Guest DannyVM Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Hello Guy's, time to give you a massive update, and it's all about the engine. I was already impressed by the quality of this kit, so once i started the work on the mighty Pratt & Whitney engine my expectations where very high. It's almost a shame to put this piece of art into the cowling of the Corsair, because the engine itself is a superb kit on it's own. First basic start of the whole engine was glueing the cilinder part's together. For the ignition system i used the nice Barracuda engine upgrade set. I choosed to open the cooling gills, so to add some detail i used the Eduard pe upgrade set. For the transfer pipes i also used Eduard pe. Some pieces glued together. It start to look like an engine. Exhaust pipes dry-fit to the fire-wall. The kit's engine is lacking the ignition cables, so it was necessary to make them myself. Eduard provide these in the pe set, but i chosed to make them from lead wire. After all was done, i gave the whole engine a dark wash. Front piece of the cowling, glued to the engine, together with the cooling gills. The inside of the cowling and cooling gills still needs to get a wash. Dry-fit onto the fuselage. Greetz Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark 'ozzy' Ostler Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Nice work Danny, how long did it take you to make all those brass pieces for engine cowl, looks time consuming to me. I'm sure it will really pay off in the long run as most work does. I for one can't wait to see the final outcome of this beast. I've decided to build my ZM owl as some aftermarket goodies have become available for purchase here in Australia. just waiting for the cockpit detail fret to arrive. Keep up the good work Dan, cheers Oz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DannyVM Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Nice work Danny, how long did it take you to make all those brass pieces for engine cowl, looks time consuming to me. I'm sure it will really pay off in the long run as most work does. I for one can't wait to see the final outcome of this beast. I've decided to build my ZM owl as some aftermarket goodies have become available for purchase here in Australia. just waiting for the cockpit detail fret to arrive. Keep up the good work Dan, cheers Oz Thank's Mark, Regarding the brass pieces, it took about one hour to make those pieces. They exists of 3 separate pe pieces that need's to glued together. The whole detailing of the cooling gills took about in time, 3 houres. Succes with the owl Greetz Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Danny, While I've now seen quite a few builds of this awesome kit, yours has to be the best I've seen so far. The cockpit and the engine are amazing! Thanks for sharing your build. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahunaminor Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Danny, Great work and an awesome tutorial! Many thanks for sharing it with us. Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DannyVM Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Thank's for the nice comment's. Greetz Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted November 20, 2016 Administrators Share Posted November 20, 2016 After all was done, i gave the whole engine a dark wash. Front piece of the cowling, glued to the engine, together with the cooling gills. The inside of the cowling and cooling gills still needs to get a wash. That is ONE sweet engine! Very convincing... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Hello Danny, nice progress in this build. Your work with the Cockpit and Engine look pretty well. Its a shame that almost everything of the detail is hidden. One remark about the inside color of the engine area, I believe that area should be painted interior green. The pinkish-salmon color which you really hit on the mark should be applied only in the area of the rear wheel and the inner wing structures. I build the Tamiya Corsair a while ago and really liked the kit. I decided to add a lot of AM like the Brassin Engine and Cockpit. The Resin-Cockpit is a piece of art and the engine as well but the latter turned into a little nightmare for me. After finishing and painting the engine i tried to fit it i the fuselage in a way that it would be possible to remove the engine cowlings and show the engine details. Even after thinning the original plastic cowlings it was impossible to get the result. I decided to give the Eduard PE cowlings a try and was bending and soldering with the result, that fit was good but there was no way to snap fit the cowling parts for easy removal. In the end I glued everything in place and was in a bad mood for days. Greetings Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DannyVM Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Hi Rob, first, i'm sorry that thing's didn't turned out the way they supposed to be, still, i hope you got an satisfied result. Second, about the inner cowling color, yes i know i made a mistake about the chose of color. Un-reversibele but not much will be seen at the end. It's a lesson learned isn't it Thank's for your nice comment, and feedback mate. Greetz Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis.E Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Hello Danny, Fantastic project and great tutorial Sir! I wouldn't loose too much sleep over the application or lack thereof of the anti corrosion inhibitor (pink stuff) applied to the airframe interior of this aircraft...who is to say it wasn't applied prior to the application of an exterior paint layer in much the same way as many more modern fighter aircraft...down here in Pacific regions Diurnal variations are significant, which together with engine oil, lubricants and coral dust would have reacted with top coats of paint to reveal primer/inhibitor coats (that would be my argument anyway!) Cheers, Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark 'ozzy' Ostler Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Thank's Mark, Regarding the brass pieces, it took about one hour to make those pieces. They exists of 3 separate pe pieces that need's to glued together. The whole detailing of the cooling gills took about in time, 3 houres. Succes with the owl Greetz Danny Thank's for the nice comment's. Greetz Danny I think I might have a spare cowl I could post to you if you would like, in Australia we get clear spares of the cowl to show the 'donk' if u like that sorta thing ( I don't ). Would be happy to give it to you if you want.... Oz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DannyVM Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Hello Danny, Fantastic project and great tutorial Sir! I wouldn't loose too much sleep over the application or lack thereof of the anti corrosioninhibitor (pink stuff) applied to the airframe interior of this