**** DONE: 1/48 Junkers Ju 52/3M - Jet/Recon/Transport GB
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ccheese
Member In Perpetuity
I'll echo all the above. They do look great...
Charles
Charles
Great work so far Vic!
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Thanks for the kind words folks, always appreciated.
Well it's been a long wait but the engines are done and only need the exhausts fitting as and when. During the making I had noticed on the few pics that I have that there was what looks like a small air scoop in one place between the cylinder heads at the right side base of each engine. In the first blow-up pic you can see my initial crude attempts to duplicate this and the second shows a slightly better attempt which looks more like the real thing.
For those wanting to know how I got these new air scoops, I took the remains of a Meteor engine (No 1), cut out a segment (No 2) and set to working on it (No 3).
As for the finished trio of engines, this be them:
Glad these are done, now I can get on with the airframe nose section.
Well it's been a long wait but the engines are done and only need the exhausts fitting as and when. During the making I had noticed on the few pics that I have that there was what looks like a small air scoop in one place between the cylinder heads at the right side base of each engine. In the first blow-up pic you can see my initial crude attempts to duplicate this and the second shows a slightly better attempt which looks more like the real thing.
For those wanting to know how I got these new air scoops, I took the remains of a Meteor engine (No 1), cut out a segment (No 2) and set to working on it (No 3).
As for the finished trio of engines, this be them:
Glad these are done, now I can get on with the airframe nose section.
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A4K
Brigadier General
Love those engines Vic - fantastic work!
Oh yeah, great work mate!
Crimea_River
Marshal
Fabulous job Vic.
meatloaf109
1st Lieutenant
You know me, I love wiring!
And you have done some fine work!
And you have done some fine work!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
I can smell the oil from here! Nicely done there Vic.
ccheese
Member In Perpetuity
Those engines are just too cool, Vic. Impressive work.
Charles
Charles
Looks great so far Vic!
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Thanks for looking in and your kind words guy. No pics I'm afraid, maybe tomorrow when I've finished assembling the nose section, I've spent most of the last two days on it and what a bast@rd to do, had to do and still have to do quite a bit of juggling and some scratch building.
You got a Circus job too!....
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Ye……..like the clown I was for taking this on
Nah mate, you're doin' a great job that's for sure!
N4521U
Plastic Pirate
You got a Circus job too!....
So does this mean your Both riding them silly bikes with the wobbley wheels??????
and moddling in your spare time.
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
At last the nose engine housing is finished, as with a lot of resin parts, it sometimes will not go according to plan and this was one of those cases. The rods provided for the frame structure were a little short so a bit of scratch building was in order. I also wanted to add a little extra piping/wiring not that much can be seen unless you get the magnifying glass and Big Ed out for a closer look. It still needs some bits of PE added but for now here are a few pics. The engine by the way is just a dry fit.
A4K
Brigadier General
Just lovely Vic!
