LOL! "entombed"! Play funeral dirge here...
Never was a more beautiful OOB cockpit ever buried in such a fine 'coffin'. I love it!
You got this Kenny!
From Kenny X’s Shelf Of Doom
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Duke Maddog
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Virtuoso of Miniatures
"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with 'till you understand who's in ruttin' command!"
-Jayne Cobb, Firefly Episode 2 "The Train Job"
We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.
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BlackSheep214
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It's so beautiful, I could cry. Awesome work, Kenny!!!
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Re: From Kenny X’s Shelf Of Doom
HAHAHAAAA! Thank you fellas!
I got a few minor fills and some sanding to do on Black 1. I didn’t feel like doing that today. Felt like working on Marga a little bit! Check her out:
The mounting arms are dry-fit on there, and I have to tighten up the paint on the tanks a little bit. Also, I’ve been kicking around some ideas for the plumbing, making it out of stretched sprue and making it modular in design, so that it comes off when the top of the engine + mounting arms + gun deck assembly comes off in order to display it with the cowling closed. I bought some solder in various sizes, but man oh man it ain’t malleable enough for this application -in my opinion- and I have no idea how I’d attach two pieces of solder together. With stretched sprue you can use Tamiya Extra Thin. Here’s a mock-up from yesterday, starboard side plumbing:
On we plow!
I got a few minor fills and some sanding to do on Black 1. I didn’t feel like doing that today. Felt like working on Marga a little bit! Check her out:
The mounting arms are dry-fit on there, and I have to tighten up the paint on the tanks a little bit. Also, I’ve been kicking around some ideas for the plumbing, making it out of stretched sprue and making it modular in design, so that it comes off when the top of the engine + mounting arms + gun deck assembly comes off in order to display it with the cowling closed. I bought some solder in various sizes, but man oh man it ain’t malleable enough for this application -in my opinion- and I have no idea how I’d attach two pieces of solder together. With stretched sprue you can use Tamiya Extra Thin. Here’s a mock-up from yesterday, starboard side plumbing:
On we plow!
Kenny X
Head Mother Trucker In-Charge @ Kenny X’s Reichs Winzigkleines Flugzeugewerks *and now* Airboat Records, too!
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That's looking damn good Kenny. Interesting idea to make the plumbing removable.
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Odin's sons... Attack!
Unleash hell! Do not repent! Warfare grants us no lament
Let your weapons slash and tear This is no place for fear
Hold the lines! Move as one! In unity our victory's won
Our shields will form a mighty wall
United we shall never fall
Re: From Kenny X’s Shelf Of Doom
Thanks Clint!
One thing though- it’s “sort of” removable. It’ll be affixed to the mounting arms, like on the genuine article, and it’ll all come off together when the subassembly that makes up the “top” of the motor, mounting arms, and gun deck are removed.
It’d be a lot easier if I could just affix it all to the motor it’s self somehow, but then switching any tine I want to closed cowling display wouldn’t work.
It’s actually been really fun to think on and try to engineer a way to work with it!
One thing though- it’s “sort of” removable. It’ll be affixed to the mounting arms, like on the genuine article, and it’ll all come off together when the subassembly that makes up the “top” of the motor, mounting arms, and gun deck are removed.
It’d be a lot easier if I could just affix it all to the motor it’s self somehow, but then switching any tine I want to closed cowling display wouldn’t work.
It’s actually been really fun to think on and try to engineer a way to work with it!
Kenny X
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Love the Daimler Benz 605 engine... especially the stencils!
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Medicman71
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Man that looks cool! Have you thought of using lead wire instead?
Mike
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Re: From Kenny X’s Shelf Of Doom
As I said earlier, I bought some for this application, but these things are segmented and fused together in various places, and I have no idea how I’d go about attaching them if I used the wire. Sprue is easy- Tamiya Extra Thin. Also, the lead wire/solder I bought isn’t malleable enough after all, I’ve discovered. It keeps breaking when I bend it at right angles. So I dislike it.
Kenny X
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Stikpusher
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Try copper wire or brass rod. Both are very malleable. I don’t think that aluminum rod is available in that small of gauge.
I used copper and aluminum here on my T-55 for fuel lines on the external tanks.
I used copper and aluminum here on my T-55 for fuel lines on the external tanks.
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