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[The Smythe Meister]

That's cracking stuff Mark....
.... And I'm loving the base colour of it
Nice one mate,
Andy

 

[Mark1]

Cheers Andy, engine colour supposed to be Russian engine grey,looking around the net it seems to have a light blue to it, I mixed a colour that was good enough for me

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Cheers Andy, engine colour supposed to be Russian engine grey,looking around the net it seems to have a light blue to it, I mixed a colour that was good enough for me

Well it looks spot on to me...
.... Good mixing Sir !

 

[Mark1]

This where I've got to with the plug leads, there is actually the coil lead fitted as well but a bit buried now, not perfect by any means but by eye looks OK, zoomed in on a camera a bit different but my first ever scratch and without an opti visor and pound shop glasses I'm pretty happy.

 

[JR]

You've cracked it there Mark.
You mention the engine colour, I used a light blue the same as Russian aircraft, thought that looked exactly like it .
Leads look like leads, and how you managed all those into the coil wow, impressed.
Looking fwd to seeing the rest .

 

[Mini Me]

Nice result there Mark....once you have it all painted up, should look the Bomb! Rick H.

 

[Mark1]

Cheers chaps

 

[Jim R]

Hi Mark
Engine wiring looks really good. Well done with that - very fiddly.
Jim

 

[Mark1]

Hi Mark
Engine wiring looks really good. Well done with that - very fiddly.
Jim

Thanks Jim it was fiddly,can't believe how long it took me to do !

 

[Mark1]

Well the engine is pretty much together now, a few touch ups and some weathering to do and when it's in the chassis I will try to add some fuel lines and live battery cable and possibly heater hoses to the cab.

 

[RonGlass]

OK so I wanted to try some engine detail on this so here's my first ever bit of scratch!! Have started to make a distributor, had to put seven holes into the top of a 3mm diameter rod! I would either break drill bits or they would move about on the surface so i held a broken drill bit in pliers and heated it up with a lighter and melted the holes in, seemed to work OK so I now have 7 leads glued in,6 for plugs and 1 for the coil,the wire is 0.3 mm.View attachment 426066

This must be what's referred to as Gonzo modeling !

 

[JR]

Loving it, nice , very nice.

 

[Mark1]

This must be what's referred to as Gonzo modeling !

Not entirely sure about the meaning of gonzo but thanks Ron. ...I think lol.

 

[Mark1]

Loving it, nice , very nice.

Thanks for the comments John

 

[RonGlass]

Not entirely sure about the meaning of gonzo but thanks Ron. ...I think lol.

Its good lol

 

[Mark1]

Added some fuel lines.

 

[Mark1]

Got a bit more done, dirtied the engine a bit, cab floor and seats done and painted,bonnet put together which was fun , the two halves are supplied in the bonnet closed position in order to put in open position they have to be heated up and then folded to the right position then the two halves glued together.

 

[minitnkr]

Some beautiful work Mark. Gonzo: outlandishly unconventional, outrageous, extreme or: very strange, unusual.

 

[Mark1]

Some beautiful work Mark. Gonzo: outlandishly unconventional, outrageous, extreme or: very strange, unusual.

Appreciate the comment mate thanks

 

[Jakko]

Not entirely sure about the meaning of gonzo

You may want to not google that.