Doh! I forgot to look on the forum site. Well, I lack an assortment of tiny tubes, so I guess an order to Albion Alloys is in order. In the mean time, I will work on some other part of the model. If Des could do that in 1:32, I should at least make an attempt in 1:28.
OK the three parts, crankcase & cyl. banks, are all taking a bath in brake fluid and everything else is bagged and awaiting additional supplies. I will be spending some time prowling the shop, micrometer in hand, looking for sub mm size wires and bits of plastic tube and insulation to start an organized, labeled collection.
Another concession to age and failing short term memory is to set up a TV tray in the shop to hold my laptop. The shop is in a separate building with the garage and a surprising number of details get lost in transit. One minor up side of the cat killing my laptop is that I now have 2 power supplies. I only have to carry the laptop back and forth without bumbling about with plugs and wires each trip.
I find myself firmly in the monkey see, monkey do school of modeling. I can't figure much out for myself, but I can darn sure copy a procedure I have been shown. As the photos show, Des had an incredible talent for model making, but I believe his real genius was in sharing what he knew. The clear photos and text just jump off the page, (screen), and scream, "You can do that!" Well, we're going to see.
Rick, thanks so much for pointing out that engine build, and Richard, thanks for the clear photo of the plug wire harness. That is an ungeared Hisso and perhaps the geared Hisso in the Spad XIII had conduit for it's plug wires. At this point it is less about making an exact miniature and much more about learning to work to a much greater level of detail than I have ever done before.
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