harv Posted September 11, 2018 Posted September 11, 2018 I know how much work it is, but it will be so worth it when done. Keep up the fight Pete !......Harv
PeteF Posted September 12, 2018 Author Posted September 12, 2018 Spent all day trying to create a workable rivet solution...then saw this picture of a Tamiya Mosquito and gave up. Without a useable way to do rows of rivets at the same time there’s no way in my skill set :( 4
PeteF Posted September 12, 2018 Author Posted September 12, 2018 Day 2 of trying to figure out the rivets. Might be on to something. Using a sharp punch to make a small hole then a 1/8 punch with a malet to dent around it. 4
Bomber_County Posted September 12, 2018 Posted September 12, 2018 Big respect Peter, looking good.... 2
PeteF Posted September 12, 2018 Author Posted September 12, 2018 One of the keys was using a clump of stickem to support the compound curved plastic. This goes pretty fast actually...marked the rivet spacing on the tape. A side benefit is the line of punched rivets creates an easy stressed skin look! Pretty happy with this. 2
PeteF Posted September 12, 2018 Author Posted September 12, 2018 Took maybe an hour to do this side. 4
Wingco57 Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 In that scale it really works. Impressive result on those rivets. Cees 1
Jeff Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 Here is a pic of the Nacelle we have for our Mosquito that is under restoration in Alberta, Canada, if it is of any help.... Jeff 3
PeteF Posted September 13, 2018 Author Posted September 13, 2018 20 minutes ago, Jeff said: Here is a pic of the Nacelle we have for our Mosquito that is under restoration in Alberta, Canada, if it is of any help.... Jeff Thanks Jeff, that is helpful I found another photo which might also be of your Mossie. All references are helpful as there’s a shortage of detailed 3-views with rivets. 1
Jeff Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 Not our Mossie, Peter, we can only wish we were that far along...... that is a great pic, love the internals.... 1
Peterpools Posted September 13, 2018 Posted September 13, 2018 Peter Nice going with the rivet work - sure looks good. I know it's a bit to late, but take a look at the various Rosie the Riveters. I have about 6 different ones now and they are excellent. They also carry riveters that make double and triple sets of rows. Keep 'em comin Peter 1
PeteF Posted September 13, 2018 Author Posted September 13, 2018 35 minutes ago, Peterpools said: Peter Nice going with the rivet work - sure looks good. I know it's a bit to late, but take a look at the various Rosie the Riveters. I have about 6 different ones now and they are excellent. They also carry riveters that make double and triple sets of rows. Keep 'em comin Peter I tried...the largest one they make is 1mm and it was about half the size I needed and barely made a dent in the plastic. From a couple of days of searching the internet, the rivet tools/decals etc end at 1/32 scale. 1
PeteF Posted September 14, 2018 Author Posted September 14, 2018 I only have patience to rivet one side of one nacelle today so I went back and finished scratch building the detail on the right side of the engines. 5
BlrwestSiR Posted September 14, 2018 Posted September 14, 2018 Just catching up obtaining your build Pete and it's mighty impressive. I'll have to check my tools but I think Hasegawa might make a larger rivet tool . Carl 2
DocRob Posted September 14, 2018 Posted September 14, 2018 Whoa, nice work on the engine, makes me want to start my Tamiya one. Impressive use of differnt techniques, terrific. Cheers Rob 1
PeteF Posted September 14, 2018 Author Posted September 14, 2018 2 hours ago, DocRob said: Whoa, nice work on the engine, makes me want to start my Tamiya one. Impressive use of differnt techniques, terrific. Cheers Rob I've spent a lot of time looking at the Tamiya kit for reference...and the aftermarket engine kits. That is a really beautiful model. I'm finding the Airfix one is a good blank canvas...it has decent detail in some areas and NO detail in others...which is fine as long as you want to wrestle with scratch-building all the detail. The Tamiya kit has all the detail so looks like an enjoyable model build without having to do all the extra work. 4
PeteF Posted September 14, 2018 Author Posted September 14, 2018 Got some resin tires and more stencil decals from Barracuda today. Also made the rear gear door springs by winding .010 lead wire around .02 lead wire. 6
BlrwestSiR Posted September 16, 2018 Posted September 16, 2018 The gear is coming out really well. For springs, check out Wave as they make springs in various diameters and sizes. I've used them on a couple builds. Carl 1
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