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| Subject: | [Chapter] Engine Compartment |  |
| Date: | Jul 5, 2007 |
| From: | Hans Haase | |
Engine Compartment
Originally I had planned on having the hatches removed in the engine compartment. But a few things changed my mind on that. One is that the Verlinden PE mesh for the hatches is just terrible and unuseable compared to the Eduard. Another is that, I am worn out on this interior, and the engine compartment would be as much or more work than the crew compartment if I took the tops off.
So, I begged on Missing-Lynx, and got a new upper hull to replace the one I'd already cut the hatches out of. (Thanks Ken Daigle!) Having the hatches in place also makes my job a lot easier, as I can focus on just doing the more visible components and not every wire and hose.
The engine, unfortunately, still needed a lot of work. It's drastically oversized for this compartment, and I had to sand material from both the top and bottom to get it to fit in the closed engine bay. The exhaust manifold was just totally wrong, I ended up having to severely modify the Verlinden parts to make it work. The M12 exhaust appears very similar to that used in the LVT series amphibious vehicles, where Verlinen just gives you standard Sherman parts. I find this odd, as they do have it correct in their LVT set, and that part would be much closer to having it done right.
Then I followed up by doing some generic wiring here and there, just to give the appearance of something, even though I know it's nowhere near as complex as the actual plumbing system. There would just be too much for me to do right now, and still have the enthusiasm to finish the project.
I also will be doing the prominant air intake tubes, and I do have the lower half of the divider under the engine already. But I won't be attaching them until I put in the upper hull. |
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 | [BLOG] M-12 155mm GMC - Hans Haase - Mar 7, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Rounding up the Pieces - Hans Haase - Mar 7, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] How long is a drivetrain? - Hans Haase - Mar 8, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] How long is a drivetrain? - John Eary - Mar 9, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] How long is a drivetrain? [IMG] - Mike Shackleton - Mar 10, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Funny you should mention that..... - Hans Haase - Mar 10, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Lots of updates in the pipe now - Hans Haase - Mar 28, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Crew Compartment: Part 1 - Hans Haase - Apr 19, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Nuts, Bolts and Plates - Hans Haase - Apr 24, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Crew Compartment: Part 2 - Hans Haase - Apr 29, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Crew Compartment: Part 2 - Christopher C. Tew - Apr 30, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Crew Compartment: Part 2 - Michael Bedard - May 7, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . easy1 - Roy Chow - May 7, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: easy1 - Mike Powell - May 8, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Suspension - Part 1 - Hans Haase - May 10, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Suspension - Part 1 - Michael Bedard - May 11, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Suspension - Part 1 - Hans Haase - May 12, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Formations Early VVSS Set F080 - Saul Garcia - May 14, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Probably the Priest set.... - Hans Haase - May 14, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Crew Compartment: Part 3 - Hans Haase - May 13, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Crew Compartment, finished - Hans Haase - Jun 28, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Engine Compartment - Hans Haase - Jul 5, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Engine Compartment - Christopher C. Tew - Jul 6, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Engine Compartment - Edward Hall - Jul 8, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . It has been more fun lately - Hans Haase - Jul 8, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: It has been more fun lately - Jelle Renze Boelens - Jul 9, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Upper hull attached, and some more goodies.... - Hans Haase - Jul 10, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Upper hull attached, and some more goodies.... - Jelle Renze Boelens - Jul 11, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . I will try to mail them out tonight - Hans Haase - Jul 13, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: I will try to mail them out tonight - Jelle Renze Boelens - Jul 13, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Suspension: Part 2 - Hans Haase - Jul 11, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Hull, fast progress, almost done - Hans Haase - Jul 12, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] 155mm gun: Part 1 - Hans Haase - Jul 13, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] 155mm Gun: Part 2 - Hans Haase - Jul 13, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] 155mm Gun: Part 2 - Petr Bednarik - Jul 14, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Yes, I noticed that as well - Hans Haase - Jul 15, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . All fixed - Hans Haase - Jul 17, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Ready for Paint! - Hans Haase - Jul 17, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Base Colour - Hans Haase - Jul 23, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Second color coat - Hans Haase - Jul 27, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Adding the Stars - Hans Haase - Aug 3, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Tracks - Hans Haase - Aug 3, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] 155mm Ammo - Hans Haase - Aug 16, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Stowage Added and More Weathering - Hans Haase - Aug 16, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] An extra weld seam... - Hans Haase - Aug 19, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] An extra weld seam... - Martin Dogger - Aug 19, 2007 |
| . . . [Chapter] Finished - Hans Haase - Sep 2, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Finished - Christopher C. Tew - Sep 3, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Finished - Tim Streeter - Sep 3, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Finished - Matt Riesmeyer - Sep 4, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Found those, the PE set is holding me up - Hans Haase - Sep 4, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Finished - James Wechsler - Sep 4, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Thought about it, but passed.... - Hans haase - Sep 5, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Finished - Gaylan Morris - Sep 9, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Tracks were DML - Hans Haase - Sep 9, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Tracks were DML - Gaylan Morris - Sep 11, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . They aren't too bad either.... - Hans Haase - Sep 11, 2007 |
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