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Radial engine model kits?
Posted by CampbellM on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 6:29 PM

Has any company ever put out a stand-alone kit of a radial engine? I've always liked the design of a radial engine and can envision how cool it would be to build a simple, but large scale kit of a single engine, including wiring and such. I'm not even sure what scale, maybe 1/16 or 1/8 maybe? That might be too large though. The only similar thing I can think of was a couple kits I remember from about 20 years ago  of ejection seats, or it might have been the entire cockpit. I think one was a cockpit from an F16, the other might have been an F4. Can't even remember who made them. Something analogous would be the "Visible V8" kit but one would hope a radial engine kit would not be quite as lame looking.

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  • From: Brisbane
Posted by Julez72 on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 6:34 PM

I think Williams brothers put out a Le Rhone or Oberusal rotary engine in 1/6....

 

 

 

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Posted by Phil_H on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 6:46 PM

There is the old Revell (ex Renwall) Visible Wasp engine, but this is now a rarity and quite pricey. There's a few listed on Ebay at the moment. There's a youtube video or two of one of these working.

The (1/16?) cockpits you are thinking of were by Esci (originally) and were for the F-16A and F-104.

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  • From: Roanoke, Virginia
Posted by BigJim on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 6:59 PM

There is also the Revell kit #8881 1/12 scale Wright Cyclone Engine.

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Posted by Sprue-ce Goose on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 7:04 PM

Hasegawa makes a Clerget 9B (130 HP ) in 1/8 scale.

http://www.hasegawausa.com/product-pages/hsgs1986.html

 

I'd like to see companies like Trumpeter  or Airfix issue kits of just the 1/24th scale aircraft engines that are included with the aircraft kits.

 

Tags: Clerget 9B
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Posted by CampbellM on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 7:21 PM

Thanks for the replies guys. Duh! I did a quick search Google (should have done that first) and turned up a Williams Brothers kit of the Pratt and Whitney Wasp R1340 in 1/8 scale. Another link I followed also turned up the Revell 1/4 scale engine which no longer appears to be available except maybe on that online auction site. I think I'll look into that Wms. Bros. kit - says it has over 300 pcs. which probably makes for a fun, involved build. I've always liked the look of a radial engine and been fascinated by the internal mechanics of one. I wonder if anyone makes a kit of an inline engine like say the Rolls Royce Merlin? Those Esci kits always looked like they'd be a fun build but over 25 years ago when I first saw them in my LHS they were always priced out of my budget (being only in high school at the time and probably no job either).

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  • From: Cameron, Texas
Posted by Texgunner on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 10:35 PM

If my memory is correct, the great modeler Bob Steinbrunn did one in an old issue of FSM. As always, he did a tremendous job with it and it would be a great research source to find.  It should be possible to still locate the article.

Gary

It might be in this as well?

http://www.kalmbachstore.com/fspdf018.html

 

 


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Posted by CrashTestDummy on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 10:47 PM

While not 'large scale', Roden has several radial, inline and V- engine kits in 1/32 scale. 

Monosoupape 9B 9-cylinder radial
Mercedes D.111
Oberursel Ur. 11
Hispano-Suiza 8ab
Wolseley Viper
among others.

Most kits include prop and display mount.  I have yet to get one, but plan on doing so soon. Other Roden kits I've assembled have been detailed, albeit, sometimes a bit difficult to assemble.

Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas

 

G. Beaird,

Pearland, Texas

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  • From: Illinois: Hive of Scum and Villany
Posted by Sprue-ce Goose on Thursday, April 7, 2011 10:55 AM

There's always scratch building with metal....dunno where they get blueprints...:

http://baemclub.shutterfly.com/8

http://baemclub.shutterfly.com/703#707

http://baemclub.shutterfly.com/703#703

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