Thank you for the kind comments, Przemol.
I have the turtledeck installed on the fuselage now and was continuing with other parts of the fuse, moving up to the cowling area.
I have had this idea for quite a while now and decided to try it - engine turning.
I used a Dremel drill press accessory and a Dremel tool that is made for sharpening chain saw blades. It is a 1/8" round stone with a flat end. In scale it makes 4" circles, which is rather large, but it's the smallest stone of this shape I could find.
I am using HVAC aluminum tape to do the engine turning on. This will go on the firewall of the 504. Beneath the aluminum tape is a piece of bicycle inner tube stretched around an aluminum plate. This gives the tape some 'give' and makes a more even pattern. The aluminum tape is taped to the aluminum plate with the bike tube on it (this is not shown in the pictures). I clamped a piece of wood on the base to use as a guide to make straight rows of the pattern, moving the piece over after each impression. The wood guide is repositioned for each row of impressions.
I screwed up a few times and had to reposition the piece to cover enough area.
I think it looks pretty good for the effort I put into it, especially since it will go on the firewall and not be very visible. Next time, I will use my mill with its X - Y table to get more precise positioning of the impressions.
