Thank you Giuseppe and Stephen!
I also like the way the map has been filed away - obviously the observer and I have a lot in common....!
I used a place, where it do not hide many details
EngineAt first again a picture from the last posting. I forgot to mention two rods. There were two small recesses for the lower wing mounting. I drilled holes for pins and noted, that the space behind the holes is free. So I had the idea to go through with a brass wire (unvisible below the tank) and in the front a thicker nickel silver wire (below the control colums mechanism).
This allows a teaser: the wings can be plugged on and allows later a robust mounting. The undercarriage is plugged on too, and the engine body (shown with the airscrew some posts ago) is painted.
As I reported a Vector engine was to big, so I want to use the kit engine. But the valve drive mechanism lacks a lot of details (the upper one). On my Albatros W.4 I used a Vector engine, but converted it with the kit parts to a Mercedes D.III. So I had a spare drive of the D.IIIa in my stash, which has much more details! The only thing: it is to long.
So I removed the shaft below and glued the remaining little buggers onto a new shaft.
I removed the plastic pins (valves) and glued the new part in place after painting with different Alclads - very promising.
For the valve springs I wound colored 0.15mm copper wire on a 0.4mm drill shaft and cut it in short pieces.
The new valves are glowed 0.33mm nickel silver, with the springs glued in place.
Of course the same game on the exhaust side:
To be able to see, how the engine fits with all accessories around, I need to mount the Spandau MG. I removed the jacket from the kit Spandau and added blacked Master brass parts. With other parts from the kit it is prepared for mounting:
A ver fine kit PE needs to be added to - the control of the generator.
Both are mounted, then I added also the panel in front.
More parts was added to the engine, and I had also to modify the engine mounts in the fuselage.
With a wash it looks much nicer!
The engine is finally in place! After that an "brass" oil tank is added too.
Should have modified the carburetor a bit, because there is some slight trouble with the Spandau. A PE plate will be added later here.
That was a lot of work, but an important step is done. The lower part of the engine is less detailed, but this is hidden. The new valve drive is nice in a prominent position.
Cheers,
Frank
