Nothing super exciting but here’s a little work finished on the Corsair. I wanted to practice and experiment with getting color variations and the cockpit walls presented a good opportunity. Put down green/yellow first and then sprayed thin layers of cockpit green. Worked ok. Not much will be seen so I went with it. Picked salmon pink primer for the rear tail assembly. I believe some Corsairs had this color. Also, for two months I’ve been spraying black and interior green so it’s a nice change. picked out details for the walls. Turned out pretty good. The Barracuda set helped this along. I did forget to cut off two protrusions on the wall. Oh well. First time using powders for weathering some exhaust. I’m a fan. The plate behind the exhaust was weathered with AK engine grease wash.
Next up the radial engine. Having some difficulties wiring the thing.
Thanks for looking and please criticize something I could have done better.
Holy cow! You’re even pre-shading your interior?! You just keep raising the bar, Paul. Very nice work!
About the engine wiring. What kind of wire are you using for that? If you’re not already, I highly recommend getting some dead soft copper wire for jewelry. That makes a huge difference in how formable it is and how well it holds its shape.
I’m using this .32 gauge wire I got from the vape store. I also have .26 but I think the .32 is more in scale. It’s fairly easy to bend but it looks kinda clumsy on the ends going into the cylinder. I currently have it wired one wire per ring end. I think it should be two. I’m not against pulling them out and starting again. It’s my first go at this and I’m in no hurry. Should I install than paint? Is there a need to paint using copper?
Thanks Eagle. I’ll post a picture here in a moment. I’m looking forward to reading any comments you can provide after you see it.
Not terrible but it can be better. See what I mean by clumsy? I’m working on the rear cylinders now. I think the wires not attach go there.
Thanks for taking a look Eagle. Of course I’m open to anyone that has additional comments or helpful criticism.
I see what you’re talking about. I’m thinking the wire you’re working with is too stiff, so you’re not quite able to get it to lay the way you want it to. I was actually using motor-winding wire to begin with for my K-36D leg restraint lanyards because I thought it was fine and soft enough to use for that. Turns out it was really easy to bend and to work with, but it was so stiff I couldn’t get it lay just right…it had a tendency to kind of spring back a little bit from where I’d set it. I ended up getting an assortment of dead soft jewelry wire from Amazon, and that worked a lot better. Here’s a link to what I got if you want to give it a try. The set I got only goes as fine as 28 gauge, but I’m pretty sure you can find other assortments that go finer.
I painted mine before bending and putting in place (after priming them with Mr. Metal Primer of course), but that was because the lanyards in the real thing are a grey color. If you’re looking for more of a stainless steel or aluminum look, you can always tin the copper wire with solder before bending and attaching. Not sure how you are with a soldering iron, but tinning copper with one is really easy, especially if you dip the wire in some liquid flux first.
Nothing super exciting but here’s a little work finished on the Corsair. I wanted to practice and experiment with getting color variations and the cockpit walls presented a good opportunity. Put down green/yellow first and then sprayed thin layers of cockpit green. Worked ok. Not much will be seen so I went with it. Picked salmon pink primer for the rear tail assembly. I believe some Corsairs had this color. Also, for two months I’ve been spraying black and interior green so it’s a nice change. picked out details for the walls. Turned out pretty good. The Barracuda set helped this along. I did forget to cut off two protrusions on the wall. Oh well. First time using powders for weathering some exhaust. I’m a fan. The plate behind the exhaust was weathered with AK engine grease wash.
I’m using this .32 gauge wire I got from the vape store. I also have .26 but I think the .32 is more in scale. It’s fairly easy to bend but it looks kinda clumsy on the ends going into the cylinder. I currently have it wired one wire per ring end. I think it should be two. I’m not against pulling them out and starting again. It’s my first go at this and I’m in no hurry. Should I install than paint? Is there a need to paint using copper?
Not terrible but it can be better. See what I mean by clumsy? I’m working on the rear cylinders now. I think the wires not attach go there.