Well worth the money I'd say. 
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Airfix 1/12 Bentley blower FINISHED
- Thread starter paddy
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Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
As Chris says saw rather than snip. Of course if you leave a little material then snip back a ways from where it attaches to the part. They should look real good Paddy! Be sure to clean and primer them real well as 3D print resin tends to get real hard and brittle when exposed to a lot of UV light.
paddy
Well-known member
Funny how things you are not looking forward too often are not as bad as you think 
I used the same method as i use on aircraft wheels here and despite the difference in scale ( these wheels and tires are 2 1/2" ) it worked perfectly
I sprayed the green from a rattle can its the only green i can find that's correct Tamiya TS9 then so as not to activate the green i put a bead of MIG thinners round the rim and then allowed some MIG matt black to flood round ,i then spread the black up the side walls of the tyre with a brush a couple of mm's. When it was all dry i used Humbrol maskol to mask the edge of the green rim and the start of the black then sprayed with an airbrush Tamiya tire black over the rest of the tire carefully on a fine setting. Then removed the maskol and that gave me a pretty near perfect definition between rim and tire.
Very pleased
I used the same method as i use on aircraft wheels here and despite the difference in scale ( these wheels and tires are 2 1/2" ) it worked perfectlyI sprayed the green from a rattle can its the only green i can find that's correct Tamiya TS9 then so as not to activate the green i put a bead of MIG thinners round the rim and then allowed some MIG matt black to flood round ,i then spread the black up the side walls of the tyre with a brush a couple of mm's. When it was all dry i used Humbrol maskol to mask the edge of the green rim and the start of the black then sprayed with an airbrush Tamiya tire black over the rest of the tire carefully on a fine setting. Then removed the maskol and that gave me a pretty near perfect definition between rim and tire.
Very pleased
Excellent!
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
paddy
Well-known member
I solved the wheel fit problem i think.
I will just say what i did as someone else might try this build using these wheels.
Basically i found that the wheel hubs on the kit parts have a boss that fits in to the Resin wheels so i cut the these hubs out from the kit wheels
and trimmed them to fit the resin wheels, this gives me the 4 locator pins on the hubs to take the brake drums
So now i have resin wheels with the kit wheel attachments to the axel
Its a strange build process if you usually do tanks or aircraft as each little sub assembly like a wheel or spring or gearbox has to be completed before it can then be attached to anything else but once you get your head around it and plan well ahead its not a problem
For example the fuel tank at the back has to go on before the axel as it defines the width of the chassis at the back and is the part that sets the rest square so it doesn't end up sitting on 3 wheels.
I will just say what i did as someone else might try this build using these wheels.
Basically i found that the wheel hubs on the kit parts have a boss that fits in to the Resin wheels so i cut the these hubs out from the kit wheels
and trimmed them to fit the resin wheels, this gives me the 4 locator pins on the hubs to take the brake drums
So now i have resin wheels with the kit wheel attachments to the axel
Its a strange build process if you usually do tanks or aircraft as each little sub assembly like a wheel or spring or gearbox has to be completed before it can then be attached to anything else but once you get your head around it and plan well ahead its not a problem
For example the fuel tank at the back has to go on before the axel as it defines the width of the chassis at the back and is the part that sets the rest square so it doesn't end up sitting on 3 wheels.
Wonder if the folks who designed the wheel had that in mind. Nice fix!
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
Really coming along super nice Paddy!
You absolutely did, didn't mean to diminish your skills Mate!
paddy
Well-known member
Struggling with the engine bulkhead, its really frustrating having no tools or space and a lack of facilities'
My work area is the cutting mat and that is on my day to day work desk which is full
this is the kit part, Its wrong on so many levels but i have steadily gone backwards
first i painted it black and got an awful finish, i then cleaned it back and tried to paint the frame silver, that looked awful so i did it gloss black and alclad, that looked even worse so i covered it in bare metal foil. again that looked terrible , i then painted it green, thats just wrong. Meanwhile its gone incredibly fragile having been immersed in every type of thinner and stripper I am now cutting alloy sheet to try and get flat surfaces and square it off a bit but really i am running out of options,
I am wondering now if i need to start from scratch and try and build another.
without a miraculous save now it looks like this model that has defeated me for nearly 50 years might just win again...
My work area is the cutting mat and that is on my day to day work desk which is full
this is the kit part, Its wrong on so many levels but i have steadily gone backwards
first i painted it black and got an awful finish, i then cleaned it back and tried to paint the frame silver, that looked awful so i did it gloss black and alclad, that looked even worse so i covered it in bare metal foil. again that looked terrible , i then painted it green, thats just wrong. Meanwhile its gone incredibly fragile having been immersed in every type of thinner and stripper
I am now cutting alloy sheet to try and get flat surfaces and square it off a bit but really i am running out of options, I am wondering now if i need to start from scratch and try and build another.
without a miraculous save now it looks like this model that has defeated me for nearly 50 years might just win again...
Iron Mike
Master At Arms And Resident Curmudgeon
Seems to me the imperfections will disappear under the details you add from here. The engine will be the focal point of the bay and unless there are glaring issues like seam lines or sink marks on this part, no one will notice. Press on is my suggestion.
What on earth is wrong with the last one, go man go!
