Beyond The Sprues

Modelling => Tips, Tools & Techniques => Topic started by: ChrisF on June 20, 2012, 07:32:38 AM

Title: Arrrgghhh Help please !
Post by: ChrisF on June 20, 2012, 07:32:38 AM

What on earth do i do with a badly mishapen Hurricane Radiator !? Im building the Legato Hurricane IIc so i cant easily just email them for spare parts either !! :/

Title: Re: Arrrgghhh Help please !
Post by: Acree on June 20, 2012, 08:32:59 AM

Leave it off and build the Speed Hurricane with experimental evaporative cooling?

Title: Re: Arrrgghhh Help please !
Post by: deathjester on June 20, 2012, 08:38:40 AM

Hmm...subtle whiff - substitute a Spitfire radiator?

Make a new one from modelling foam or putty?

Leading edge radiators?

Experimental Ramjet?

Title: Re: Arrrgghhh Help please !
Post by: AGRA on June 20, 2012, 09:52:03 AM

How about building an annular radiator like those fitted to the Merlins on Lincoln bombers. Would look cool and save weight thanks to shorter coolant plumbing.

(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2747/4167960411_8a560da82f_z.jpg?zz=1)

Title: Re: Arrrgghhh Help please !
Post by: ChrisF on June 21, 2012, 06:30:18 AM

While all awesome replies unfortunately this is a real world build for a magazine :(

(http://images49.fotki.com/v1510/photos/4/90504/8182378/202142368-vi.jpg)

The missing part is not a slipped cut on my part... It was moulded like that :(

Any ideas !?

:(

Title: Re: Arrrgghhh Help please !
Post by: kitnut617 on June 21, 2012, 08:27:51 AM

Evergreen make a number of different sized styrene strip and bars, one in particular that I got is 5mm x 3mm in section and they come 300mm long.  It looks like you could glue a small length of it in the gap, then file and sand it to match the shape that's already there.