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Dan Vadas got a reaction from hexnut in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
Thank you for all the comments and "Likes" .
The first part of the engine in the instructions is the Supercharger. I've nearly completed it below :
These parts took me a while to cut. So far I've come across four similar ones, all turned out fine with no accidents despite some of them being only 0.35mm wide :
The supercharger finished :
I reinforced the engine block with some 0.5mm card :
Another tricky piece :
The cylinder heads took quite a bit of work due to the "bumps" on the sides :
The oil pan :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from coxswain in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
Thank you for all the comments and "Likes" .
The first part of the engine in the instructions is the Supercharger. I've nearly completed it below :
These parts took me a while to cut. So far I've come across four similar ones, all turned out fine with no accidents despite some of them being only 0.35mm wide :
The supercharger finished :
I reinforced the engine block with some 0.5mm card :
Another tricky piece :
The cylinder heads took quite a bit of work due to the "bumps" on the sides :
The oil pan :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from Dubz in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
Thank you for all the comments and "Likes" .
The first part of the engine in the instructions is the Supercharger. I've nearly completed it below :
These parts took me a while to cut. So far I've come across four similar ones, all turned out fine with no accidents despite some of them being only 0.35mm wide :
The supercharger finished :
I reinforced the engine block with some 0.5mm card :
Another tricky piece :
The cylinder heads took quite a bit of work due to the "bumps" on the sides :
The oil pan :
Danny
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Dan Vadas reacted to JohnB40 in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
Nice one Danny.
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from amateur in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
Epson XP-520 with cheap aftermarket ink .
0.25mm Ultra Premium Matte Photo paper for the printed parts, the same for single laminations and up to 0.5mm and 1.0mm for thicker laminations depending on the part.
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from tkay11 in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
After gluing the framing to the bulkead I painted all the brass and touched up the edges using Acrylic mixed on a pallette :
I almost forgot two lines. I'll touch them up next time I mix up this colour, as well as any small bits I missed. That will finish the framing part of the build. Here's a pic for size reference :
Next up I start the engine itself.
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from coxswain in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
A welcome to all that are following this build . I hope I can do it justice.
I reverse-printed a sheet of parts and laminated a backing piece to the firewall and side frame pieces. The firewall piece is not strictly accurate, but it's better than a simple white face. Cutting the holes out of the framing sections took a lot of care :
Next I detailed the firewall. The back side :
And the front. I used 0.2mm soft brass wire for the tubing :
Some of the bracing for the framework was really tiny. These pieces are only 0.4mm wide at the narrow points :
Gussets added :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from JohnB40 in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
Both, and there's no noticeable difference. I made a spare on my home printer.
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from coxswain in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
After gluing the framing to the bulkead I painted all the brass and touched up the edges using Acrylic mixed on a pallette :
I almost forgot two lines. I'll touch them up next time I mix up this colour, as well as any small bits I missed. That will finish the framing part of the build. Here's a pic for size reference :
Next up I start the engine itself.
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from Dubz in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
After gluing the framing to the bulkead I painted all the brass and touched up the edges using Acrylic mixed on a pallette :
I almost forgot two lines. I'll touch them up next time I mix up this colour, as well as any small bits I missed. That will finish the framing part of the build. Here's a pic for size reference :
Next up I start the engine itself.
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from Dubz in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
A welcome to all that are following this build . I hope I can do it justice.
I reverse-printed a sheet of parts and laminated a backing piece to the firewall and side frame pieces. The firewall piece is not strictly accurate, but it's better than a simple white face. Cutting the holes out of the framing sections took a lot of care :
Next I detailed the firewall. The back side :
And the front. I used 0.2mm soft brass wire for the tubing :
Some of the bracing for the framework was really tiny. These pieces are only 0.4mm wide at the narrow points :
Gussets added :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
Hi all,
Here's a tricky build. It's a 1/33 scale attempt at a Rolls Royce Merlin engine to be displayed as a "stand-alone" model next to the Mk. IX Spitfire I built. It's a design by Alin Osarik and a downloadable copy of it can only be found on THIS SITE.
