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SKILLS SCHOOL

CAR ENGINE DETAILING

SKILLS SCHOOL

CAR ENGINE DETAILING

11

Paintin Char

Colour Parts

Alcad Gun Metal & Zero 2 Pack Gloss gearbox, carburettors

Alclad Chrome Cleared & Zero 2 Pack Gloss exhaust manifolds, distributor base, fan clutch

Alclad Polished Aluminium & 2 Pack Gloss alternator

Humbrol Silver Metallic fuel pump

Humbrol Polished Aluminium Metalcote inline fuel filters

Humbrol Satin Black and Red Wash/Filter engine

Tamiya Semi-gloss Black spark plug boots

Zero Chrysler Plum Crazy & Pre-thinned Clearcoat top of air cleaner

Zero Jet Black & 2 Pack Gloss fan, radiator, fan shroud, starter motor

Zero RAL 2009 Traffic Orange engine block assembly, oil pan

Zero White Primer bottom of air cleaner to represent filter

Zero White Primer & 2 Pack Gloss oil filter

exhaust manifolds, distributor base, fan clutch

fan, radiator, fan shroud, starter motor

engine block assembly, oil pan

bottom of air cleaner to represent filter

Material

Albion Alloys

(www.albionalloys.co.uk)

• 1mm outer diameter aluminium
  tube AT1M
  Alclad (www.alclad2.com)


• Chrome for Plastic ALC-107


• Gloss Black Base ALC-305


• Gun Metal ALC-120


• Polished Aluminium ALC-105
  Detail Master
  (www.detailmaster.com)


• Red Race Car Ignition Wire
  DM-1055


• Wiring Looms DM-2360
  Eileen’s Emporium
  (www.eileensemporium.com)


• Nickel Silver Straight Wire 0.31mm
  diameter NSW031A
  Hobbycraft (www.hobbycraft.co.uk)


• Prym Bridal & Lace Pins 26 x
  0.53mm
  Humbrol (www.humbrol.com)


• 11 Silver


• 85 Coal Black


• 132 Red


• 27002 Polished Aluminium
  Metalcote
  The Model Car Garage
  (www.modelcargarage.com)


• Brake lines MCG-401


• Delco battery kit MCG-2192


• Photo-etched metal throttle linkage
  details MCG-2146


• Single drive set MCG-201
  Modelling Tools.co.uk
  (www.modellingtools.co.uk)


• Bare Metal Foil Ultra Bright Chrome
  Replicas and Miniatures of
  Maryland ([email protected])


• 1/25 Hemi Spark Plug Boots P-71


• 1/25-1/24 8cyl Distributor Drilled
  Tan RM-79C
  Tamiya (www.tamiya.com)


• Tamiya X-18 Semi-gloss Black

Vallejo (www.creativemodels.co.uk)

• Model Wash for Dark Vehicles
  Zero (www.hiroboy.com)


• Clearcoat Pre-thinned Lacquer –
  ZP-3002


• Custom Paint Mixing Service –
  Chrysler Plum Crazy FHG 2006


• Jet Black (solid) ZP-1017


• RAL Paints (European Standard
  Colour Range) Code 2009


• White Airbrushing Primer/Micro
  Filler ZP-3023


• 2 Pack Gloss Clearcoat ZP-3006

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12

1111

(www.detailmaster.com)

• Red Race Car Ignition Wire


• Wiring Looms DM-2360
  Eileen’s Emporium
  (www.eileensemporium.com)


• Nickel Silver Straight Wire 0.31mm
  diameter NSW031A
  (www.hobbycraft.co.uk)


• Prym Bridal & Lace Pins 26 x

(www.humbrol.com)

• 27002 Polished Aluminium

The Model Car Garage

(www.modelcargarage.com)

• Brake lines MCG-401


• Delco battery kit MCG-2192


• Photo-etched metal throttle linkage

 The next stage involved Vallejo Model

Wash for Dark Vehicles. Any excess

was dabbed away with kitchen towel to

represent a well-maintained engine. More

wash was allowed to remain on areas

where it would be difficult for an owner to

clean their engine.

 Two holes were drilled into the fuel pump. The top hole was for the lines leading to

the carburettors, with lower being for the line to the fuel tank. After the orange wash/

filter and Vallejo wash stages were completed, the fuel pump was painted with Humbrol

11 Silver enamel.

 Model Car Garage brake lines,

Albion Alloys 1mm outer diameter

aluminium tube, and plastic tube

were used to make fuel lines and

inline filters. The latter were fashioned

from short lengths of aluminium tube, with

lengths of brake line fed through. Slivers

of plastic tube painted Humbrol 27002

Polished Aluminium completed the filters.

 Due to street Hemis having dual

carburettors, plastic strip was used to make

the fuel distribution block. The first hole

was drilled all the way through - at an

angle - so it was near the middle at the

bottom. The second hole was drilled just far

enough to hold the fuel line in place.

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