Egilman
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So this is a dragster version, a custom built car in it's own right... The engine is a 235 ci Blue Flame Special, Specially built for the Corvette's from '53 to '55 when coupled with the powerglide automatic transmission... it was one of the first high output engines... (for the early '50's that is) also one of the first muscle car engines... 150 hp @ 4200 rpm, 223 ftlb of torque at 2400 rpm.... It would burn any tire mounted to the 3.73 ratio posi-traction rear end... That was the car and engine that gave the powerglide transmission it's reputation in the drag strip community during the 1950's-'60's...
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Not cheating, That 235ci Stovebolt 6 had to be custom fitted into a dropped chassis.. All the straight header pipes had to be "massaged" to fit without striking the ground... Fitting that it had to be duplicated on a model...
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Most of the time they didn't... what is usually in the way of the windscreen? the gunsight... (usually right at eye level) Even in light commercial planes, the best view from the cockpit is the forward part of the side window... Yes, you can see out the front, but it definitely isn't the best view... the HUD was a revolution in visible, useable forward sightlines when it came out... -
Grumman F7F-2N2 Tigercat by Javlin - AMT - 1/48 - PLASTIC
Egilman replied to Javlin's topic in Completed non-ship models
Back in the day when I built it, the landing gear were the main issue with it they kept breaking from the weight required to get it to sit on it's gear... I did it in NSB representing a plane off the Lexington... My resolution was to scratch the gear in metal.... Overall it was a pretty boring build, interesting aircraft just not enough to keep the interest going... Took two years to finally complete it... I wound up giving it to a friend who really liked it.... -
Honda RC166 Grand Prix Racer by CDW - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/12
Egilman replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Yep, that what was in my brother's bike when he bought it, he replaced it with a speed shop custom crank, lighter and stronger... -
Honda RC166 Grand Prix Racer by CDW - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/12
Egilman replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Probably a billet crank, relieved, shot peened and magnafluxed, as light as possible... Brother built a 250 cafe racer, everything you could conceive of went into it, it was quick when he bought it... When he was done, he hit it in a parking lot and promptly spun the rear tire off the rim... Had the tires bolted to the rims... He eventually learned to ride it, 0-135 in 8 seconds... Had it for two years then sold it cause he realized that he would eventually kill himself on it... It was perfect not a scratch or ding... The guy he sold it too promptly flipped it onto its back when trying to take off on it... It didn't need much throttle to take off... Man, those were the crazy days... -
Well it's all-up weight was 2200lbs with a 450hp Renault 4 cylinder inverted engine driving a fixed 2 metre propeller... 310 mph.....
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Those Quintas cockpit panels do photograph nice don't they... Makes detailing a cockpit easy...
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A little comparison is in order... The c651... A little yellow shifted true, but still the only color pic I have been able to find of the actual aircraft.... US Navy Sea Blue - Non-Specular sea blue... F8F Bearcats... Mid 50's.... F4U Corsairs post Korean War.... This last one is also a bit yellow shifted... This is the closest match to the paint on the subject I can find... And the paint on the Corsair and Bearcat is high gloss.... I suspect the same for the Caudron c651 as well... Maybe an eighth of a shade off but that's your color...
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I'm down for this one... Very nice work...
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Should be on the cover of FSM...
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Definitely a show stopper!!! A very nice kit and your execution of the subject is superb.... Monochromatic paint schemes are very, very difficult to model correctly, Impressive You sir are a master modeler... Something I aspire to be some day... Well done...
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What's more important on that cover, the race or the seamline? {chuckle} It is a very pretty blue...
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That's also a little too bluish, the color is more like US Navy Sea Blue or Non-Specular Sea Blue, that very dark blue the navy was into during and after Korea.... And it's a semigloss...
