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Post by beowulf Sat 01 Oct 2016, 7:20 pm

at the minute im a bit restricted model making wise

my compressor died 2 weeks ago and i cant afford a new one at the minute, too many other things having to come first
which means anything that needs air brushing is on hold.......such as the Brumbar.........my modelling for a while is either rattle cans or hairy brush ................................or no paint at all!

so im going to start something that requires no paint

its an Airfix 'Engineer' kit of a 4 cylinder internal combustion engine............basically you get all the bits to make a see through inline 4 banger which is powered by a small motor so you can see the crankshaft rotating, pistons and valves rising/falling......the spark plugs fire.....all in slow motion of about 30rpm......theres even sound!

apologies for the American Contingent as i will be using English terms for the bits

i used to work for a certain japanese car company and a gang of us were on a week long Technology course........part of it was a trip to the engine plant on Deeside......in reception there was a beautiful cut away engine where you could rotate the crank and see everything moving.....the guy teaching us didnt know how an engine worked!!!!....i casually dropped in 'suck, squeeze, bang, blow' and got a funny look.......ended up having to explain to the group how an engine works

i think this one might be fun since theres no painting and its a subject i know

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to give an idea of scale, here is the crankshaft, manifold and fan with a pot of tamiya paint for size

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cam belt cover, cylinder head and rocker cover

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engine block

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valves and dipstick

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pistons and con rods

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the 'starter motor' that drives it all

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power/sound pack and spark plugs

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bag of screws and head gasket and valve springs

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Post by Guest Sun 02 Oct 2016, 3:39 am

Looking forward to this one Paul. I've always been tempted to do one of these engine models.

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Post by Geezerman Sun 02 Oct 2016, 11:21 am

Looks like that would be very interesting to build !
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Post by beowulf Mon 03 Oct 2016, 9:49 pm


piston and con rods attached to the crank

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and in the block

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Post by beowulf Tue 04 Oct 2016, 9:43 pm

to be honest i think i could have put this all together in 90 minutes but im enjoying it so much im going slow

cylinder head........valves are in, cam shaft and rocker arms fitted

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Post by harron68 Tue 04 Oct 2016, 11:25 pm

Things haven't changed that much. I have a "kit" of a flathead 4 banger made in Germany long ago. Many screws and little bolts and nuts. I wish u well, don't lose any pieces!

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Post by beowulf Wed 05 Oct 2016, 8:40 pm

head attached to the block........rocker cover on the head.........cam belt on and cover over it all......starting to look like an engine now..........its an 'old fashioned' engine cos that grey thing on the right is the dizzy



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Post by dublin boy Wed 05 Oct 2016, 8:55 pm

That must be a timing chain Paul?

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Post by beowulf Wed 05 Oct 2016, 9:59 pm

also called a cam belt Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow Dmv8lu
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Post by dublin boy Wed 05 Oct 2016, 10:08 pm

A belt is a belt, a chain is a chain.

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Post by beowulf Thu 06 Oct 2016, 7:23 pm

water pump on, fan and belt on, 'starter motor' on

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the end is in sight, not much more to do
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Post by Guest Thu 06 Oct 2016, 9:41 pm

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Post by beowulf Sun 09 Oct 2016, 5:58 pm

and finished........more pics in the finished thread

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Post by harron68 Sun 09 Oct 2016, 10:25 pm

Nice design! I'd be tempted to do it with some paint and some clear exposed areas. You're right about how vastly different the engines are now. I wonder if someday we'll see hybrid engines in the future as big scale kits! That would be interesting.

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Post by Guest Mon 10 Oct 2016, 5:25 pm

Great I have built several of the Visible engines. All active models. I like this one a lot.

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