Given the interest in aircraft engines, I thought I would post some pics of this build recently finished for the 109GB. The kit is from HPH and is mostly resin with a small PE fret and all the wire needed for the piping and wiring. Its a really nice kit and I certainly plan on getting one of the other engines they do.
I mainly used enamel paints, both Humbrol and Xtracolour, but also Alcad in a couple of the NMF pieces.
The stand is also from HPH but come separately.
Thanks for looking.
Really nicely done, Bish. Looks like it was fun to build. Are those decals for the serial?
Neat mounting.
You did a great job! I also agree with Mr. Stauffer that the display is a nice touch. Wouldn’t it be fun to have the main engines used in WWI and II in this scale. knox
Cool build !
I like the method of mounting the engine, too!
I’ll need to check on availability of those kits.
Are engine details on the rear of the engine also included in the kit even though covered by the bulkhead?
I believe they have a few offerings, but I don’t remember seeing any radials. If I remember correctly, they run about $100.
Thanks guys.
Andrew, yes, the serial number and the markings on top are all decals supplied with the kit. The serial is actually in tribute to Erich Hartmann. 1904 is his date of birth and 352 his number of kills.
Sprue, ye, the engine has all the details on it and al you see apart from the two small cable connectors at the left rear are included. I had to scratch those, I think one was included but I may have accidentally thrown that out with the excess resin.
They do 2 other engines, a BMW 003 for the He 162 and a P-51 Packard. When I looked last year, Sprue Brothers had the Packard and the DB 605, but I could not find the stand. I bought direct from HPH, but of course I am in Europe so it was not to bad.
This is the page on their site with the engines and the stand.
www.prodejonline.cz/…/k.02I.models-118.html
I certainly plan on getting the 003 later this year.
Great job Bish! Love the display. A very interesting addition to any collection.
Too bad they don’t make the Rolls-Royce Merlin, I’d get that one.
Thanks Steve. These kits are actually sold under a joint label, HPH and Kingscale. On the Kingscale site, they actually label it as a Rolls Royce Merlin. Allied aircraft is not my thing, but I believe the term Packard may refer to Merlin engines built under licence by Packard. So if you would like the Merlin engine for the P-51, you might be in luck.
All three of these engines have been around for 3 or 4 years and there have been no new additions to this line unfortunately.
Oh ok, when you wrote “P-51 Packard” for some reason my brain switched it to “Allison”, my bad. I’ll take a look and yes the RR was built by Packard under license for the P-51 and later P-40’s (I believe the P-38 sported the Allason it’s entire career).
Thanks Bish.
Steve, that’s what I thought it meant, the early P-51 engines, but I was confused with the Rolls Royce label. It was only when i looked at the Kingscale site and then I goggles Rolls Royce Packard that I understood.
Try Sprue Brothers, but as I suggested earlier, I did not see the stand on that site, and unless you can make your own, it would be difficult to display without it.