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Le Clerget 9Ba rotary engine by gsdpic -- Model Airways 1/16th -- FINISHED


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As I mentioned near the end of my America build log, I bought a Model Airways 1/16th Sopwith Camel on a bit of a whim when I got a good deal on it.  Then after doing more research I decided I preferred the version by Artesania Latina with its greater detail, including quite a few photo etch parts, so I bought one of those too. I then wondered what to do with the Model Airways kit.  One thing I like about the AL kit is that it includes a metal cowl which adds some color and gives a bit more finished look, though it hides a lot of detail of the rotary engine.  So I decided I'd build the engine from the Model Airways kit and put it on some sort of stand, to be displayed along with the AL kit once complete. 

 

Below are a few photos of the completed engine along with the carved propeller.   The engine is made up of a bunch (125ish) of cast metal parts.  Gluing them together is not the most enjoyable modelling experience.  Carving the propeller was much more fun and actually not as tricky as I thought it might be.   I recently bought an airbrush (more for a few model cars in my stash) and used it for the first time on this.  After putting the engine together I sprayed it with Badger Stynylrez primer (what a name...)  and then some Model Master "steel" color paint and used some Tamiya panel line accent.   I pretty much followed the kit, though I used some 26AWG kynar wire with black insulation for the spark plug wires instead of black thread suggested by the kit.  The stand was my own design made from 1/4" x 1/8" basswood from my stash, which is basically a scale 2x4s.

 

If you got this far, thanks for taking the time to read!

 

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- Gary

 

Current Build: Artesania Latina Sopwith Camel

Completed Builds: Blue Jacket America 1/48th  Annapolis Wherry

 

Posted

Great looking engine.  I hope you'll do a log on the Camel.  It'll be interesting to see it come together and then displayed with the spare engine.

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Posted
23 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

Great looking engine.  I hope you'll do a log on the Camel.  It'll be interesting to see it come together and then displayed with the spare engine.

Thank you, I appreciate it.  I will consider doing a build log....does not look like there is one here for the AL kit.  But I am not sure when I will get started, likely after the first of the year.

- Gary

 

Current Build: Artesania Latina Sopwith Camel

Completed Builds: Blue Jacket America 1/48th  Annapolis Wherry

 

Posted

Really nicely done Gary!  I second the build log idea :) 

Mike

 

Current Wooden builds:  Amati/Victory Pegasus  MS Charles W. Morgan  Euromodel La Renommèe  

 

Plastic builds:    Hs129B-2 1/48  SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48  Five Star Yaeyama 1/700  Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama  Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32   IJN Notoro 1/700  Akitsu Maru 1/700

 

Completed builds :  Caldercraft Brig Badger   Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle  Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700   Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350

F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72  Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48  Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48  Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72

Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya  Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16

 

Terminated build:  HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn)  

 

On the shelf:  Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits

 

Future potential scratch builds:  HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)

  • 2 months later...
Posted

I've seen a few plastic kits around........I think it would be neat to see a display like that  ;) 

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

Posted

Build Log, Where for art Thou Build Log.....

 

{chuckle}

 

I for one Gary would love to see it as well...

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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Posted
2 hours ago, Egilman said:

Build Log, Where for art Thou Build Log.....

 

{chuckle}

 

I for one Gary would love to see it as well...

Looks like you found it....but thanks, this reminded me to add the link to my signature.

 

- Gary

 

Current Build: Artesania Latina Sopwith Camel

Completed Builds: Blue Jacket America 1/48th  Annapolis Wherry

 

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