mustang1989

Thanks Daniel. The 1/24 Trumpter 109 I finished about 2 years ago and I was really happy with it. Being my first all out build I constantly think about things I could have pulled off differently but I look upon it as a decent build. Luftwaffe builds are my home base in modeling. Here she is. At the time I was still learning the camera. I need to take some updated photos with my current photo shooting knowledge.

Thanks Lee! Say that's what I was talking about with the branch off's. Central split though...............hmm..............lemme look at my reference again to see what you're talking about.

Look's like they are coming along nicely. Detroit would be proud!

Thanks Dan! I had to make some tweaks this morning so that the air cleaner would fit over the wires and got that behind me......thankfully! Carl: Thanks for your comments too and yes I airbrushed them. Although I'm happy with the outcome of the wheels , I think I'm going to use Jim Daniels method of brushing the Model Master Metalizer paint on next time around. Ok for today's update. I only had about an hour this morning at the bench but I did manage to get started on the fuel line. I used a piece of solder to form the shape of the line initially and then used it as a template for a more rigid copper wire. The fuel filter is a piece of resin stock I had laying around. I simply cut the length I needed and drilled a hole through it and ran it through the copper wire halfway through the shaping process. I still have to clean the filter up and re-tweak the fuel line in a couple of places....namely the line to fuel pump connection but here's where its at right now. I've got plans for the other two branch off's at the carbs. Then there's the shot at the fuel pump. I don't like the fact that when I'm working on one area it always seems like I end up bumping something or needing to touch up things but "it is what it is". I knocked the alternator wiring loose at the back of the alternator. I aint touchin' it for repairs until I get this and the heater hoses done.

I'm tuned in!

Keep it comin' Ryan. Lookin' great!

Thanks Lee! I still have a little ways to go with this 24th scale stuff. lol I appreciate the "atta boy" on the engine Tim! I have some tweeking to go with the wires so the air cleaner fits right but it should be ok. More coming tomorrow morning..............

Thanks Jim! I'll be jotting that down in the "little black book".

Well this morning I got up (at 2:45 a.m.), and after feeding my dogs and letting them out , started finishing up the wiring. While it isn't all I'd hoped for, it didn't turn out as bad as it could have. I installed the exhaust manifolds as well. I may try to play around with the natural "lay" and "droop" of the wires some more.Time to start working on fuel lines next..... and then I painted the tires with Polly S acrylic silver and removed the masks and did a test fit into one of the rear tires. I am NOT disappointed here!

and I was just gonna ask for a sound clip! The video sounds like a much better idea.

This work is in a class by itself!

Thanks Carl!!! 'Preciate it there Dan! I have a slew of those syringes so why not make use of it. lol

Thanks Jim for the encouragement! I managed to mask off the wheels this morning...... I also did a little pre-shading in the form of a dark wash around the lugnuts and center cap. I'll see how this turns out after a light coat of paint. If it doesn't work out I'll hit it with a light wash in those areas. I'll apply a little silly putty around the edge of the wheels before painting. For now these are set aside for the wash to dry. Now here came the tricky part after mounting the distributor and wires. I needed a third hand to hold the engine assy while I bent the wires without making them look like a bent up mess. It took me a few minutes in thought over a cup of coffee while petting "idiot 1" (see previous posts for meaning) but I came up with this: The sacrificial syringe tube. Hell I use the needles for gun barrels on my quick builds (quick meaning two months as opposed to 8+ months for the long builds) so why not make use of the rest of the thing? I think I can wire this up now without damaging any of the rest of the detail I have on the engine and it still be held in place good. Now I'm just waiting on the glue to dry for distributor mounting and I'll go to work........................

Imagination here=

I don't know any other word to use but................convincing! You and the BMF are hand in hand. Pure magic!

You've got my interest here. I've read up on this before and while I don't tint my paint with the prescribed amount of white I do, add a drop or so of grey to my final clear flat coat on military stuff. I wouldn't think you'd have to add scale effect on a car though. Watching......

That engine looks like it's coming right along Tim! That distributor must have really made things a little more convenient and sped the wiring process up a bit.

Thanks Tom. I ordered 'em today but they aint gonna be here til the 29th of December.

Thanks Tim! My dogs............................commonly referred to as "idiot 1" and "idiot 2" do ANYTHING but sleep soundly. What I'd give for 7+ hours of uninterrupted sleep.........Zzz.. Idiot 1 (aka Sweet Pea) and Idiot 2 (aka Bear) next to my son Joseph

Man I hate that when that happens. That's a good lookin' C4 though and looks to be worth the effort. I also hear you on the benchtime. My wife recently started using the "spare room", which is where my bench is , for Santa's freekin' work shop and politely told me that I could have my room back next week. What...............ever! I made sure that she understood that my half of that room was to remain untouched. lol

I agree with this to a point. I just recently dove into car modeling and build nothing but military stuff and have actually tried a really light application of wash/ tint not to make 'em look dirty but to give a slight shadow effect or to bring out detail in a subtle way. But then again you did say "some of the techniques".

Note to self...."Use Citadel washes!" Thanks for that Matt and Steve!

I guess I need to get a set of PE wire looms.......................I KNEW I was forgetting something.....................

'Preciate it Lee! Well I got up this morning and completed the distributor build up with plug wires and boots. It's my first attempt at this I'll rate it a "so-so" job. With more practice I should get better at it though. Thanks to freakshow12 (aka Fred) for showing me the technique. The focus is now turned to how I'm going to contort these wires to have a natural "droop" to them rather than looking like bent up wire........

That airbrush looks like it would be alot of fun!Will be watching this build.