Vic Balshaw
Major General
Certainly looks like it means business. 
**** DONE: GB-59 1/24 Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat - WW2 PTO V
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N4521U
Colonel
I agree
Ralph Haus
Tech Sergeant
Ditto on 'the real thing'. First glance I thought it was a photo of a museum display.
dneid
Staff Sergeant
Damn, that engine is a h=kit by itself.
Nicely done so far!
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Donivanp
Captain
So I've gotten most of the engine mounting struts and asunder installed.
Air circulation vents and filters and I am assuming the oil tank, (these things go through a LOT of erl..... That's Texan fur erl, er, um oil)
I'm not really even close to mounting but I did a test fit...
I LIKE IT, I LIKE IT....
Air circulation vents and filters and I am assuming the oil tank, (these things go through a LOT of erl..... That's Texan fur erl, er, um oil)
I'm not really even close to mounting but I did a test fit...
I LIKE IT, I LIKE IT....
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Donivanp
Captain
Here's the progress update by the book.....
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Donivanp
Captain
Still to go in the installation.....
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Damn! This engine is something else. A cracker of a build.
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Donivanp
Captain
And damn but it's BIG
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Looks like it's ready to fire up.
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Donivanp
Captain
Wife won't feed me
!
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Cannibalism gets a bad rap.Wife won't feed me
N4521U
Colonel
It's a biggass plane in Any scale!!!!!
Great work there Don, keep them wings folded or there won't be any room for you...!
Crimea_River
Marshal
Looks pretty amazing Don.
Good work so far!
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Donivanp
Captain
So much work and detail went into the engine and mounts and all I didn't want to hide it all permanently so I picked up some taking putty to put on the aft cowling.
It wasn't easy to work with and it just a hair thick for what I wanted but it seems to have pressed down fairly well for my purposes. I toyed with the thought of magnets but that too was not much help as there is little room to mate them.
It wasn't easy to work with and it just a hair thick for what I wanted but it seems to have pressed down fairly well for my purposes. I toyed with the thought of magnets but that too was not much help as there is little room to mate them.
A4K
Brigadier General
Great idea Don, it would be a shame to hide all that lovely detail.
Just thinking too, that maybe a few drops (sparingly) of PVA in strategic places (corners maybe) would do the trick of holding them in place, but not so strong that you couldn't prise them open if you wanted to remove them. Should come off fairly clean too, unlike polystyrene cements.
Just thinking too, that maybe a few drops (sparingly) of PVA in strategic places (corners maybe) would do the trick of holding them in place, but not so strong that you couldn't prise them open if you wanted to remove them. Should come off fairly clean too, unlike polystyrene cements.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
I like the idea Don and Evan may have a good point with the PVA, I suppose it all depends on how well the panels sit.
