It's never going to be done Mike, it has a life of it's own!
I've been playing with the exhaust manifold, ditching the kit part completely and shaping 2mm brass pipe. I heated up the pipe to the point it was red hot and let it air cool. Used a paint lid to shape the curvature and it turned out pretty dang close. Next was the tubing from the exhaust port on the cylinder to the manifold. Just go a rough distance and cut more 2mm pipe to size, trying to be consistent. I rounded down the end of the tube so it would mate with the manifold, a drop of thin CA should secure it then thick stuff to close any gaps. I know there will be gaps!
Notice the curvature of the outer edge of the Heat Shroud (learned that's the real name), just have to get it consistent all the way around now..
As you can see I got to get it evened out some. I've said before, symmetry is not my friend. Hey, maybe that's the niche I need, build models as Picaso would have!! :woohoo:
Here are all the parts before being dryfited. I tell ya, scratch building is pretty fun once you drop inhibitions and stop trying to over think things. You will notice the fancy brass ringything is no where in site. Could not get it to behave the way I am getting the styrene to behave. One thing I did with a couple of the exhaust ports, and if they give me any trouble I'll go back and do them all, I drilled out a 1.5mm hole on the exhaust port and cut a small 1.5mm tube stock to slide in, secured with CA, then I slid the 2mm part over the 1.5 sleeve giving the 2mm tube some more surface to bond to. Created a stronger connection point and somethng I must remember to do on the P47 when that time comes. Best to drill out the ports BEFORE assembly. (this is how crazy I am, I have been toying with the idea of ordering another Vector Engine so to rebuild armed with what I know to do now after working with this one...I've talked myself out of it, 3 times..)
Here's the full on dry fit, lots of work to do yet! I have to figure out how that manifold works around that raised section on the bottom. Anyone wondering how I'm going to get that Intercooler inside the mounts? Yeah? Well so am I! :woohoo:
I've been playing with the exhaust manifold, ditching the kit part completely and shaping 2mm brass pipe. I heated up the pipe to the point it was red hot and let it air cool. Used a paint lid to shape the curvature and it turned out pretty dang close. Next was the tubing from the exhaust port on the cylinder to the manifold. Just go a rough distance and cut more 2mm pipe to size, trying to be consistent. I rounded down the end of the tube so it would mate with the manifold, a drop of thin CA should secure it then thick stuff to close any gaps. I know there will be gaps!
Notice the curvature of the outer edge of the Heat Shroud (learned that's the real name), just have to get it consistent all the way around now..
As you can see I got to get it evened out some. I've said before, symmetry is not my friend. Hey, maybe that's the niche I need, build models as Picaso would have!! :woohoo:
Here are all the parts before being dryfited. I tell ya, scratch building is pretty fun once you drop inhibitions and stop trying to over think things. You will notice the fancy brass ringything is no where in site. Could not get it to behave the way I am getting the styrene to behave. One thing I did with a couple of the exhaust ports, and if they give me any trouble I'll go back and do them all, I drilled out a 1.5mm hole on the exhaust port and cut a small 1.5mm tube stock to slide in, secured with CA, then I slid the 2mm part over the 1.5 sleeve giving the 2mm tube some more surface to bond to. Created a stronger connection point and somethng I must remember to do on the P47 when that time comes. Best to drill out the ports BEFORE assembly. (this is how crazy I am, I have been toying with the idea of ordering another Vector Engine so to rebuild armed with what I know to do now after working with this one...I've talked myself out of it, 3 times..)
Here's the full on dry fit, lots of work to do yet! I have to figure out how that manifold works around that raised section on the bottom. Anyone wondering how I'm going to get that Intercooler inside the mounts? Yeah? Well so am I! :woohoo:
. And for the exhaust manifold, try some large diamater solder, or possibly some Aves or A&B epoxy putty. Then remember to not drop it before you get those rubber floors 
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