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Hi all I got this today its actually a Franzis kit released under licence at a 3/4 the price of a Franzis kit, yes the instructions are not as glossy and there are no beautiful pics of the engine, and yes the box is not all luxury and flashy but the rest of the kit is exactly what you get from Franzis.
First thing I will have to deal with are those god awful carburettors.
I intend to show exactly how I do each bit of this, painting and such.
I have masked the engine in half (as I intend to do it half see through and half not) we have a machine at work which will add a cast effect to the half that is not going to be see through. The metalizing technique I use need the parts to have a metallic appearance so to get that on the top of the pistons I use my mini lathe and just hold a file over the part whilst it's on (you could do the same with a dremel)
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This won model of the month on de agostini when I posted it there.
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Nuts by name, nuts by nature.
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Hi Bill I forgot about this build (its probably in a bin somewhere)
I used clear bathroom sealant for the sea, its actually a very accurate kit for its time (ok they got the colours completely wrong) that said i really like the blue and gold colour scheme.
There are a couple of things wrong with the kit (its missing a couple of cannon placements and if I remember correctly some of the transom detail is wrong. As a kit it goes together quite well the detail is not that clear on the moldings but for kit of its age and price at the time I think airfix did a Stirling job.
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Thanks Mark its an interesting conversion.
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Sorry title is wrong should be 1/16
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Porsche flat 6 boxer engine by kpnuts 1/4 machine works
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Posted · Edited by kpnuts
Hi all well I'm quite pleased with the cast effect on the half of the engine I'm painting (did it with the shot blaster at work)