Productive week.
Started with the engines. These engines have flat sides and a bulge on top and bottom, thought I'd try using 2 half pipes:
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That ended up not working too great so had to fall back to plastic frame + putty:
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Better, but then I dropped that and broke the bee stinger exhaust and had to re-do the whole thing again - leaving the core out until the last setp:
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Turned out much better:
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Not willing to do that 3 more times so I turned to good old resin casting. Using something called oyumaru - it gets soft in boiling water and can be reused afterwards. It's perfect because I only need 4 engines, I'll keep the master somewhere and re-use the oyumaru later:
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Lego to the rescue again:
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Not perfect, but a bit of sanding and it'll be alright:
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Test fit on model:
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Hope to have it ready for paint by the end of the week.
Gotta start thinking about colour scheme now, I'm thinking Eastern Airlines maybe Delta - I don't know much about 1970's airlines.