DocRob

Thanks Peter, I thought wiring is tougher than it really is and is taking no more than three or four (intense ) hours. The most difficult part is the drilling of the ignition ring, because the part is thin and holds the steering tubes for the valves as obstacles. Copper or lead, I think booth are good, but for different reasons. Lead is easier to bend, where copper has a better stability once glued. Cheers Rob

Thanks Phil, can't wait to see your P&W 2800. Wiring is easier than thought. Should have known by the time I built my Birdcage Corsair with a Brassin engine and the enclosed (soso) PE-wiring. Cheers Rob

Welcome to LS, I'm sure you found the right place, seeing what you've done with that Fury. The finish looks great and setting and photos are as well. Make yourself comfortable here . Cheers Rob

Thanks Gentlemen, until now this is a real pleasure build and a good time to test some new (at least to me) stuff like wiring a radial engine. Cheers Rob

Almost there with the engine. I added a dot of buff color to resemble the spark plugs and will do ones more to alter the diameter of the wire where the plug is. After some touch ups I call the engine done, shame that I have no P&W logo left. Cheers Rob

Phew, done for the day. Even with a magnifier optic it's quite a task to wire that engine. In all the wiring takes maybe two hours and it actually works, but afterwards you should give your eyes some rest. I used CA glue to attach the pre cut wires to the ignition ring, added some CA with the tip of a toothpick, just to be sure and pulled on every wire to stretch and to test the bond. With pulling the wires a little to the frontend, it was possible to pre paint them. I hope the Colours will stay in place while attaching the loose ends to the spark plug holes. Cheers Rob Bad hair day for the engine without paint With blackened wires hull red connectors and chrome silver attachment points

I can tell you, here in Spain they have the coldest light ever emitted on that planet. It seems that the average kelvin rating is about 20k , you are instantly frozen just by looking at. It took us a while to import all the necessary LED bulbs with 'luz caliente' (warm light). Cheers Rob

Great Gaz, I like that brick-wall-camo, but what will disguise them in a forest ? Concerning the mufflers I'm not an expert, but was an engineer and on places where heat, water and dust meet steel, the paint will have a hard time to stay in place and corrosion is about to start. Don't want to be smart mouthed, but I'm German (heel click ) and have to tell you its only a Sturmpanzer without the dots on the 'u'. Cheers Rob

For the not so gifted ones there is an alternative, but it is no match to yours Kent, by far. https://www.artesanialatina.net/en/heritage-collection/57262-wooden-model-fokker-dr-i-red-baron-airplane.html Cheers Rob

Great build, great result. The finish is exceptional and mouth watering. Have to open the box of mine, juuuust open... Cheers Rob

Guys you're killing me and my provision from big T , I wonder what you have in mind when I recommend their great magnifying glasses . Cheers Rob

Hi David, like your car top set up a lot and the results are good too. The Lanc is looking great with that light of the setting sun, very natural and the shadows look convincing. The second has a bit too much foreground for my liking and the colours are fading a little to the gray side. It has it's atmosphere, but a little more colour saturation wood enhance the picture, maybe with the help of some spot metering. I as a nearly livelong available light and landscape photographer found it really hard to adopt to modelling photography. I still haven't mastered to get good photos and because of that I'm toying with the thought to start a thread for those of you who want to enhance your photo skills with the critique of the fellow LSM crowd. It should not be about the quality of the model, but the image. But I have to think about the concept a little further. I use a Lumix as well, combined with lots of different lenses, but my main piece of glass is a 90 mm (45mm in Micro 4/3) macro lens, because you get pretty (ugly in times) close and the focal angle is almost distortion free. Cheers Rob

Watch out Ernie, we had quiet some Kalima (Hot storm from the African desert with lots of sand in it) the last three days and lost some trees in the garden, but I had a great surf with my son, because of the big waves. Stay safe and avoid flying obsacles. Cheers Rob

Quite a year you had, nice output and nice photos too. Compared to you I seem to be to easy to distract from the workbench. Cheers Rob

Our son visited us for Christmas on our tiny island and that meant surfing in a fat southeast swell the last two days. I'm broken as I'm not 23 anymore like him. You see Carl, it seemingly never stops with that (positive) stress with the children. But right now we bring him to the airport and that's not so easy too. Cheers Rob

Feliz Navidad, you are a great bunch of guys and I wish you all the best for you and your families and the plastic as well. Cheers Rob

With some thoughtful use of this https://ak-interactive.com/product/oil-and-grease-stain-mixture-75ml/ you will achieve masterful results. Cheers Rob

Popcorn time, I love your project Kent. Some month ago I thought about something similar but shied back because I questioned my ability and stored the idea in a very remote area of my brain. Cheers Rob

Thanks, looks good to my eye, I gonna place an order and be a member of the RBiveters . Cheers Rob

Nice save Ernie, are these the RB riveting results? Looks good to me. Cheers Rob

Nice Zim-job, can't wait to see the big Bär painted. Cheers Rob

Nice Ernie, but it would be good to show some of the results. I'd like to compare them to my cheap Trumpy riveter. Maybe you make me a believer too and it's the beginning of a new cult . Cheers Rob

Feliz Navidad Ivan, to complete the picture with my adopted Spanish heritage. Tons of luck for move to the other side of the world. Cheers Rob

Great result with that low silhouetted hunter. Nice paintjob and weathering. Have to build one of my IV derivates, but have the not so low variant in my stash. Cheers Rob

Epic, love the car door for better visibility of the working place. Nice and subtle weathered finish. Cheers Rob