Too true mark , they would probably have been too big even for the ‘Great Western ‘Isambard Brunel woulda been proud of them rivets big improvment getting rid of those.
I can only guess whoever designed the model used their artistic licence,looked at their handywork and smugly thought, yes! Im the best this firms ever hadToo true mark , they would probably have been too big even for the ‘Great Western ‘
! Scaled up they would be about 3 inch in diameter !!! Funny thing too is that there arent that many rivets on the real thing , and what few it has are either flush or hardly noticeable .
One of the germans nicknames for the po2 was the Nahmaschine - sewing machine . A 5 cylinder radial must sound a bit rattly then ! While we’re on the subject of the engine , ive been looking at the exhausts . Three of the four kit exhausts are shapeless ,flash ridden and flat looking , so in other words unusable . The problem is what can I replace them with as they aren't straight . Brass tube is too difficult to bend to shape without creasing and plastic is too difficult to heat and bend accurately. I decided to use some solder , which is easily bent and soft enough to be drilled . The top two cylinders share the same pipe for which I used the kit piece , suitably cleaned up and a flattened ,drilled end added with the solder. Next is the addition of the bracket that holds the two lower exhaust pipes.Five cylinders, is that it ? Were the Russians short of pistons or something ?
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