As far as I'm aware no-one has successfully managed to build one at this small a scale, and no wonder - some of the parts are TINY . All other builds I have seen have been blown up to 1/16 scale. But I'll have a go .
Here's a pic of the parts. They come on one page, but there are a further 34 pages of step-by-step rendered photo instructions :
One example of the size of the parts :
And this is what I've done so far. This is the start of the engine compartment framework that supports the engine. It's been designed to fit inside the Halinski Card Spitfire, which may be a future build for me as I have a 2nd model Spitfire that came with the original kit that I've already built.
Danny
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Dan Vadas reacted to popeye the sailor in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
look'in awesome ........the size is even more amazing! very well done on the tubing........that looks great too
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Dan Vadas reacted to CDW in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
Wow, that is amazing Danny. I would'a never thunk it (the cheap aftermarket ink). What a pleasant surprise. The Epson printer is what I have, too. Never would have dreamed it could print so well as that.
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from druxey in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
Epson XP-520 with cheap aftermarket ink .
0.25mm Ultra Premium Matte Photo paper for the printed parts, the same for single laminations and up to 0.5mm and 1.0mm for thicker laminations depending on the part.
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from druxey in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
Both, and there's no noticeable difference. I made a spare on my home printer.
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from src in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
After gluing the framing to the bulkead I painted all the brass and touched up the edges using Acrylic mixed on a pallette :
I almost forgot two lines. I'll touch them up next time I mix up this colour, as well as any small bits I missed. That will finish the framing part of the build. Here's a pic for size reference :
Next up I start the engine itself.
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Supermarine Spitfire LF.IX by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD
They are all OK on my computer Pav. Perhaps you have a problem with your computer's Operating System. Sometimes if your Internet connection is running a bit slow it can take some time to load the pics and they only come up as the link to them at first.
Does anyone else have a problem seeing all the pics?
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
Epson XP-520 with cheap aftermarket ink .
0.25mm Ultra Premium Matte Photo paper for the printed parts, the same for single laminations and up to 0.5mm and 1.0mm for thicker laminations depending on the part.
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
Both, and there's no noticeable difference. I made a spare on my home printer.
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from JohnB40 in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
After gluing the framing to the bulkead I painted all the brass and touched up the edges using Acrylic mixed on a pallette :
I almost forgot two lines. I'll touch them up next time I mix up this colour, as well as any small bits I missed. That will finish the framing part of the build. Here's a pic for size reference :
Next up I start the engine itself.
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from src in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
A welcome to all that are following this build . I hope I can do it justice.
I reverse-printed a sheet of parts and laminated a backing piece to the firewall and side frame pieces. The firewall piece is not strictly accurate, but it's better than a simple white face. Cutting the holes out of the framing sections took a lot of care :
Next I detailed the firewall. The back side :
And the front. I used 0.2mm soft brass wire for the tubing :
Some of the bracing for the framework was really tiny. These pieces are only 0.4mm wide at the narrow points :
Gussets added :
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
Yes it is Popeye. If I build the 2nd Spitfire I'll build another engine as well and install it. However it might be a while coming, as I already have the next kit to follow after this build. More details on that one will be coming when I finish this one .
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
No Pav, it didn't . Thanks for the link, but it's not actually the same one that I've downloaded even though it appears to be the same model engine and at 1/33 scale. That one looks like a scratchbuild, and a well done one at that. Just a pity that there weren't more pics.
And a welcome to all you guys as well .
Danny
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Dan Vadas got a reaction from mtaylor in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
Epson XP-520 with cheap aftermarket ink .
0.25mm Ultra Premium Matte Photo paper for the printed parts, the same for single laminations and up to 0.5mm and 1.0mm for thicker laminations depending on the part.
Danny
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