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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Hints and Tips/Questions about modeling => Topic started by: gstaud on May 15, 2012, 09:23:29 PM

Title: Scratchbuilding "saxophone" exhaust pipes in 1/48
Post by: gstaud on May 15, 2012, 09:23:29 PM

Hi all you veteran modelers.

Coming back to the hobby after many years away and have an old Classic Airframes 1/48 Heinkel He51 b-1 that's been gathering dust.  The only real detail on the engine are the 12 "saxophone" shaped exhausts; unfortunately, the kit supplies ones are pitiful. Wanted to build new ones and am casting about for a way to make them out of brass tubing.  Harry Woodman suggested using ballpoint pen tubing stretched to shape, but I have a feeling I won't be able to replicate the shape (x12).

Aftermarket kits are nonexistent, though some I have found are reasonable approximations.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Regards,

gstaud

Title: Re: Scratchbuilding "saxophone" exhaust pipes in 1/48
Post by: Des on May 15, 2012, 09:35:54 PM

Does this photo show the exhaust pipes that you are wanting to make? Click the photo for a larger image.

Des.

Title: Re: Scratchbuilding "saxophone" exhaust pipes in 1/48
Post by: gstaud on May 15, 2012, 10:21:37 PM

Those are the ones.  Kit supplied ones are 12 individual pieces and are lacking any realism, IMHO.
GS

Title: Re: Scratchbuilding "saxophone" exhaust pipes in 1/48
Post by: Matt on August 08, 2012, 05:40:52 AM

Hello

Not easy to reproduce.  I would make one of the existing ones as detailed as possible (open up the end, clean up the shape) and then make a silicone rubber mould and cast the rest in resin.  Laborious but....

Matt

Title: Re: Scratchbuilding "saxophone" exhaust pipes in 1/48
Post by: ALBATROS1234 on August 10, 2012, 01:29:49 PM

i was going to suggest the same thing.