All Righty ... What's on the bench today?

[mustang1989]

Paddy: That looks great man. Really.

Martin: Diggin' those figures and cannon. I've always had a strong admiration for folks that make figures look that good.

Got the ignition wires and looms installed over the weekend and this morning saw the installation of the ignition coil wire and the wire harness.

This is how my wiring harnesses start life these days. I use the innards of a section of automotive electrical wire with the insulation stripped off then twisted the wire strands together and applied super glue to the twisted section and allowed to dry. After allowing the super glue to dry flat black enamel was appied to the twisted section to replicate an electrical tape wound wire harness. Then the excess wire strands were clipped off until I had 4 "circuits" remaining which get painted the appropriate wire colors and routed to their final destination on the ignition coil and engine block once the harness was glued into place.



And here's the completed engine with the ignition coil wire, distributor advance vacuum line and electrical harness installed. Glamour shots coming in the next day or so....

 

[moon puppy]

vroom baby...

 

[Piet]

Doing research,not much model building time .

 

[moon puppy]

wooo...looks like a lot will be going on!

 

[mustang1989]

Doing research,not much model building time .
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Looks like you've got your work cut out for you. Looking forward to this.

 

[mustang1989]

Completed pictures as of this morning. I did manage to get an engine oil dipstick tube and indicator handle handle added.

 

[Duke Maddog]

Piet, have fun.

Joe, that is sensational! Have you fired it up yet?

 

[paddy]

Any one with the Heller Laverda kit that has the repop edition from 2012 and the wrong size tyre, you can still get a free replacement from Heller parts service, got mine today, takes 3-4 weeks but good all the same .

 

[Heavens Eagle]

GOOD DEAL Paddy!

 

[paddy]

bit bright but this is the correct colour

this is an original 1972

and this is my orange, its not far off and the discrepancy is really down to camera settings and lighting i think

The seat is still in the spray process because i forgot to do it. Too busy painting my fingers orange

 

[moon puppy]

Shop is still in disarray, of course y'ous guys would be the first to know when it's un-disarrayed...
A fast project Cindy wanted me to do, seems the style these days is not brown furniture but whitewashed. We've had this table for a while, not really great work but it's made out of some leftover tongue and grove planks. Washed it down real good and gave it a coat of flat white then did the chipping technique to it.

Bumped it with the sander in some places to give it that aged look. I've seen some pieces have different tones of white overlaid. I'll keep it simple on this one.
See, skills we pick up in modeling can apply in 1:1 easily.

 

[errains]

nice work carpenter Bod

 

[paddy]

Its called winter camo Bob Very Eastern Front.

 

[jeaton01]

I'm so old I still like to see the bare wood on furniture.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

I have my parent's old bedroom furniture. It was made from real wood and weighs about 1/3 to 1/2 what the crap they make today weighs. Yeah it is a little rough on the edges and is really dated, but it is good stuff and works for me.

 

[moon puppy]

Its called winter camo Bob Very Eastern Front.

Southern front thank you...
for that one day a year it snows.

 

[Duke Maddog]

Nice table! Brilliant execution of faded whitewash!

I'm not that old, but I also like seeing the natural wood of furniture. But hey, happy wife, happy life!

 

[Impisi]

Thats a real great Engine - Joe, a mighty fine Laverda - Paddy and a very nice winter camo table - Bob. I'm only a bid confused that you did not use hairspray for that table ...

At my corner there is a little scene in the making

 

[Jager]

Doing research,not much model building time .
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I am also 'ramping' up to do an LRDG build. I am planning to do both the radio truck and a Breda Gun truck. What a group of men with a daunting task, in a hostile environment, encumbered by war.
I have to get my 1/48 F4EJ finished up.

 

[moon puppy]

Thought I'd put this here. thought it was funny.