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Offline RLWP

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Re: Pfalz D.XII WnW 1/32
« Reply #15 on: August 20, 2017, 07:30:46 PM »
I also like that your distributor cap is in a reddish brown. Without actually wiring the engine on my Fokker DVII, I always think of the distributor caps in this colour and did the same for my engine. For me it is the "colour" of Bakelite but I derive that only from working on old cars and with no knowledge of how the caps were coloured on WW1 planes.

Reddish brown:



or black:



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Re: Pfalz D.XII WnW 1/32
« Reply #16 on: August 21, 2017, 12:20:46 AM »
Hi Jacek - beautiful work!  where did you find small enough diameter wire for the spark plugs?

thanks!

Dave

Wires find everywhere:
piece of antenna cable
speaker coils
old AM antennas on the radio
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Re: Pfalz D.XII WnW 1/32
« Reply #17 on: August 25, 2017, 01:52:13 AM »
I did spark plugs, I used a 0.5mm medical needle for this and copper wire.










After painting :





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Re: Pfalz D.XII WnW 1/32
« Reply #18 on: August 25, 2017, 01:56:56 AM »
Done as you said last Saturday! The spark plugs turned out excellent. 
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Re: Pfalz D.XII WnW 1/32
« Reply #19 on: August 31, 2017, 04:41:07 AM »
Slowly I started to mount the engine.





Small detail.
Here I will need to connect the wire:



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Re: Pfalz D.XII WnW 1/32
« Reply #20 on: August 31, 2017, 04:43:02 AM »
Nice! Keep it up, Jacek.
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Re: Pfalz D.XII WnW 1/32
« Reply #21 on: August 31, 2017, 08:34:30 AM »
Terrific work on the plugs, wiring, and painting! Looking forward to the next update.
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Re: Pfalz D.XII WnW 1/32
« Reply #22 on: August 31, 2017, 05:21:35 PM »
Beautiful work Jacek. Nothing more to say: Hats off 8)
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Re: Pfalz D.XII WnW 1/32
« Reply #23 on: August 31, 2017, 07:04:19 PM »
Wonderful stuff - these will be my go to images for my next engine build. By the way, what are you using for the spark plug leads?

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Re: Pfalz D.XII WnW 1/32
« Reply #24 on: September 03, 2017, 01:46:42 AM »
By the way, what are you using for the spark plug leads?

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Alistair

AM antenna from old radio.


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Re: Pfalz D.XII WnW 1/32
« Reply #25 on: September 03, 2017, 01:53:47 AM »
Another small step:




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Re: Pfalz D.XII WnW 1/32
« Reply #26 on: September 03, 2017, 02:45:56 AM »
Awesome engine work. The wiring looks super!
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Re: Pfalz D.XII WnW 1/32
« Reply #27 on: September 03, 2017, 02:51:43 AM »
Excellent detail work on that engine.  Looks great.   :D

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Re: Pfalz D.XII WnW 1/32
« Reply #28 on: September 03, 2017, 03:26:45 AM »
amazing work on the engine.  thanks so much for showing the source of your spark plug wires.  I spent a while trying to find some around the house.  The stuff in my garage (all computer related) went small, but not that small.  Haven't had an AM radio in a while.

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Re: Pfalz D.XII WnW 1/32
« Reply #29 on: September 03, 2017, 03:55:59 AM »
Will you be putting aviation spirit into this engine and then running it up to make sure that it works properly before you put it into the model airframe?

Simply amazing modelling.

Stephen.