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  1.    DocRob reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
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  9. DocRob
    Your Arado looks fantastic and you managed to get the canopy done, great job. The bird looks so convincingly weathered and everything blends perfectly in. I have the -B version of the kit with the coward HPH canopy, which I plan to build soon. Now I have a great blueprint log at hand. Cheers Rob
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  22. DocRob
    Thank you Alan, with the good fitting additional parts from MFH, it was relatively easy to assemble the engine. The most delicate parts were the clear tubes, which needed some 0,5 mm drilling and adding tiny brass rods for accepting the tube, but nothing too demanding in the end. Cheers Rob
  23. DocRob
    Wow, you are truly an adventurous mind, Yves, what a cool project. I love the result and enjoy reading about your processing, albeit, I think, I will not go this route with 3D-printing. Cheers Rob
  24. DocRob
    Today, I finished the engine and connected all the tubing. The yellow clear fuel lines were part of the MFH set, the black ignition cables were from the spare box, because the Tamiya supplied ones looked way too thick and out of scale. The MFH set fits the Tamiya plastic without the need for tweaking, great. Cheers Rob
  25. DocRob
    Engine and gearbox are halfway done. I used the MFH air funnel and distributor set, which is a big advantage against the kit plastic parts, specially the aluminum funnels. I also used black tubing from the spare box, the Tamiya material is too thick. I now own a silver pencil, but pictures show, that the Ford branding wasn´t silver with the 72d. All paints are from the Tamiya LP range and the screwheads were picked out with markers. The gearbox was painted with Zero Paints texturized color for Hewland gearboxes. Cheers Rob
  26. DocRob
    I started to prepare the engine and transmission for painting. Assembly is straight forward, albeit there´s a lot of clean up necessary. The exhausts are always a bit complicated to assemble, therefore, I decided to finish this task before painting. I glued the exhaust pipes with a tiny bit of glue into the silver four in one piece and then fiddled the other ends of the pipes into their holes in the engine block, before the glue cured. Fixed with a strip of adhesive tape, I added more glue to the four in one piece and let dry. Cheers Rob
  27. DocRob
    Both are beauties, finish on both and rigging on the Moth look absolutely convincing, but love the seat cushion most. Cheers Rob
  28. DocRob
    Wow Mike, your little jewel somehow skipped my intention until now. I´m fascinated what is possible in that scale, and how you let it look like an easy build. Cheers Rob
  29. DocRob
    The nose section got finished. The assembly was fiddly, but in the end, I got it together. For a bit more rigidity, I glued all the parts in place, so I have no working suspension (I doubt, that this would be possible without modification) and no steering function. I added some braided lines, for which I drilled out the plastic fittings with a 0,5mm drill bit and inserted a tiny brass rod, to accept the braided hose. Mr. Fittipaldi will receive his arms later, when the upper cowling will be finally placed, along with the steering wheel. ...and the best, the front body fits over everything, without problems, it´s Tamiya, even, if it´s 50years old kit. Cheers Rob
  30. DocRob
    Thank you Gary, that was, what I thought, the steering may work, but the suspension, hmm, there were some too loose fitting arms and these tiny cups holding the wheel, ... The under body supports will help for sure. Cheers Rob
  31. DocRob
    Thank you Gary, poco a poco, little by little is the way to go. Today, I finished painting the rims with the black hubs in front and the chrome rings. You are absolutely right, F1 cars are stuffed with lots of aggregates and structure in minimal space, always a bit delicate to get together. Was your front suspension and steering really working in the end? From the design of the parts, it seems almost impossible. Cheers Rob
  32. DocRob
    Nice work with that dinosaur of a kit. I build this or a similar truck, when I was very young. I considered building a Peterbilt 378 Long Hauler some time ago. There is a resin engine and nice PE parts available for this one, but I always shy away, when I see the Italeri label, as well as AMT. Cheers Rob
  33. DocRob
    Some progress at last. I finished the cockpit tub with the seat, fire extinguisher, and paddings and installed it into the body. The front suspension is only temporary installed and proved to be very fiddly to assemble. If it would be movable remains to be seen, but I doubt it, seeing the design. I also installed the radiators with their PE grills into their fairings. I have a lots of mishaps with this build lately, which are no fault of the kit, but mine. I airbrushed the three color front rims for the third time now, always finding some inacceptable flaws. Same with some of the firewalls and inner traverses, where the AK polished aluminum color showed some flaws, possibly a reaction with the plastic, despite being primed with gloss black. Overspraying, this time with Alclad led to the same result and I finally used Tamiya´s LP gloss aluminum, which worked. I´m not used to these kind of issues, I usually plan my approach thoroughly and do it once. Everything there´s something new, even with what looks like routine. Cheers Rob
  34. DocRob
    Thanks Phil, I missed you over on LSM recently and whoosh, here you are . Progress is slowly at the moment, too many non modeling distractions, but this will change soon, hopefully. Cheers Rob
  35. DocRob
    Nice, you already have some wheels, but I post a link for wire wheels anyway. I bought wheels and wir locks from them for my 1/12 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300. unobtainium.digital Cheers Rob

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