Post by truckabilly on Nov 29, 2010 17:53:36 GMT -5
Detroit Diesel 60 Series by Italeri is one of the most accurate engines on the market. There is one thing, though, that I do not like about it and it is the way the cylinders protrude the engine block.
There is some protrusion on the real engine but not as sharp and the pattern is more complicated than just cylinders.
In order to make it look better I tried this:
I cut 4 mm pieces off the Evergreen round rod 0.5 mm / .020" and glued them onto the upper part of the "cylinders". I also cut the 1 mm / 1/8" rod to lengths needed and placed them inbetween the cylinders.
The pattern does not reflect the real one in 100 %. I do not have a picture of a bare casting body. I just made something similar.
As you can see I was not much carefull using the glue. It really did not matter at this point because the whole surface dissapears under the layer of a surface primer in the next step.
I covered the engine block with Tamyia´s liqiud surface primer to soften its shape and to create the rough surface of the cast metal. With the primer still wet I stippled its surface with a brush.
This technique is used by the armoured vehicle modellers and I thought it could work on the engine blocks as well.
The Tamyia´s surface primer gets dry pretty quick, so do not hesitate too long with the stippling. Here is the workflow again in one picture...
... and the material and tools I used
With all the stuff attached to the sides of the engine like the intake and exhaust piping, turbo shell and general plumbing, and the fact that the whole engine is partly hidden in the frame, it may seem like unnecessary effort. But sometimes things like this make the difference between an average model and the eye catching model.
I just wanted to give it a try and maybe some of you will find it usefull.
My engine is not assemled and painted yet. I will add some pics when it´s done.
Jarda
There is some protrusion on the real engine but not as sharp and the pattern is more complicated than just cylinders.
In order to make it look better I tried this:
I cut 4 mm pieces off the Evergreen round rod 0.5 mm / .020" and glued them onto the upper part of the "cylinders". I also cut the 1 mm / 1/8" rod to lengths needed and placed them inbetween the cylinders.
The pattern does not reflect the real one in 100 %. I do not have a picture of a bare casting body. I just made something similar.
As you can see I was not much carefull using the glue. It really did not matter at this point because the whole surface dissapears under the layer of a surface primer in the next step.
I covered the engine block with Tamyia´s liqiud surface primer to soften its shape and to create the rough surface of the cast metal. With the primer still wet I stippled its surface with a brush.
This technique is used by the armoured vehicle modellers and I thought it could work on the engine blocks as well.
The Tamyia´s surface primer gets dry pretty quick, so do not hesitate too long with the stippling. Here is the workflow again in one picture...
... and the material and tools I used
With all the stuff attached to the sides of the engine like the intake and exhaust piping, turbo shell and general plumbing, and the fact that the whole engine is partly hidden in the frame, it may seem like unnecessary effort. But sometimes things like this make the difference between an average model and the eye catching model.
I just wanted to give it a try and maybe some of you will find it usefull.
My engine is not assemled and painted yet. I will add some pics when it´s done.
Jarda
