From what, you ask? Well, today, I decided to detail the engine for my Tamiya Corsair. The engine is the famous “Double Wasp” and is pretty well represented in the kit. However, I wanted to add a little more. Fuel and Electric lines did the trick. I used a thin copper wire I found around the house. Most of the wire was painted AFTER it was bent into shape, so it was a little nerve racking. But Everything went OK. Well, here it is!
Please feel free to tell me how to improve, I have a sneaking suspicion that this kind of thing will be happening to all my radial engines[}:)]
Hey Radmax that is one good lookin engine!!![2c]
Very nice work, Rad! After all that wiring, your eyes have earned a rest! [:)] It’s gonna look great on your bent-winged bird! Keep us updated, K? I love that kit…can’t wait to see how she turns out, and based on what I’ve seen so far, I got a feeling she’s gonna look awesome! [tup]
looks good, and was well worth the work in my opinion.
jim
Thanks guys! I think it was definately worth all the work. I’m really proud of it, it’s DEFINATELY the best engine I’ve ever done (the last radial I did I painted gloss black with a gray crank case). I’ve decided that painting radials tamiya’s shade of gunmetal is definately the best route. It’s metalic, but in the grooves it looks dark, so it’s already nicely detailed! I’ll definately keep you guys updated, once I slap some primer on her i’ll show!
Looks great radmax, that kind of detail, although tedious, will be rewarding in the end. Great job.
Jerry
I was just a tad quicker! Hehe Thanks a bunch, Jerry!
Hey - nice job.
Radials can always get a little touch up to improve their looks. It sure is a tedious job to add detail to the ignition harness and cylinder heads - especially if you paint AFTER adding the detail… Well done.
But adding fuel lines is probably not quite technically correct…on radials the fuel is fed into a housing on the back of the engine (not unlike the way a two stroke lawnmower feeds the fuel into the cylinder via the crankcase) and is then fed into the cylinder heads through large diameter tubes…have a look at the pic taken by Gary Brossett of the back of a Wright Cyclone R2600 and you can see the exhaust outlets, as well as the intake manifolds that feed the front and rear banks with the fuel/air charge.
This detail is rarely provided with radial engine models, as you normally just can’t see it.
So adding fuel lines is probably effort that you don’t need to spend your time on…use that time to detail other bits!
Well done - and I hope you post more pics of the Tamiya Corsair as you move along with the build.
Thanks for sharing.
Not bad, not bad at all. I’m sure that will add significantly to your build.
Lee, thanks for the tip. However, as much as I love loud engines and cars and planes, I know a surprisingly small amout aboe engines. It’s almost embarassing. I thought the black lines were the fuel lines in this photo, since the rustic looking lines are obviously spark plugs (i hope!)
Maybe the black line is a water injection line, since it’s a P&W R-2800-W, which used water injection to boost HP…
Radmax,
I think what you’re looking at are two different tipes if ignition wires…one appears to be gutta-percha and the other a rubber or plastic coated line.
Note that many radials had two spark plugs - one on the front of the cylinder head and one on the back side.
Or maybe you’re right about the water injection…I’m not sure.
Anyway, make sure you post pics of your Corsair.
RadMax,
You have a knack of making a component of an a/c into a kit itself, and that is what makes your builds so great! That P&W is looking sweet! Keep the pics coming, and thanks for sharing!
Brian [C):-)]
WoW! it looks great!
I’ve been planning on detailing my f4u-1’s engine, and I already did my -1D’s, AND I have a -1A in the mail, so I’ll have to detail that one too. AAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!Well, at least I have the pics of yours to go from ,and I know your pain![:D] I don’t know what’s come over me… I’ve gotten into a corsair-building-binge: 3 tamiya ones, I’m thinking about a hasegawa or revell-germany -7, maybe modifying a -7 to an AU-1, trying to find a -4 and -5, looking for a1:48 F2G, and (thankfully) I turned down a free 1:72 testors kit yesterday (I did NOT feel like correcting it, cleaning it up, detailing it, fixing the fit problems, etc…) I did get a few free decals (insignia, numbers, etc) and a revell 1:25 '69 mustang[8D], though it’s missing the interior[:(!]
Keep us posted with the build, I’m sure it’ll look great! (by the way, what are you thinking about for a scheme?)