paul71

with new people starting the hobby and the experienced looking for new ideas of doing things i thought we could post pictures of the type of tools we use and how we adapt them to suit our own needs whilst saving money,

hi rod some radials for you

Hi randall I'm lucky one of my passions is second world war aircraft and there's a lot of museum's to go to some just have a few bits that have been found locally then there's the big ones like duxford, sadly I've not been able to get to any for a few years or any air shows. I've only put a few on so as to not overload people with pictures of the same thing but if there is something you want to look at better just ask i can always go through my pictures to see if i have it and post it for you, not all my pictures turn out good but with digital cameras it don't matter that much these days, hopefully they will help you as a reference to look at and a starting point paul

Hi rod I've picked a few different ones out so that you can see how they differ from each other even on the same aircraft at times , they might be useful to you as some sort of reference, I've not altered the colours at all its how they were taken on the day I've only cropped them so there not so big and focus on the exhaust area for this thread, but as you say there is so many factors that can alter a picture as you take it let alone how you have your monitor set and how our own eyes see the colour when you look at them later on, it can only be a guide in the end its down to what you are happy with when its finished

coming on well ratch, glad the pictures might be of use to you and thankyou for the kind words about them paul

line up of different types of aircraft showing how different the exhausts can be in colour when taken at the same time

hispano buchon 109 merlin engine, i believe this is one of those that stared in the film battle of Britain

EADS Me109 with the daimler-benz engine in it

P 51 mustang

P 40

spitfire MK IIa P7350

spitfire TE311 MK XVI

hurricane R4118

i will put some pictures up of different aircraft i have taken over the years and you can see how different they all are, hopes it helps someone paul

coming on well ratch since you are having the merlin on show are these any good to you i took them when i visited the bbmf a few years ago its spitfire TE311 MK XVI

with your abilities ratch you won't mess it up but we all have those thoughts from time to time

i called in today picked up some 109s and a zero with the tiger and sherman as xmas presents

looks like a really good kit ratch wish i had the space to put one

i picked up a hurricane (like i needed another one joy) a 109 and a quickbuild Bugatti only went in for some 109s but they only had one again, last time they had them for sale in that store they got there stock about a week late

Hi Ed called into aldi today and they did have the airfix kits in

its a good looking kit ratch you done it proud, its been interesting watching you do it maybe one day i might get the chance to add it to my collection paul