1/48 Mitsubishi F1M2 Type Zero Observation Seaplane. Allied Name, "Pete"

[Wayne Little]

look forward to more Paul!

 

[meatloaf109]

added some wires to the pit.

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff Paul.

 

[ccheese]

Dolly and the cockpit look great, Paul. You're onna roll, man, don't stop now !!

Charles

 

[Tony Hill]

Looking good Paul.

 

[meatloaf109]

Thanks, Ya'all!

 

[fubar57]

Innards look great Paul and I like your philosophy, take a break from modeling mishaps by building a model.

Geo

 

[Gerry]

Nice start on the dolly and cockpit. Look forward to see how it progresses.

Gerry

 

[Torch]

Nice going...

 

[Shinpachi]

I can't wait!

 

[herman1rg]

Dolly looks great, I'm sure the rest will be just a good

 

[woody]

Nice looking cockpit Paul.

 

[meatloaf109]

I was figuring on attaching the sparkplug wires to the cylinder heads and then to the wiring harness.
This is how it is going so far.
Stretched sprue glued to the sparkplugs, then I will run some liquid glue on the "wires" to soften them and use a toothpick to put them in place on the harness.

It is reflecting a lot of blue!

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Wayne Little]

Nice work Paul!

 

[Wurger]

 

[waterman]

I'll get yer' coat!
Perhaps the dolly is a bit over-done, but I figure that if the Japanese didn't have the means to re-paint the aircraft, (except for the National markings), they surely didn't worry about the plane dollies. And anyways, I like rust...You ought to see some of my tank exhausts!

Great job on the dolly! Spending much of my life around the ocean here (Hawaii), the amount of rust on your dolly doesn't strike me as being overdone. Depending on the metal and paint, the amount of surface rust you portrayed is IMO possible.

I was figuring on attaching the sparkplug wires to the cylinder heads and then to the wiring harness.
This is how it is going so far.
Stretched sprue glued to the sparkplugs, then I will run some liquid glue on the "wires" to soften them and use a toothpick to put them in place on the harness.

Man, I admire you for not taking the easy road with copper wire.

 

[ccheese]

The motor looks great, Paul.....

Charles

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[Crimea_River]

I find that solder or lead wire is best for this kind of stuff but the trick is to find a thin gauge to suit the scale.