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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 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 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 reacted to amateur in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
That is small.....
what is the thickness of cardstock you use?
Jan
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Dan Vadas reacted to gjdale in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
I see you found that giant fake hand again Danny! 😉
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Dan Vadas reacted to Kevin in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
WOW, my eyes hurt just thinking about it
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Dan Vadas reacted to vossiewulf in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
The cool thing about the Merlin is how much more efficient it was than its German contemporaries. It only displaced ~27 liters, whereas the DB 601 was ~34 liters, DB603 ~45 liters, the DB 605 ~38 and the Jumo 213 ~ 35 liters. All of them weighed considerably more than the Merlin and in most cases were still at a slight HP disadvantage at most points in the war.
Good luck Danny, looks like you will need it
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Dan Vadas reacted to mtaylor in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
Amazing work, Danny. We don't (or at least I didn't) realize how tiny that is until you had it in your hand.
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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 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
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 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 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 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 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 Rik Thistle in Supermarine Spitfire LF.IX by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Halinski - 1:33 scale - CARD
After fitting the small details the model is FINISHED . It was a very enjoyable kit to build, and I'm going to make the Merlin engine next as a "stand-alone" build to be displayed alongside the plane :
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 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 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 capnharv2 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 druxey 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 reacted to pontiachedmark in Rolls Royce Merlin Engine for Spitfire by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - Alin Osarik design - 1/33 scale - Card
Gidday Danny.
Beautiful work.
I am still amazed at the scale.
All the best,
Mark.
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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
The color of the paper parts is outstanding. Are the parts printed on a home printer or in a print shop?
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