellent patience! 11 hours ago, Hamden said: Stunning progress so far, your patience with the grille has certainly paid off! Thanks a lot Ian and Roger. It certainly was a good exercise in patience training, one might even call it character building. I'm not sure I would have had the patience twenty or even ten years ago... 7 hours ago, Sabrejet said: I have still not placed an order for the P2, but have received my MFH Bugatti 35. Still waiting for postie to deliver the MFH RSR; USCP Porsche 550 and Profil24 Howmet. There may be something else but things take so long to deliver that I forget! Oh yes - 1/24 MFH Alfa 33/3. But once that lot arrive, I shall be onto FPPM like a rash. Thanks so much for the inspiration. I'm only happy to provide inspiration that leads to more resin purchases . A P2 is on the way here, I have to build a few more Alfa Romeo's, and I'm also waiting for the P24 Howmet, and I had to throw in the Moynet from LM-75 as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 On 3/20/2021 at 8:15 PM, Bengalensis said: Today felt like a good day to deal with the grille. In the morning I went out to my workshop and turned myself the necessary wooden tool. This is of course a highly unnecessary exercise, it could be done quicker and more than well enough by hand, but I felt this was more fun. The serious work starts. First I carefully sanded both sides of the photo etch with 600 paper to give glue and paint a better chance. First the rough shape of the horizontal bar was done, working carefully with the wooden tool against a mouse mat. Then the upper vertical bars. Followed by the lower bars. Some of the work had to be done with a set of pliers as the material was a bit hard. There was no way to make a perfectly fitting shape at this stage, but I felt a rough base would be good enough to start gluing. One end of the horizontal bar was then glued to the nose and left to dry out. To glue the other end I used a piece of copper wire to stretch the etch into place while the glue set. It all looks very wonky at this stage... It looks better from above, which is the important thing now. From this angle it looks like it will never work. I started with the centre vertical bar, shaping and adjusting the fit as best I could and glued in place. Then I continued one by one, adjusting, shaping and gluing, going outwards left and right. After a few hours and a number of breaks to let CA-glue set things looked much more hopeful. Still some minor adjustments to do. I want the grille to be as smooth as possible to the nose piece, so I applied a tiny amount of filler. With the filler sanded and cleaned up the nose is ready for a good coat of primer surfacer. More sanding and fine cleaning will be needed, but there's hope. The kit instructions told me I now deserved a beer at this stage, but I missed buying some good beer, so I choose a good bottle of wine that I'm enjoying now... I think it's now only the two small flanges, or sight glasses, for the side of the rear fuel tank I have to sort out before all remaining parts can be sprayed. Stunning job, as always, Jôrgen I wouldn't have done better 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 On 23/03/2021 at 20:37, CrazyCrank said: Stunning job, as always, Jôrgen I wouldn't have done better Thanks a lot, you are most kind. I'm sure you would have done it to this level too, at least from what I have seen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 Not much to show, but it took some time to do; all sanding done. Tomorrow might see some painting. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I am waiting to see silver paint. Good work so far. Once again nice build coming together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 23 hours ago, Vesa Jussila said: I am waiting to see silver paint. So do I, so that's what I have done. This is Tamiya gloss aluminium spray, decanted and airbrushed. Painting of all parts is also under way. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 That is some lovely neat work Jörgen! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 Masking wheels one have to paint in one piece is never easy, not even with a perfectly cut roundel. Especially not a wire wheel with the centre extending passed the edge of the rim. I cut circles (here I used a drawing template) that are about a mm larger in diameter than the rim and about 4 mm wide. The rings are cut through at one point before I lift them from the glass, and then applied carefully following the edge. This way the ring is easy to adjust to keep following the edge. The wheel doesn't even have to be perfectly circular. In the end there is a nice little overlap. Then a smaller roundel can easily be placed, and in the case of a protruding centre the inevitable fold is easily dealt with. I've found life spraying wheels to be much easier this way. Painting other parts have also continued. A British green nose for Dick Seaman's car. I thought the easiest would be to avoid creating a mask and just paint this freehand with a fine brush, so that's what I did. A new fine pointed 0 brush and a fresh pot of Humbrol #3, then carefully doing the outline, both outside and inside, followed by the individual bars. It's good there are still paint available that don't dry so ridiculously fast... 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver911 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Superb results in all respects...especially the wheel masks...really enjoy your updates Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Very impressive work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Church Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Thank you for the tip on masking wheels. Very helpful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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