aircraft...who is to say it wasn't applied prior to the application of an exterior paint layer in much the same way as many more modern fighter aircraft...down here in Pacific regions Diurnal variations are significant, which together with engine oil, lubricants and coral dust would have reacted with top coats of paint to reveal primer/inhibitor coats (that would be my argument anyway!) Cheers, Dennis Hi Dennis, thank's mate for the nice comment. I think I might have a spare cowl I could post to you if you would like, in Australia we get clear spares of the cowl to show the 'donk' if u like that sorta thing ( I don't ). Would be happy to give it to you if you want.... Oz First, Oz, thank's allot for the offering that's very kind of you. I got this clear cowl to, and i also am no fan of that sort of thing. But again, thank's allot for the offering. Greetz Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Hi Danny, how's progress with this one? I finally tracked down some of your Malheur champagne beer, wow it's lovely. I'm keeping the rest for when I'm off at Christmas so I can really enjoy them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DannyVM Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Hi Danny, how's progress with this one? I finally tracked down some of your Malheur champagne beer, wow it's lovely. I'm keeping the rest for when I'm off at Christmas so I can really enjoy them! Well, at the moment it's on a hold, due to the moving of my mother to her new apartment recently. At the moment i'm busy with the re-organisation of my modeling room, so the Corsair need's some time in it's box before it can come out. Great to know that you where able to find this delicious beer, and indeed this is a lovely gods drink isn't it Same here, i have a few bottles i will crack open on Christmas eve, some of my familie are dying to taste this, so that will be a nice surprise. Greetz Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Danny I love those cooling gills, you seem to be able to get those pe parts on very cleanly. I can never do that without glueing my fingers together. How do you apply the superglue? (by the way, it was nice meeting your on sunday) Cheers Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DannyVM Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Danny I love those cooling gills, you seem to be able to get those pe parts on very cleanly. I can never do that without glueing my fingers together. How do you apply the superglue?(by the way, it was nice meeting your on sunday) Cheers Cees Thank's Cees, and yes, the result look's good, but it's not without a punch Those little part's are so tiny, that sometimes they go their own way For glueing pe part's i mostly use a toothpick. Same for me also Cees, it was very nice to meet you. You and Jeroen did a very nice job with the HK stand. Greetz Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DannyVM Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Hi Guy's, it's bin a while since my last post about my Birdcage Corsair, so time to give you guy's some progress pic's. I wanted to get everything ready for painting, so i needed some work to do regarding glueing some part's. First the massive propeller. Stupid me, i forgot to place the poly-cap into the propeller hub No harm done, some extra drilling and the job was easily done. Dry-fit onto the engine. Next step, the landing gear and the Eduard Brassin wheels. Then, the painting, first the priming of the whole model. For this i used Alclad glossy black. Next, taking care of the fuselage underside and some other part's. For this i used the Mr. Paint color range. Now in between, this is just excellent paint, really top stuff. Then the upper sides of the fuselage and the wings. For the camo pattern is airbrushed everything free-hand. So i didn't use masking tape. "Marines Dream" was a heavily patched up plane, so the blue paint on the lighter sides of the fuselage isn't over spray but a rendition of how this plane could looked like. For this result i used the color profiles provided in the Barracuda decal set. Some pic's with the mighty P.W. engine dry-fitted onto the fuselage. Some pic's with the front cowl ring dry-fitted. Some pic's of the engine, completely covered with the engine cowl. And finally, something i always am afraid of, the painting of the canopy. This time, everything all went very well, so this is the result. I forgot to take pictures of the inside of the canopy, which was also painted. To mask the outside, i used the provided Tamiya masks, which are excellent. For the inside i used the new Tamiya masking tape for curves (the white one), and i can tell you guy's this is excellent stuff. Here are two photo's of the canopy and windscreen dry-fitted onto the fuselage. That's all for now, thank's guy's for watching. Greetz Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark 'ozzy' Ostler Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Nice paint so far Danny, canopy frame looks neat. How long did it take mask up the canopy frame interior? Your work has paid off nicely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DannyVM Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Nice paint so far Danny, canopy frame looks neat. How long did it take mask up the canopy frame interior? Your work has paid off nicely! Thank's Mark, about 2 houres Mark. It's a cheap methode, but i rather will go next time with the Montex masks. Greetz Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolboxx Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Very nice indeed, can't wait for next update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Looking great Danny. Think I must investigate those Mr Paints. They seem to get great reviews from everyone who has used them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DannyVM Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Very nice indeed, can't wait for next update Thank's mate, i hope i can put him today in the gloss coat, so he's ready for decaling this weekend. Looking great Danny. Think I must investigate those Mr Paints. They seem to get great reviews from everyone who has used them. Thank's mate, indeed, please do, this paint is really really good, i'm planning to order some more colors. Greetz Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DannyVM Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 A little update, today i finished the panel line wash. Next to do is painting some details, and the flat clear coat. For now, this is how it all look's when dry-fitted. Greetz Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
levier Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Fabulous Danny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DannyVM Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Thank's Mate. Greetz Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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