Dufaux 4 in 1:32 scale

[Des]

I had some difficulties sourcing 3/16" (4.76mm) brass rod for the cylinders on my engine, I finally located some in South Australia so hence the time delay since the last post. In the mean time I made the top section of the fuselage frame, this was made from various sizes of Evergreen styrene strips, this will eventually be painted a wood colour.


Des.

[Des]

The brass rod finally turned up. I have started to cut the length of brass rod to 4.5mm lengths, I am doing this with a razor saw which does a fairly neat job, I tidy the ends up on my lathe. This photo shows the first 4 cylinders just sitting in position but bear in mind that there is a lot more work to be done to each cylinder. Each completed cylinder will be highly polished. In the photo the cylinders tops have not been cleaned up as they will need to be shaped, so plenty of file and sanding work ahead of me.

Des.

[ALBATROS1234]

very impressive des.you are a master.

[KitRookie37]

Hello gentlemen and ladies,
Shame on me, I missed this build start.
This unfinished engine looks already like a jewel.
Sure, it will be amazing.
Best regards.
Alain.

[pietro]

Des, I just stepped over from the BENCH to have a look/see at your progress. WOW! I'm working on my OX-5 as we speak and I am in awe of your engine so far! It is fantastic. I'll try to post some pictures tomorrow of my completely lazy approach to engine construction. We're going to hit the sack.
Pietro

[Des]

Thanks very much Scott, Alain and Pietro for your extremely kind comments, they are greatly appreciated.

Pietro, I not long ago scratch built the Curtiss 'O' engine for my Curtiss Hydroaeroplane, it was my first V8 engine build and I thoroughly enjoyed it, here's a link to my complete build which includes the engine;  http://www.ww1aircraftmodels.com/page51.html  hope it gives you some hints to building the engine.

Des.

[radio]

Fantastic work to engine and frame, Des.
Cheers
Martin

[Des]

Thank you for dropping by and looking at my model Martin, your comments are always very much appreciated.

Des.

[Ernie]

Beautiful neat work, Des!  The engine, even in it's
early stages is wonderful. Looking forward to the
next updates, my friend.

Cheers,
Ernie

[lcarroll]

    The engine is a masterpiece in itself, Des. Great craftsmanship as you always provide, no substitution or compromise here, just excellent work! This is coming together very nicely, looking forward to more progress reports.
Cheers,
Lance
 

[RAGIII]

Outstanding work on the frame and Especially the Engine!
RAGIII

[Pgtaylorart]

Very nice work on your (almost) all metal engine, Des! Nothing looks more like metal than real metal!

George

[Des]

My many thanks and appreciation to Ernie, Lance, Rick and George for you wonderful comments.

You are correct George, nothing looks better than real metal especially the aluminium crank cases.

Des.

[Ssasho0]

starting another one, great! I'm taking some popcorn and beer and getting on the front seat (if any left) for this one. All your scratchbuilds are inspirational, informative and just plain awesome
best regards,
Sasho

[PrzemoL]

Just amazing...