BlrwestSiR Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 1 hour ago, belugawhaleman said: It's actually four cylindered. There are eight screwed-in inserts on the en-bloc cylinder head. Each covers an engine valve. And four have places for spark plugs. That makes much more sense. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 42 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said: That makes much more sense. Some engines of the era were dual-ignitioned , then each of the inserts would have Spark plugs, but this would be more common in aicraft engines . 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 Some more progress on the Lancia armored car. I finished the chassis with engine, transmission and axles, sans exhaust and some weathering pending. I did test fitting the body parts and there is absolutely nothing to complain. The fit is great on the whole kit. I want to keep the body seperated for the delicate camo painting and that seems to work, when I use the base of the cabin with it and don't glue it onto the chassis now. From the interior, not much will be seen, so detailing and weathering will be only minimal. Cheers Rob 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 Rob Nice progress - chassis and engine look so good. This is one kit I can't wait to see the cammo work start. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 Great progress Rob. Looks to be a very well engineered kit. Carl 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 1 hour ago, DocRob said: Some more progress on the Lancia armored car. I finished the chassis with engine, transmission and axles, sans exhaust and some weathering Very nice Rob, never built copper State saw them at Telford one year. Looking forward to more ……. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Peterpools said: Nice progress - chassis and engine look so good. This is one kit I can't wait to see the cammo work start. 35 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said: Great progress Rob. Looks to be a very well engineered kit. 21 minutes ago, Bomber_County said: Very nice Rob, never built copper State saw them at Telford one year. Looking forward to more ……. Muchas gracias amigos, it is indeed a great designed kit with good fits. The manual is on par with WNW or even a tad better, as it shows rigging (not in my case) and wiring on the engine in detail. I really like CSM kits and have more than a handful in Stash. There are the Caudron G.III and Nieuport in 32 scale, the Dolphin and the Armstrong-Whitworth F.K.8 in 48 scale and 35 scale armored car kits, like the Belgian Minerva, the Austro Hungarian Romfell and the Lancia as the first one I build. CSM is about to release the Ehrhardt E/V-4 M.1917 armored car, which was used in the troublesome years of the early Twenties in my old hometown of Berlin, so it is another must for me, maybe with a little dio. @Peterpools: Like you, I'm waiting to see, how my plan for the camo works out. If it fails, I may change for another scheme, but is fail an option ...? Cheers Rob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 I like it ! ......harv 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 Rob "... but is fail an option...." nope 😉 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 On 9/3/2022 at 11:57 AM, Martinnfb said: Which plane is this? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 12 hours ago, DocRob said: Some more progress on the Lancia armored car. I finished the chassis with engine, transmission and axles, sans exhaust and some weathering pending. I did test fitting the body parts and there is absolutely nothing to complain. The fit is great on the whole kit. I want to keep the body seperated for the delicate camo painting and that seems to work, when I use the base of the cabin with it and don't glue it onto the chassis now. From the interior, not much will be seen, so detailing and weathering will be only minimal. Cheers Rob I also have one of CSM Lancias. I am admittedly a little intimidated by the CSM kits. How is the fit? Yours is looking great BTW. Glad to see you're building this kit and I'll follow your progress. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 10, 2022 Author Share Posted September 10, 2022 1/24 A6M2 , Trumpeter 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 14 hours ago, belugawhaleman said: How is the fit? I quote myself here Paul On 9/10/2022 at 2:18 PM, DocRob said: Muchas gracias amigos, it is indeed a great designed kit with good fits. The manual is on par with WNW or even a tad better, as it shows rigging (not in my case) and wiring on the engine in detail. I really like CSM kits and have more than a handful in Stash. There are the Caudron G.III and Nieuport in 32 scale, the Dolphin and the Armstrong-Whitworth F.K.8 in 48 scale and 35 scale armored car kits, like the Belgian Minerva, the Austro Hungarian Romfell and the Lancia as the first one I build. CSM is about to release the Ehrhardt E/V-4 M.1917 armored car, which was used in the troublesome years of the early Twenties in my old hometown of Berlin, so it is another must for me, maybe with a little dio. Cheers Rob 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 4 hours ago, DocRob said: I quote myself here Paul Cheers Rob Looking forward to the Ehrhardt from CSM as well. Definitely on my list. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 The Lancia is shaping up. I painted the inside of the engine cowlings and glued them to the frame, except one panel, which will be opened after painting the body. I did some detail painting on the interior and some light weathering on the floor and chassis. The interior will be almost invisible, even with the open door on one side, so detailing is sufficient. I wanted to leave the body and the engine cowling removable for easier painting of the camo, but that didn't work due to many parts to align. Cheers Rob 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Rob Nice steady progress and I completely agree the detailing looks just fine for what can be seen after the body shell is in place. Looking forward to the cammo painting stage - going to be a lot of fun.😉 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Close to the painting stage now with the Lancia. The body panels fit like a glove, kudos to Copper State. I left the rear part and turret unglued for now, as I don't want to mess around with protruding machine guns while masking and painting. For airbrushing, the front fenders are only loosely attached, as are the rear fenders, which will not accept the wheels, when finally glued in place. Cheers Rob 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Looks great Rob. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 What happened here? Has Lancia build the new Batmobile? Sorry but nope, I primed the car with Mr. Surfacer and airbrushed Tamiya's semi-gloss black lacquer paint for my camo experiment. As a testbed, I also sprayed the quark pot the same way. I will try to apply the thin curved lines with a Molotow masking pen, then spraying the first camo color (green) and last the second (sand) after masking again with liquid masks. So far the approach, let's see how it works. Cheers Rob 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 22 minutes ago, DocRob said: What happened here? Has Lancia build the new Batmobile? Sorry but nope, I primed the car with Mr. Surfacer and airbrushed Tamiya's semi-gloss black lacquer paint for my camo experiment. As a testbed, I also sprayed the quark pot the same way. I will try to apply the thin curved lines with a Molotow masking pen, then spraying the first camo color (green) and last the second (sand) after masking again with liquid masks. So far the approach, let's see how it works. Cheers Rob Actually, it'd look VERY cool as a Batmobile ! Hubert 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Rob You're flying through the build and the Lancia is looking so good. Priming is as smooth as silk and a great idea priming the lid and having a test bed for the camo to practice on. Being able to add the MGs after painting as is huge plus for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 23 hours ago, HubertB said: Actually, it'd look VERY cool as a Batmobile ! Indeed Hubert, but my favorite Batmobile space is occupied by this cool fellow. Every time, I see the Romfell in my stash, I have steam punk in my mind and maybe I do some scratchwork with this and make something batish out of it. Cheers Rob 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 50 minutes ago, DocRob said: Indeed Hubert, but my favorite Batmobile space is occupied by this cool fellow. Every time, I see the Romfell in my stash, I have steam punk in my mind and maybe I do some scratchwork with this and make something batish out of it. Cheers Rob That definitely screams Batmobile in a steampunk style. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Love steampunk !....harv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 So far so bad, it seems, I have to settle with a different paint scheme or a different approach with the Lancia. I tried all my masking fluids and had nothing positive to show for, but lots of problems applying them. This is how the Molotow masking pens showed, unusable. The ragged outline is no splatter or sputter, it's adhesion, which shows some seconds after application That's what I tried. A little better than the Molotow's was only the Abteilung 502 masking fluid applied with a brush. Very tedious and not satisfactory in the end. Besides, the blue fluid dries near transparent onto the black background, which makes it hard to see later. Worst was like every time I tried the Micro Mask liquid, which left marks on the base layer . This bottle is history. Cheers Rob 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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