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Most of them were green like in the pic.... They came from the manufacturer that way and were stored in their shipping crates that way... And obviously the one in the pic has been that way for a long time given the handling damage it has sustained.... I would go with my eyes on this one only because it's source info and model company paint callouts are always known for their accuracy, aren't they? {chuckle} forest green my friend... Update: more research shows that they were painted either white or grey matching the undersides of the aircraft when they first came out, after they went to the wraparound euro schemes they then went green.... (long about '72 or so)... So it will depend on the period your depicting... as far as the blue aircraft I haven't found any info yet.... (probably grey)
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My pleasure.... And the dark blue? I would say the HR pic tells the tale there as well rather than that grainy newsprint scan.... Yes there were two cooling panels on the cowling you can easily see the one on the top but there was one on the bottom as well and yes they were polished aluminum.... The 561 didn't race that year in fact I can't find any reference to it ever racing... (it didn't pass inspection but I don't know why) The 461 did that year and won it's class....
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All I can do brother is give you the pics I have... I would say dull aluminum or light grey... My choice would be dull aluminum.... The 461 was dull aluminum and it was built for the same race, same year... (I think that tells the tale)
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US 6” gun by RGL - FINISHED - Panzer Concepts
Egilman replied to RGL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
This is an interesting pic, an artillery section, a single gun of a battery, probably the first section given that the White TCL command car is leading it... Behind that is a Mack AC probably five ton battery supply truck, behind that is a Jeffery/Nash ammo truck, Behind that is a 5 ton tractor pulling either a 4.7 inch gun or a French 75 on it's caisson/limber, behind that is either a Standard B or an FWD repair truck with it's platforms and awnings open.... Hard to tell what the remaining train is, but this is typical of the size of a single gun train probably in 1920 or so judging from the five color camo pattern taken at either Fort Sill or Fort Dix.... A full battery would have four to six such sections... Here your looking at a dozen vehicles to support a single gun.... When on the road a full battery train would stretch out for two miles and this is for a light artillery battery, a heavy artillery battery would have twice as many vehicles.... -
Looks like a gorgeous kit...
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Unfortunately, they don't do a Vixen in 1/32 unless you like vacuform kits... But Revell/Matchbox did a Sea Venom in 1/32nd scale which is essentially the same airframe... Don't know if there is a conversion set though... They would be purty all on the same deck...
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US 6” gun by RGL - FINISHED - Panzer Concepts
Egilman replied to RGL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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No, I never tried to recurve the underwater stern, too much work and not enough references... when I do mine I will probably not redo the bow or torpedo blisters either... I haven't decided on a representation on plinths or waterline yet and most people would not recognize the errors on the underwater portion of the hull, so it's not high on the priority list for me... Lots to add to it though, are you going to do the incinerator that was on the boatdeck? the 1.1 gun platforms on the superstructure? or the stairwell from the 01 level, main superstructure to the boatdeck as well? Lots of stuff to detail up this kit if one wants to do the research and work involved... WE should cut this off here as I don't want to muck up Rob's build thread... EG
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Amen brother... You build to your own vision, as do we all, (well most of us) It's going to be sitting on your shelf which is as it should be.... And yes, it is about the journey isn't it... Sometimes we need the path less taken to expand our horizons, otherwise how do we grow in the hobby... Challenging oneself? I wouldn't have it any other way my friend.... Again well done...
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Nice job on a kinda difficult build.... I've built the 1/429th scale revell arizona four times, each I guess was better than the previous... the last with GMM pe which I don't think came out very well... but it's gone now... I have both the Banner Arizona and the Eduard special edition and a bunch of extras for it... You did a beautiful job on her given the level you wanted to attain... nice work... Just one little note... Yes all the research many of us have done leads up to a blue Arizona, we don't have the smoking gun that proves she was blue but a ton of evidence that gives a strong probability that she was... In April of 1941, the Arizona was painted in Ms 1 which was 5D dark grey with 5L light grey tops the dark grey was almost black in color but quickly faded into a very chalky grey color... In November of '41, third week to be exact she was repainted in 5S sea blue retaining her 5L tops... on December 7th she had been to sea for 5 days arriving back at Pearl the evening of the 5th before the attack so the paint was fresh, brand new... There wouldn't be any rust or weathering apparent on her... I'm going to do a build of her soon.... Thank you for striking the muse for her again... She is one of my favorite ships of all time.... You did a beautiful job on her, one to be proud of...
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I'm down for this one.....
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