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Merlins or Meow!
For those of you who build Larger than Normal,1/32 and 1/24 Size) here's a tip that may help in detailing those fussy spaces. Turn to A.M.T., They did a kit of a race car with a Merlin engine in it. Then an after market style separate kit of the engine for scratchbuilders, modifiers, and Model ChopperUppers.
This engine Will work in Mustangs and P-38s and Believe it or not BF-109s! ( turn the latter Upside Down) of the larger genre. OH! with a little piddling they will look great in the Revell1/32 Mosquito as well. It's Not as accurate as they would have you think and it's a little weird size wise. It's NOT true 1/25 or 1/32, But it seems somewhere in between.
Bodging this into something that looks real won't be as hard as it seems. Remember, most viewers have never seen a Merlin Engine up close and personal anyway! Besides who doesn't like to confuse, and fascinate the viewer on something like this. Never Mind Rivet Counters,This won't deal a killing Blow to you either! Having built Models used in courtrooms I can guarantee most folks will think it's accurate! Just think, they have never seen a Merlin of early or late vintage either. In a larger car you could even pass this thing of as a Non-Turbo's Packard V-16 too!
Most 1/32 or 1/24 aircraft kits with in line engines come with an engine already. You can soup those up easily enough on the older kits, and the new kits have more detailed engines.
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stikpusher Most 1/32 or 1/24 aircraft kits with in line engines come with an engine already. You can soup those up easily enough on the older kits, and the new kits have more detailed engines.
Yup. An example of that is the Merlin engine on the 1/32 Tamiya Mk XVIe Spitfire. Lots of good detail on that one.
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Oh! Stik:
I actually didn't know that. The only Plastic model I had in 1/32 that had one was the Monogram "Mustang". I kinda figured the 1/24 offerings from Airfix did, But I couldn't afford my Hobby Shop's ticket for them.
All of the old Revell 1/32 kits had an engine. I haven't built anything in 1/24, mostly due to price and dispaly space challenges. But looking on Scalemates, it looks like the vast majority of 1/24 aircraft have an engine. Only a few of the 1/32 Hasegawa of Trumpeter kits look like no engine is included.
The old Airfix FW-190 had an engine that the cowling DID NOT fit over.
Bill
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I love to build those 1:8 and 1:12 kits of just the engine. I have built three, and also 2 1:8 scratch scale engines engines, a Hisso and a 110 Offie, with a 270 Offie under way.
Sorry for poor picture. I'll have to rershoot that. Also found I had never shot completed 110 Offie.
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Years ago, I got a commission to build a Log Loader that was truck mounted. In the ridiculous scale of half inch equals one inch on the model. This meant building Everything from scratch.The Truck had a Cummins and the loader had a Volvo power plants. When They were built I never looked back. Now when I do pleasure boats I always do them in a large enough scale that All the detail involved in the conversion from land to boat where powerplants are concerned, is clearly present and viewable! It's fun to build them and then see the looks on folks faces when they look and see recogniseable equipment such as "Bosch" fuel injection and electrics!
Regarding logs and trucks. I attended college in Arcata California studying Forestry and environmental science. Trucking logs is important on the North coast of California. The highway between Redding and Eureka highway 299. I drove that road many times long story short when I noticed a logging truck coming up from my rear I always pulled over. These trucks had a mean way of driving this treacherous road at an exceedingly high speed. They used water to cool their brakes and carried a large drum reservoir of water just aft of the cab
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