| Image Comments |
| John M Oshust | 16-Dec-07 17:00 |
| poppy pointed me to the plastic fitting. The components of one cylinder. Cil head not visible, fluted upholstery tack. 9 cylinders, 63 components total. |
| John M Oshust | 16-Dec-07 17:02 |
| 63 parts more than most plastic model planes. Crankcase is a hair spray cap filled with a large dowel. One cylinder down..eight to go! |
| sweetwillie | 12-Jan-08 19:29 |
| John, what size fitting is it that you used for the cylinder heads? And that collar, or whatever it is that the cylinder sits on. |
| John M Oshust | 12-Jan-08 19:33 |
| SW I do not know the size, it is the size that worked on a 1/12 scale model. I eyeball thing s great deal and measure with dividers. The crank case was a plastic cap from hair spray. I must make three of these, smaller in scale, for the Tin Goose. 63 times three....189 pieces....OH BOY, what FUN! |
| sweetwillie | 12-Jan-08 19:42 |
| I'll bet, but, what the heck, what else would you rather be doing. Would you say it's 1/4" or 3/8" just give me an idea. You see I have to order it online and I can't judge the size on the picture. |
| John M Oshust | 12-Jan-08 19:49 |
| Determine the diameter of the engine that fits your bird. This will be the factor that controls the diameter and length of your cylinders. Of course you must account for the crankcase diameter. I must find new cylinder material or make cylinders for the Goose. 1/24 scale not 1/12 |
| sweetwillie | 12-Jan-08 19:54 |
| Yeah, I just had a brain fart,I just realized that the engine in the F4F that I'm making is only a 22" WS so it'll be smaller than yours. Thanks, John, I'll figure it out. |
| John M Oshust | 12-Jan-08 20:14 |
| Bingo!! My Barrel had a 32 in span the engine would look massive on your plane, spirit cylinders might work they were 3/8 in diameter brass plugs...tad heavy! |
| sweetwillie | 12-Jan-08 23:58 |
| Yeah, that would be too heavy, I found some plastic pipe fittings at WWGrainger.com that I think I'll start with the 1/4" and see if that works. I'll keep you posted. |
