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Roger Trewenack (RogerTee55)
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30100~Le Rhone Rotary Radial Aircraft Engine

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16 20 July 2022, 09:02
bughunter
I'm in!
Normally my rotaries are six times smaller, but I have the Hasegawa 1:8 Le Rhone in stash, and build also the rotary included in my Hasegawa Fokker Dr.I.
Suggest a piece of real wood airscrew, may be only the middle part (like in this kit Wright Cyclone Engine (Revell 8881, 1:12))
See New Airscrew for the 1:8 Fokker Dr.I | Album by bughunter (1:8)

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20 July 2022, 09:35
Roger Trewenack
Ooohh!! - That's a long way away!!!
but I do like the idea of the chopped airscrew!!
That's more research to do - thank you Bughunter!!
20 July 2022, 12:28
Michael Kohl
Watching this.
20 July 2022, 18:15
Roger Trewenack
shit! the pressure's on!!!
21 July 2022, 03:19
bughunter
I'm glad you like the idea!
A lot of work needed on this kit. Luckily on my Hasegawa kit the seam is on the side and the push rods are brass. You can replace them too with wire.
21 July 2022, 10:49
Roger Trewenack
Hoping someone can offer some ideas as to how I can trim/shape the hex nuts that I have to place on various parts - 6 nuts to each cylinder - 9 cylinders = 54.
see picture 17!
24 July 2022, 08:15
bughunter
I would not clean the hex nuts!
What is the real size? There are miniature brass nuts available, M1, M1.6 ... One example:
https://ebay.de/itm/272820055151
If you need them a bit longer I would by a brass hex profile and cut pieces.
Here only a example shop, available 1, 1.5, 2, 3 mm .....
conrad.com/o/profile..V_MATERIAL_any=Brass
See also minischrauben.com/?refID=minischrauben-2
24 July 2022, 11:28
Roger Trewenack
Thanks Bughunter - I thought of using a punch - didn't think of a brass hex profile - spent a couple of hours with 3.5X lenses, sharp scalpel & chisel & they came up OK - That included dropping 4..........and finding them again, defeating the carpet monster!!!
24 July 2022, 11:56
Roger Trewenack
Sorry about the delay in updates - PC dies on 13th August - took 3 weeks to recover fully!
5 September 2022, 13:09
bughunter
Is the paint on the main engine parts black?
I will go with dark and other aluminium tones on mine.
5 September 2022, 13:15
Roger Trewenack
I'm lazy, so its the natural plastic Black!! LOL
I've sort of decided not to pain the cylinder heads on account of the joins being at the front of the model. Would have been better if the joins were across the model. Not sure if painting woud hide or accentuate the joins.
5 September 2022, 22:31

Album info

I feel the need for ....................................GLUE!!!!
9 cylinders glued together, using the capillary action method with Tamiya Ultra thin glue.
Crankcase Front drilled out 9 holes
9 push-rods de-flashed................I get the feeling I'll be doing things in NINES for a while!!! LOL
Lots of sanding of base of cylinders & removal of flash on Crankcase front.....x 9!!
Happy with the test fit so far.
Tutorial delayed by total computer death....
Now up to date again (5th Sept)
Missing updates due to.......other stuff!!
Now completed!!

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1:8 Le Rhone Rotary (Williams Brothers 30100)

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