1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III by CDW - Revell - 1:16 scale

[CDW]

29 minutes ago, Egilman said:

The chassis looks great brother.... The engine is nice, looks the part...

Thanks, EG. There is still so much to do on this thing, but I am moving along at a snail's pace. So much part cleanup needed on almost every single part. An old kit like this reminds me how spoiled I am with the new kits today, where so very little is needed except to cleanly remove the parts from the tree. 

[Canute]

Turning the sow's ear into a silk purse. Those old kits really make us appreciate all the new stuff.

 

I've got an early plastic freight car kit that I've been doodling with for probably 4 years. Just researching and making mods, turning it into a more correct representation.

[popeye the sailor]

old research meets the new research!........that is the biggest thing about older kits.  so much now is known about what subjects looked like back then....there is a lot more info out there.   there is a bit of nostalgia that goes along with it.  I think back to when I was younger.....nice to get a second chance every once in a while    really nice job on the chassis!

[CDW]

Snagged this kit from Spruebrothers website last week.

[CDW]

And this one off Ebay

[ccoyle]

27 minutes ago, CDW said:

Snagged this kit from Spruebrothers website last week.

 

As a kid, I built Revell's 1/72 scale version of Goering's mount.

[Landlubber Mike]

Nice scores Craig!  Have you heard about when Andy is going to ship?  

[CDW]

Just now, Landlubber Mike said:

Nice scores Craig!  Have you heard about when Andy is going to ship?  

Have not hear a word on it yet. Should be soon.

[king derelict]

Please excuse the ignorance. Are Wingnut Wings back in business again?

The kits look wonderful but daunting

Thanks Alan

[Canute]

No, I believe these are from forgotten stashes, recently come to light. I think there are plans afoot to resurrect the kits, but I could be misinformed.

[yvesvidal]

18 hours ago, CDW said:

I love the artwork on the box cover.

 

Yves

[CDW]

14 hours ago, king derelict said:

Please excuse the ignorance. Are Wingnut Wings back in business again?

The kits look wonderful but daunting

Thanks Alan

Supposedly, a forgotten storage warehouse in NZ was uncovered and vendors who previously had ordered container size quantities a couple of years ago were fulfilled. Only two vendors in the USA I know of got/or are getting their orders delivered. Once these are gone, there are no more(supposedly) unless production resumes by others. WnW are finished (supposedly).

[CDW]

1 hour ago, yvesvidal said:

I love the artwork on the box cover.

 

Yves

It’s inspiration for a diorama

[CDW]

I’ve been piddling a little each day on the RR, but the spirit is weak for this one for some odd reason. Having motivational issues. 😀

[yvesvidal]

27 minutes ago, CDW said:

I’ve been piddling a little each day on the RR, but the spirit is weak for this one for some odd reason. Having motivational issues. 😀

We all go through these mood swings.... 🙂

 

Yves

[CDW]

The kit provides some funky-looking rubber tubing that connects to the front of each exhaust manifold, then gets routed to discharge under the frame. Not sure exactly what the purpose of this would have been in RL, and it looks odd to me. Going to find something that looks better than the rubber hose and replace it. But would still like to know what it was for…then it dawned on me, it’s part of the exhaust system, connecting the manifolds to the exhaust pipe! Maybe I will just paint the rubber hose once it’s all connected together. 

[CDW]

While the distributors and spark plugs are prominent at this scale, I’ll go ahead and fashion some spark plug wiring. A dozen spark plug wires on each cylinder head for this V-12!

 

[Canute]

That's some mill, Craig. No mufflers. And 24 plug wires? Yahoo. Can't wait to see that wired up.

[Landlubber Mike]

1 hour ago, CDW said:

It’s inspiration for a diorama

I think Verlinden does some 1/48 and 1/35 life rafts with figures.  CMK I believe has some that might work in 1/72 scale.  I think if you search using "dinghy" you can find them.

 

Your Phantom is coming along great Craig!

[CDW]

56 minutes ago, Canute said:

That's some mill, Craig. No mufflers. And 24 plug wires? Yahoo. Can't wait to see that wired up.

There are six spark plugs on each side of the heads. Only the outer six on each head are visible. The inner plug wiring will take off from the distributor caps in that general direction but remain unseen from there. On the real RR, the inner wiring ran through a tube on each side.

[Egilman]

2 hours ago, CDW said:

then it dawned on me, it’s part of the exhaust system, connecting the manifolds to the exhaust pipe! Maybe I will just paint the rubber hose once it’s all connected together. 

Yep stainless steel exhaust system that collects forward... Weird I know, but it worked... I'm surprised they used rubber hose to replicate it, seems a bit on the shortcut side to me...

