1:72 Maquette Ilya Muromets

[lcarroll]

Ian,
    Perhaps a little off topic, where on Cape Cod are you? I have many fond memories of flying into Otis AFB, Falmouth and vicinity long ago. Beautiful country and great times!
Cheers,
Lance

[IanB]

Lance, I'm not far from either. I live in Hyannis and fly out of there to Nantucket for a small regional airline. It is indeed a beautiful area!

Ian

[lcarroll]

Lance, I'm not far from either. I live in Hyannis and fly out of there to Nantucket for a small regional airline. It is indeed a beautiful area!

Ian

Nice.........  Hard to beat that combination!
Cheers,
Lance

[IanB]

Evening all!

 I got the engine mounts finished and attached this morning, then started on the engines. I did (of course) change my plan, when I realised after a dry fit that there is plenty of room between the engines and they could all be mounted at the same time with no worries.





 That first pic also shows the difference in position between the inner and outer engines.

Of course I couldn't resist a dry run with the wings on to make sure it all looked good...





 Before I finally attached the engines, I added an oily black wash to the crankcases and under the engines to dirty them up just a little.



 After all that was done to my satisfaction, I made a start on the next step....the push rods! It took over 90 minutes to make and fit them on one engine - hopefully the rest will go a little quicker now I know what is involved....



 I will probably add a touch of thin CA to the joints with the cylinder tops just to make sure I don't knock them all off when I attach the rest of the cooling system,

Thanks for looking in!

Ian

[steveb]

Wow! That looks fantastic!

Steve

[Juan]

Really coming together beautifully.

[andonio64]

Beautiful idea to use copper wire and brass rod for the plumbing system on the engine, I'll take the idea for my Albatros DIII.

Antonio

[Manni]

Superb skill.
The engines look terrific.
Manni

[PrzemoL]

Great modelling, Ian. Though not commenting frequently I watch this with great interest!

[RAGIII]

Fantastic engine work... times 4.
RAGIII

[IanB]

Thanks everyone, your comments are very much appreciated!

 Another day spent on the Argus production line today, this time fitting the ignition systems. I used .4mm aluminium tube and .010" brass rod bent into little "S" shapes for the leads. I will NOT be adding the plugs and wires! 





 That leaves just the carbs to make, and the exhausts, both to be added now, and the upper half of the coolant system, which I may or may not leave until the wings are together to be sure that the clearances are ok. I may just add the coolant lines then clip them to length later....

 I also need to add the Bowden cables for the tachometers, which ran along the upper wing surface into the fuselage.

Thanks for looking in!

Ian

[Alexis]

Progress is coming along well , really like how the engines are shaping up with the added detail .




Terri

[RAGIII]

Awesome update on the engines! Continuing to be an education in adding detail in a small scale!
RAGIII

[IanB]

Thanks Terri, Rick - much appreciated!

 The last couple of days have been spent getting the carbs done. I used .030" x .040" rod for the centre piece, 0.4mm aluminium tube for the trumpets with tiny pieces of .040" plastic rod for the float chambers, and  .020" brass rod for the upper mounts. They are now finished and attached!







 I'm calling those finished!
I have also painted some thin copper wire to use as the Bowden cables and those will be fitted tomorrow.

Thanks for looking in!

Ian

[lone modeller]

Sorry Ian I have been away and missed some of this. This is looking terrific - those engines are great. This is going to be more scratch build than kit when finished methinks!

Stephen.