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Coanda-1910 - scratch built
- Thread starter White_Wolf
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Sherman 18
Master at Arms
Great work! 
White_Wolf
Master at Arms
As always very grateful for your gracious comments - Terry, Les, Sherm, Luiz & all
Minor update - all is done except for painting the cowling - this will be black, the darn turbine fan - still trying to sort out how to scratch build it, 15 curved blades
plus minor cleaning up, touch up paint here and there if necessary.
Minor update - all is done except for painting the cowling - this will be black, the darn turbine fan - still trying to sort out how to scratch build it, 15 curved blades
plus minor cleaning up, touch up paint here and there if necessary.
White_Wolf
Master at Arms
Thank you Sir
White_Wolf
Master at Arms
Thanks James
Latest on this build - finally managed to sort out the turbine fan - or so I hope
That gave me grief ...it's made of thin sheet styrene glued to the central rod with CA. They are 8mm long, the diameter of the fan is 12 mm or so. I had to spin the rod as I was pushing it into place which caused them to bend and get into the shape that is showing in the pic. Requires painting still but at least it's in place.
Latest on this build - finally managed to sort out the turbine fan - or so I hope
That gave me grief ...it's made of thin sheet styrene glued to the central rod with CA. They are 8mm long, the diameter of the fan is 12 mm or so. I had to spin the rod as I was pushing it into place which caused them to bend and get into the shape that is showing in the pic. Requires painting still but at least it's in place.
phantom II
Master at Arms
Definitely making progress 
Cheers, Christian B)
Cheers, Christian B)
White_Wolf
Master at Arms
Very cool. That worked quite well I think. I was wondering how you would do this and this particular method never even occured to me. Learned something new
James
Thanks James, that was attempt #5. Looking at the pic, I think couple more blades would have been perfect.
Thanks Ian. Compared to the first photos I could find it is detailed but the HI-RES pics I obtained from my friends at the Henri Coanda Association in Romania show few more things I haven't captured
Once the painting is done and the final tidy up process is complete, then I can claim it to be complete and move on to the next scratch build.
White_Wolf
Master at Arms
One more progress pic - cowling and turbofan now painted NATO black - Tamiya. Have to drybrush the blades with some Humbrol polished steel but that will be tomorrow.
jknaus
Administrator
I was wondering if we might be able to impose on you when you do your next scratch build project. Do the blog as you have this one, but also consolidate it and put a post in our Sprue University. There is a sub forum called Classroom with another forum called Scratch build. It is where people who scratch build something can go through techniques etc so those of us who arent quite so adept or who have never tried it can go and learn the techniques. You have quite a lot you could teach us and have come up with some very interesting solutions to the problems you have faced. The nice thing about the University is it is easy to check out a technique and learn while a thread like yours will slowly fade from the lime light as more blogs are added.
James
PS You could even do this one.
James
PS You could even do this one.
White_Wolf
Master at Arms
Wow ! Thanks James
I never thought I'd be able to put something together for others to have so many nice things to say, let alone teach any of the fine modellers here anything. I'd be happy to put it there and the next scratch too.
As for the solutions, trial and error mostly, really, nothing special I'd say. Have tried to many things that did not end up as I wanted but learnt a lot too. This took me the best of three months, if I were to do it again it would probably be ready in 4 weeks. Still not 100% happy with some elements there but will try to correct them.
Hope it's going to be ready in the next few days.
Luiz, thank you Sir.
Laurence
Nato black really got around doesn't it?
Great work Laurence
Great work Laurence
