You did a SUPERB job on that engine. How did you get that manifold to turn out so nice? My first three tries ended up a gluey mass of crud. My final one was passable but nowhere near as good as yours. A clear closeup of that would be appreciated when you get the other camera back :) Chris
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 1:46 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Have made more progress on the Pfalz D.III > I apologize for the picture quality - the good camera is away traveling this > week. > > Assembled the simple cockpit. It cries out for more detailing or layering to > simulate detail, but as per Chris' direction, I refrained and built as > designed. > I've never built a model with formers to be skinned like this. It works out > very well. For the formers that would be butt glued to each other, I cut > them out carefully, then held them together and gently sanded the edges so > they matched. I attached just a little point of of the top of the former to > the inside edge of the skin and let the glue set. Then I wrapped one end at > a time. > Inserting the engine support into the nose went easy. I stuffed the inner > end with some tissue to spread the sides out so they would glue to the outer > edges. > I test fitted the engine into the pan - looks nice but hides a lot of nice > detail. > The very end of the nose does not fit as well as the other parts or as good > as I'd like. I will alter the piece until it fits to my liking. Figure a > couple of tries, at least. > JoeG > ________________________________ > Paying hundreds for more mobile than you need? Take a Peek at the answer. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
