Ansaldo A.1 Balilla Polish (1/32, Aviattic)

[PrzemoL]

I have started this looooong awaited kit. Yes, I know the decals are still to come. And so is the famed pdf with assembly instruction. But Bo has showed how to begin so I will try to follow his footsteps. Started with the engine









I decided to correct the mistake in the layout of intake pipes running from the carbs - so I cut that part into two separate tubes and will try to rearrange the way they enter the top of the carbs.
Also, the macro photography revealed that painting of magnetos has to be retouched.

[Juan]

Beautiful start, looking forward to you working your magic on this beauty.   

[Des]

Great to see you start work on this kit Przemol, it will be interesting to see how it all goes together, you have done nice work so far. Is it going to be an OOB build or are you adding extra details.

Des.

[PrzemoL]

Thanks, gentlemen.
Des, Aviattic team made all the efforts to provide us with the ultimate kit, with all the imaginable extras already included in the box, as related in Bo inbox presentation and announced in Aviattic website. Without the instructions booklet I cannot tell how far did they really go (I even did not try to analyze what all those PE details are destined for, yet). So I cannot tell now if I will add anything extra. Well, electric wires (my copy does not have the wire bits), oil pipes and rigging will surely have to be added. I have also followed the Bo's idea and provided the engine block with rotating propeller shaft, only that I used plastic pieces. But besides this, hard to tell now.

[Wodehouse]

This is another one on my "someday" list.  As usual, your preliminary work looks excellent.  Looking forward to seeing what you do with it!

[lone modeller]

As usual your work is enviable. Excellent start: what will you be like when you do get the instructions?

Stephen.

[steveb]

Looking good! There will be no stopping you once those instructions arrive!

Steve

[uncletony]

Following with interest

[Gisbod]

Cool 

Guy

[Nigel Jackson]

Mouthwatering! Not long now, I hope, until mine arrives.

Best wishes
Nigel

[PrzemoL]

Thanks for cheering! 

Some further progress on SPA 6. And an apology - I have looked through more photos of Balilla engines and it seems that the intake manifolds at the carb were organized in various ways, not always the front line was more off the cylinders block as I initially thought. So I built this bit back to the layout suggested in the kit.
Now just the breathers and exhausts are missing from what the kit provides. However, there are some more installations which might be added. I have to study the photos available more carefully.

[aliluke]

Hi
Got this kit on order - a long wait until it comes and longer until I have the skills to build...

That wiring looks superb - as does the whole engine. The wires look like they are plastic coated. May I ask what you are using for them?

Thanks
Alistair

[jeroen_R90S]

That looks great...!
Though there are only so many ways to design a straight-six aero engine, if you squint a bit it looks a bit like a Benz or Mercedes to my, admittedly, untrained eyes

Following with interest... Jeroen

[Juan]

Great looking engine, looking forward to your next installment.

[PrzemoL]

Thanks!

Alistair, this time I used a dark greenish fishing line for the electric cables. I have seen that hue in one of the photos of SPA engine (or was it Breda?).