Simulating a rotating prop

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Techniques
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Hi

I’m just planning out a dio and would want to simulate a engine runing(plane just about to take off).
Is there any good ideas how to make it look right?

I was thinking of using a disc of clear plastic an sand it down towrds the outer edge. Then airbrush a very thin coat of the color the propeller shoud have.
The spinner in this case is not a problem as it’s one solid color.

The scale is 1/48.

Michael

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Here you go, Michael.
If you want to check out how it looks on a finished model, just take a look at any of oldhooker’s posts. He has a picture of a kit that he used it on.
http://gunsagogo.org/propblur.jpg

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Thanks Randie, that was a very useful link. I have to try it out and see how it looks.

I was just playing around with one of my RC aircraft, spinning the prop at different speed to have look. It seems to be a constant blur around the whole circle, on a photo it seems that the shutter speed of the camera has a great affect on how it looks.

The best way seems to be trial and error :slight_smile:

I’ll post some pics when I get it done (will take some time to get to that stage of building)

Michael

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http://www.finescale.com/fsm/default.aspx?c=a&id=547
an excellent FSM article featured in the feature stories section to the left.
you need Acrbat Reader though.
hope it helps[:D]