After fiddling for a couple of days I finally plucked up the courage to start the ignition leads and using for the first time this braided line. This is the smallest line I could lay my hands on at 0.4mm and feel it has served it's purpose quite well although I would have liked it to be a little neater and thinner. I would like to know what your thoughts are.
Here we have the front 9 cylinders with the ignition leads and exhausts fitted.
I now have to fit the back 9 with the exhausts (currently dry fitted) in order to complete the remaining 18 ignition leads.
This is the engine front facing (again dry fitted).
Radial engine aircraft always caught my eye. Builds like these highlight the little odds and ends that make new plastic look like old functioning machinery. The best part is, not all the wonderful fiddly bits are hidden after this model is completed.
Well gents, that arvo turned into a very long one and here we are three days later. I got in a good bit of bench time today and have finished the engine that is almost ready fir mounting on the mainframe. It is such a shame that a lot of that good work gets covered up so I'm thinking of leaving of some of the cowl and have been hunting for good pics.
The kit provides the cowl in two halves, upper and lower with what looks like just a panel join in the centre of each panel, so I'm assuming that both upper and lower each come off as one unit. So do I leave them both off or select just one to give a view of this detailed engine! Anyway folks, pics of the days progress.