Jeannin Taube - 1:32 scale

[pepperman42]

Lovely stuff!!!!

Steve

[coyotemagic]

Truly brilliant, Des.
Cheers,
Bud

[Ian from Doncaster]

Simply stunning work again Des, you are a master craftsman.

[lcarroll]

Des,
   Magnificent. A sheer joy to follow along, this one should be the ultimate "show stopper"!
   Keep those progress posts coming.
Cheers,
Lance

[Checkers67]

Will it fly off the table? It looks that good!
 

[Des]

The exhaust pipes are made from 1.5mm brass tube, to get the correct shape they were bent around a piece of 14mm brass rod then cut to size. As there was very little to locate the pipes to the cylinders (there are no stays or cross members) I used 5 minute epoxy resin, once dry I added extra security by running CA around each joint. I will leave them for 24 hours to cure fully before painting.

Des.

[Vladimir Ziska]

Hi Des,

superb, superb, superb... master of scratch.

Cheers,

Vladimir

[miecio52]

Des,Anyone who builds a model from scratch is a great hobby, congratulations.
Mietek

[Chris Johnson]

The exhaust pipes look superb Des. Did you insert a piece of brass or copper wire inside the tubes when you made the bends, to prevent them from deforming?

Cheers,

Chris

[pepperman42]

As I have mentioned on UT's project, work like this is so good its almost a shame to paint it!!

Steve

[Des]

Thanks very much for all the nice comments.

Chris - The radius of the bend was large enough not to cause the brass tube to deform, so they were left hollow. I did experiment first just to make sure, no heat was required either.

Steve - Sometimes I really don't want to add paint, it hides a lot of the really fine details, but it is a necessary evil.

UncleTony - Getting the same shape into each pipe was quite simple, but fixing them in position was a bit of a pain. I used 5 minute epoxy and had to hold each pipe in position for 5 minutes while the glue set, five minutes is a long time when you are hold something very still. Once the glue started to grab it gave me time to reposition the pipes to get them all at the same angle

Des.

[Whiteknuckles]

That looks superb Des, did you position them to the correct angle by eye?

Andrew

[Checkers67]

Amazing. So you wrapped the tube around a rod. It sounds so simple. Being sort of novice here, how were you able to bend the pipe without crushing it? How much force and tool do you use for this result? Your skills leave me awe struck.

Steve

[Des]

Hi Andrew - yes, they were positioned by eye, once the 5 minute epoxy had started to set, enough to hold the exhaust pipe in place but still flexible enough to reposition them, that is when I did the final adjustments. Once the first one was in place it was a simple matter to align each one to it just by sighting along the top, the side and from above. After 24 hours the 5 minute epoxy becomes rock hard and hold the pipes extremely well.

Hi Steve - The brass tube is 1.5mm and is reasonably soft, I bent it at 90 degrees around a 14mm brass rod, this was done just with my fingers, very little force was needed and no tools required. Because of the fairly large radius it did not crush or deform the tube.

Des.

[Des]

I have managed to shape the nose section, this was done firstly by adding strips of 0.3mm plastic card then getting the final shape by using Humbrol putty and a lot of sanding. I found that the Humbrol Putty, which comes in a tube, dries way too quick, so I dispensed the entire tube contents into a jar and added lacquer thinners, I mixed it well and added more thinners until I had a nice thick creamy mixture, this makes the product very useable and slows the drying time, it still dries within minutes to a very hard easy sandable putty. The first photo shows the nose shaping under way, the other two photos shows a coat of Gunze yellow base coat just to see if there are any irregularities, the prop is there just for show but is the one that will be used. The engine bay opening is large enough to allow me to fit and remove the engine, a little tricky but can be done without breaking anything.

Des.