shawngehling
Active member
I'm not a big airplane fan, but this is great...
Wow, that's a lot of detail.
Shawn
Wow, that's a lot of detail.
Shawn
-
Modelers Alliance has updated the forum software on our website. We have migrated all post, content and user accounts but we could not migrate the passwords.
This requires that you manually reset your password.
Please click here, http://modelersalliance.org/forums/login to go to logon page and use the "Forgot your Password" option.
1/32 P-38M "M" for madness
- Thread starter dirtball
- Start date
good clean cut. looking forward to seeing how this builds up. I love this aircraft but think that 1:32 would be a bit daunting. What's the span on this Harv?
About 20 inches I think. Pretty dang wide!
:huh: OK, I got the resin engine today from Engines and things and good news, not so good news. It is a good representation of the real deal, but it is an old mold (it appears) . It is much more to scale than the kit. This means its much longer. Seems Trump shrunk their engine to fit the booms(?). So the new one wont quite fit. After examining both, my plan will to be- cut the rear detail off the resin one and attach to the kit one. This will save not only time, but very limited space. The one spot the kit engine shines over the resin one, is the intakes on top. Trump did a good job. The resin ones ore to flat and 1 dimensional. SOOOO, the work continues.
Please, if you have any comments, please do. I can use all the help I can get. TIA.............Harv :woohoo:
Please, if you have any comments, please do. I can use all the help I can get. TIA.............Harv :woohoo:
Sorry to read it is too large. Can't blame Engines and Things. As for it being an old mold, I have not seen any new releases from them in a loooooooonnnnnnnng time so anything is old molds. Yet, you must admit the detail is not bad (other than the intakes on top). Isn't the accessory box, at the rear, a separate part?
Regards,
Regards,
Does that mean you're going to have to push back the firewall and rework the motor mounts?
I am sure the resin engine is the correct (or at least closer to correct) size. Look carefully at the accessory pack. On the R-2800 and R-2600 engines I have from them, it had the same appearance (of a stub) but this was actually a pin from the accessory pack inserted into the radial. It took a little sweat but I separated them.
Regards,
Regards,
Re:1/32 P-38M
moon puppy wrote:
MP, I posted ( a couple weeks ago) pics of what I did to the fire wall. I had already started the rework on both. In moving the firewall back, I will have to modify ( lengthen) the motor cradle arms I moved the wall back to just behind the open panel. Wear it sat before was right in the middle of the open panel............Harv :woohoo:
moon puppy wrote:
MP, I posted ( a couple weeks ago) pics of what I did to the fire wall. I had already started the rework on both. In moving the firewall back, I will have to modify ( lengthen) the motor cradle arms I moved the wall back to just behind the open panel. Wear it sat before was right in the middle of the open panel............Harv :woohoo:
Re:1/32 P-38M
:idonno Well I dood it. Cut the back detail off and dry fit. I really think this will work out OK. The important thing is it fits between the engine supports with no probs.Looks to be a fair amount of clean up to do. A few air bubbles also. I may cut the cam drive thingy of and use the kit piece. Again a smidgen smaller, but better detail.Sorry for the crappy pics! As usual, all comments are encouraged! ...........Harv :woohoo:
:idonno Well I dood it. Cut the back detail off and dry fit. I really think this will work out OK. The important thing is it fits between the engine supports with no probs.Looks to be a fair amount of clean up to do. A few air bubbles also. I may cut the cam drive thingy of and use the kit piece. Again a smidgen smaller, but better detail.Sorry for the crappy pics! As usual, all comments are encouraged! ...........Harv :woohoo:
Re:1/32 P-38M
dirtball wrote:
I remember that, just wasn't sure if it was going back further or not. Trumpeter has some reason for having rough dimensions on their engines. I know with the Wildcat there's some parts that are no where close to where it should be. I suppose in this case they never intended for the Allison to be visible.
dirtball wrote:
I remember that, just wasn't sure if it was going back further or not. Trumpeter has some reason for having rough dimensions on their engines. I know with the Wildcat there's some parts that are no where close to where it should be. I suppose in this case they never intended for the Allison to be visible.
Re:1/32 P-38M
Perceived value. Give us a lot of plastic to work with and justify the larger than life price tag Trumpeter puts on their stuff. I wonder if I would not have been better off with another kit in doing what I'm trying to do.
But they build up into great models. When we, you and I, start looking at the accuracy of the kit we start to see problems, but OOB it still looks like a good model made better by attention to detail.
So git'er done Harv, I'm heading to the garage to tackle my own firewall!
Perceived value. Give us a lot of plastic to work with and justify the larger than life price tag Trumpeter puts on their stuff. I wonder if I would not have been better off with another kit in doing what I'm trying to do.
But they build up into great models. When we, you and I, start looking at the accuracy of the kit we start to see problems, but OOB it still looks like a good model made better by attention to detail.
So git'er done Harv, I'm heading to the garage to tackle my own firewall!
Looking good Harv, can't wait to see the plumbing in place.
