discussion Revell 1/32 Grumman Martlet V

[yak face]

Bit more done today , I decided the guitar string chains didnt look very good so after a bit of searching found some fine jewellery 0.7mm box chain on e-bay for a couple of quid . Ive used this to replace the guitar string and it looks tons better. Ive also been sorting the exhausts. The wildcat f4f-4 had two big oval exhausts under the cowling , the ones on the kit though were just a couple of random blobs . I chain drilled and filed out two suitable holes and have some styrene tube to make the exhausts with, these will be fixed to the back plate of the engine. This will need some extra bits adding too , namely the rear of the engine ,exhaust shroud and the tubular engine bearer framework. The inside of the cowling has also had some plastic card added to cover up the lumpy insides caused by the (incorrect ) open cowl panel option.View attachment 290935 View attachment 290936 View attachment 290937 View attachment 290938 View attachment 290939 View attachment 290940 View attachment 290941 View attachment 290942 View attachment 290943 View attachment 290944

 

[Guest]

A lot of good work going into this Tony.

 

[Guest]

By heck Tony, this is going to be a work of art mate. Love the chain idea, looks loads better.

Have fun, John

 

[yak face]

Got the two holes cut out for the exhausts but was faced with the problem of fitting them to the backplate -they stick out proud of the fuselage so if I fix them before I join the fuselage halves it wont work. I decided to fit two small stubs that I can slip the exhausts over after assembly. Ive also made a start on the horseshoe shaped exhaust shroud , which I made by heating and bending a square section of scrap sprue round a vallejo bottle. This will go on the back plate and I'll have to knock up some flared ends for the bottom using plastic card. A suitable bit for the rear of the engine was found in the spares box (unused rear cockpit floor from a 1/32 revell beaufighter i think) and this will be cut out and embellished with some other bits.View attachment 290989 View attachment 290990 View attachment 290991 View attachment 290992 View attachment 290993

 

[flyjoe180]

Looking this so far T one. The exhausts are looking much better now

 

[Guest]

Sorry Tony but the third photo just cracked me up mate, it looks shocked

 

[Guest]

Great job on those pipes Tony, seems incredible that they were'nt better on a kit like that! They have to be a candidate for some of that MRP Burnt iron paint (see BarryW's F4 recent build!).

 

[yak face]

Sorry Tony but the third photo just cracked me up mate, it looks shocked

Yeah i thought it looked like a face too john !!

 

[colin m]

Splendid work and a greatly improved engine.

 

[yak face]

The exhaust shroud has been fitted , just a bit more fettling on the flared ends to do , and ive started to add the tubular engine mountings. Theres about another 4 of these to fit yet , all of them mounting onto a ring which fits round the rear of the engine. The tubular frame is glued to the bulkhead at the front of the cockpit and will just sit up against the engine backplate , this way I can put the engine and cockpit assembly in separately to ease painting and construction. Another prominent detail that needs making is the two intercoolers in the undercarriage bay. These fit just above the curved exhaust shrouds and are very visible through the round undercarriage openings.Heres a couple of pics ,cheers tonyView attachment 291123 View attachment 291124

 

[yak face]

Well its been a while since ive been able to get in the shed but ive managed to get a few days in recently. Further to the last post I had the tricky problem of trying to scratch the intercooler radiators. These are square but have prominent louvres /ridges see pic.of actual thing.View attachment 292343
This pic showing the rear of the engine also shows the triangular oil tank that fits between the top two bearers (more on that later). I thunked long and hard about how to fabricate the intercooler faces and eventually came upon the idea of using an old CD case . The edges of these are a ridged moulding perfect for the intercooler face , so off i went chopping up a CD case . The lower part was made by stretching some square section sprue from the spares box. I also had to cut out a hole for the intercooler exhaust in between the engine exhausts and make the connecting pipe and exhaust from styrene tube. heres the pics , thanks for looking in cheers tonyView attachment 292344View attachment 292345View attachment 292346View attachment 292347View attachment 292348View attachment 292349View attachment 292350View attachment 292351

 

[papa 695]

Just caught up on this one Tony, some outstanding work going int this.

 

[yak face]

Bit more done today . The scoop on top of the intake hasbeen drilled out and had an air inlet made from plastic card and fitted to the mouth of the intake.It just needs a little bit more smoothing round the edges with some vallejo putty. This will sit above the engine cylinders once the cowling is fitted.View attachment 292447View attachment 292448View attachment 292449View attachment 292450
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I next had the problem of making the triangular oil tank , a rounded shape not easy to fabricate from any sort of plastic . I didnt have anything big enough in the spares box to make it from solid plastic so came up with the idea of cutting it out of a wine cork . The one I used was quite dense and cut to shape and sanded up very easily. Any holes or cracks were filled with vallejo putty and wet sanded when dry before it received a few coats of halfords spray primer. Its now had the retaining straps and filler cap added from painted strips of tamiya tape and styrene rod . The feed pipe that will sit above the engine rear was made from fuse wire. Speaking of the rear of the engine I jazzed up this with various bits and fuse wire to give a rough impression of this area.View attachment 292452View attachment 292453View attachment 292454View attachment 292455View attachment 292456

 

[flyjoe180]

A resourceful solution Tony, using the spoils of Christmas

 

[yak face]

Well I've finally got back into the shed again , the cold weather and work keeping me out for what seems like ages. I've been working on the cockpit , adding lots of detail to the side consoles and general painting. Ive used the nail art caviar coloured balls from poundland for the various knobs to be found and plastic rod ,card and fuse wire and guitar string etc for the pipes and wires . The instrument panel has just had a careful paint job and was surprisingly accurate. The seat belts were an old MDC unpainted brass set I had so these were annealed ,primed and painted, the shoulder straps having to be cut to the top of the seat to give the impression they overlap and go behind. Ive shaded the area to the side of the seat to give the illusion that its not flat sided but once the fuselage is together this area cant be seen anyway. The top scoop on the cowling is done now also ,and the intercoolers and intercooler exhaust are finished. The undercarriage mechanism has been attached to the firewall and just needs a wash then the next step is fastening the fuselage halves together with all this lot inside. Then its the tricky job of sanding the seam without losing the rivets!View attachment 296228View attachment 296229View attachment 296230View attachment 296231View attachment 296232View attachment 296233View attachment 296234View attachment 296235View attachment 296236View attachment 296237View attachment 296238View attachment 296239View attachment 296240

 

[papa 695]

Very nice work Tony looking good.

 

[colin m]

A return to the shed. Did the spiders miss you ?
Anyway, all looking very nice. That cockpit has a nice 'old' look about it.

 

[flyjoe180]

Great to see this one back on the menu Tony, looking good

 

[stillp]

Very nice Tony!

Pete

 

[Ian M]

I was wondering what had happened to this. Glad to see it back on the bench.