Thanks Frank for the reply. I must say your builds with the Small Stuff engines are absolutely exquisite and a big reason why I been considering buying the Small Stuff Oberursel for my Eduard Fokker Dr.1 and E.V, I just don't know how I'd go assembling something so tiny (lots of curse words I imagine!
) My Online hobby shop here in Australia (BNA hobbies) did have the pre assembled and painted engines listed as arriving soon but has now changed to discontinued which is a real shame as I thought this way I could have my cake and eat it too in that I could get one of these little beauties without having to worry about my butter fingers stuffing up the assembly! I've also noticed that on the Small Stuff site the Pre-assembled and painted engines (the Oberursels and Le Rhones) are always out of stock so maybe there is a problem at their end(not enough 1/48 engine assemblers perhaps?
). On your Flyboys Nieuport 17 I noticed that your turned up a new metal cowling on your lathe but before that did you attempt to thin down the plastic cowling and was it unworkable? I am just trying to get a sense of whether I will be creating more work for myself that is definitely outside my skill level in getting one of these engines. I think I could probably assemble one but I would be pretty miffed if I couldn't put the cowling over it. It would be nice if Small Stuff or some other aftermarket company could come to the party with thin resin cowlings for the Eduard rotaries I think that would go a large way to solving the problem.
Dave Rickard
Rockhampton QLD