 Your chassis looks the part, almost solid black, semi gloss, with shiny highlights.... Sure looks the part... RR back in that day was all about understated elegance, boring but elegant, and your replicating it well....

 

I hope the rubber hose takes paint well, it should be a shiny part.....

[Old Collingwood]

Your Sunderland   kit  would  indeed  lend  Itself  to  a  Fantastic  Dio,      loving  the  engine  details   also.

 

OC.

[CDW]

3 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

Your Sunderland   kit  would  indeed  lend  Itself  to  a  Fantastic  Dio,      loving  the  engine  details   also.

 

OC.

Don’t know why it took me so long to discover this kit was out there. It’s been around for a while but I never noticed it. I’m sort of fond of sea planes.

[Old Collingwood]

6 minutes ago, CDW said:

Don’t know why it took me so long to discover this kit was out there. It’s been around for a while but I never noticed it. I’m sort of fond of sea planes.

I built  the  Airfix   version   when  I was a  kid   -   quite  and impressive  size  even in  1/72.

 

OC.

[CDW]

1 hour ago, Egilman said:

I hope the rubber hose takes paint well, it should be a shiny part.....

At this point I'm thinking about rolling out some Milliput in the correct diameter, shaping the correct bends to replace the rubber hose. The rubber hose is wrong on several counts, not the least of which, it doesn't clear the radiator/water pump fan. Need to get my exhaust system in place then experiment with the 2-part putty. 

[realworkingsailor]

38 minutes ago, CDW said:

At this point I'm thinking about rolling out some Milliput in the correct diameter, shaping the correct bends to replace the rubber hose. The rubber hose is wrong on several counts, not the least of which, it doesn't clear the radiator/water pump fan. Need to get my exhaust system in place then experiment with the 2-part putty. 

Was the prototype one continuous bent pipe or was it joined segments? 
 

Have you considered trying Plastruct tubing?

 

If it was a segmented pipe, they also make elbows (90 and 45) in a variety of sizes:

 

https://www.plastruct.com/collections/tubing-amp-fittings-2/butyrate#MainContent

Otherwise you could try gently heating and bending some solid styrene rod of the correct diameter. I’ve done that before by gently holding it near a hot soldering iron until it becomes malleable enough, but not too soft to melt into goo.

 

Andy

Edited December 13, 2022 by realworkingsailor

[king derelict]

8 hours ago, CDW said:

Supposedly, a forgotten storage warehouse in NZ was uncovered and vendors who previously had ordered container size quantities a couple of years ago were fulfilled. Only two vendors in the USA I know of got/or are getting their orders delivered. Once these are gone, there are no more(supposedly) unless production resumes by others. WnW are finished (supposedly).

Thanks Craig. 

I had seen them on the two stores websites. Lovely subjects. I'm sorely tempted but I'm not sure I could do them justice - but its nearly Christmas and I deserve a present.

Alan

[CDW]

2 hours ago, realworkingsailor said:

Was the prototype one continuous bent pipe or was it joined segments? 
 

Have you considered trying Plastruct tubing?

 

If it was a segmented pipe, they also make elbows (90 and 45) in a variety of sizes:

 

https://www.plastruct.com/collections/tubing-amp-fittings-2/butyrate#MainContent

Otherwise you could try gently heating and bending some solid styrene rod of the correct diameter. I’ve done that before by gently holding it near a hot soldering iron until it becomes malleable enough, but not too soft to melt into goo.

 

Andy

Thanks for that! I never knew they made/sold elbows. Never saw them in a brick-and-mortar store. I thought about gentle heat and bending of solid rod, but that's rather hot-or-miss in previous experience. As many time or more, I wound up with deformed elbows that were not very appealing. With a third hand, I could probably do an acceptable job using a heat gun and some appropriate size metal tubing to form the 90's. Getting the bends in the right place at the correct angles will be a whole lot easier with a 2-part putty, I think.  Those Plastruct elbows could work a trick, though.

[CDW]

The dog ate my distributor caps. Fur real! 😀

Actually, he chewed on them a bit. But how the heck can you get mad when you see a face like this looking back at you?

 

[CDW]

I ordered this 1:32 Trumpeter Bf-109 E3 thinking it was an old release from Trumpeter’s early days. I was pleasantly surprised when I opened the box to see a much more modern tooling. Actually I believe it’s going to be a great kit. Box shows a copyright date of 2019. Very favorable pricing. I got this delivered from Amazon for less than $50. Mmm ow I want to order a later variant to see if that’s a new tool as well.