M4A4 Sherman VC Firefly, Halinski 1:25 - Page 7

**romanmodels** · #61 09-21-2019, 06:58 AM

good work on the spark plug leads they whare a pain to do.

**Kevin WS** · #62 09-21-2019, 11:37 AM

Excellent job Igor!

**Igor** · #63 09-21-2019, 01:55 PM

Thank you Asaf, David and Kevin.
David, yeh, I feel you :D
By the way, sorry for the pics, the color of the cables too bluesh.
In real its normal grey

**Mike1158** · #64 09-22-2019, 02:48 AM

A truly marvelous build, wonderful.

**Igor** · #65 09-28-2019, 12:18 PM

Thank you Mike!

Slowly, I am finishing all the details on the first page of the engine drawings.

Supports: two at the back and one at the front

Lifting rings I, as usual, made with solder wire. Maybe I will paint them later in the color of the engine, when the paint comes

Assembled, glued to the engine and for the first time tried to put it in its place... To remind you that eventually I am building a tank :-D
The engine entered well at the right points. It was only necessary to adjust the rear supports a little to firmly sit on the pillows.

In addition, I assembled an auxiliary motor for driving a radiator fan

**Vinalssergio155** · #66 09-28-2019, 01:53 PM

An impressive job Igor. The engine looks amazing.

**romanmodels** · #67 09-29-2019, 02:12 PM

good work it's nice when it fits in place.

**Igor** · #68 10-01-2019, 12:17 PM

Thanks guys

Quote:

Originally Posted by romanmodels

good work it's nice when it fits in place.

Yep. But as i understand - need to be careful with exhaust pipes? They may not fit?

**gotham** · #69 10-01-2019, 01:58 PM

That engine is a work of art, a model in its own right.

**Igor** · #70 10-13-2019, 05:42 AM

Thanks gotham

We have holidays and I got a short break.

Now back in the business.
Carburetors .. And i can't describe how I do not like these tubes at an angle:

Since there are 5 blocks, each block has its own carburetor. And in this case, in the original version,
each carburetor was connected directly to the block, and after improvement they decided to align them all in a single row,
probably for a more convenient service.
So, there are 5 carburetors, three on the left and two on the right. In the assembly a lot of small parts,
including 1 mm and small pipes at an angle. I used the same method
as before - I rolled up the tubes and glued tongue to tongue and then folded and glued slice to slice.
After assembly, I glued them to the bracket

And then I stopped and did not attached them to the engine. Because now there is a beginning of a chain, which is very dependent
on different parts and their location:
On the one hand, carburetors sit on a base that literally hangs on tubes leading to the blocks.
On the other hand, they are connected to a distribution pipe, which rests on the radiator at a later stage.
So the correct height and alignment in parts is very important here.
That is why I turned to assembly of following parts.

The throttle rod is also interesting and contains 5 levers for each of the throttles.
I fixed the levers at the same level and filled with super glue to improve stiffness.
The supporting knees aren't attached. This will give me the freedom to connect levers to throttles.
The throttle rod is glued exactly horizontally in place, and the next step will be the assembly of the distribution pipe.
And maybe a few more details ... because I ran out of black paint for tubes
and a new one still shipped.