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Brian Kelly
USA
526 Posts |
 Posted - 28/11/2011 : 02:02:14
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Listers,
Apologies, it's not M.G. but take time to see this model V12 engine.
Dedication, and it's in the palm of his hand.
Brilliant!
I'm disappointed that I didn't hear this music while I was rebuilding the PA's engine. 
http://www.wimp.com/tiniestengine/
Brian. |
Edited by - Brian Kelly on 28/11/2011 02:06:09 |
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George Eagle
United Kingdom
3240 Posts |
Posted - 28/11/2011 : 11:14:46
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Amazing engineering in miniature!!!
George |
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Cymber
United Kingdom
966 Posts |
Posted - 28/11/2011 : 12:26:47
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An amazing feat of model engineering but I was puzzled when the timing gears went on and the camshafts were driven at engine speed. All was revealed however later on.
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Ray Masters
United Kingdom
568 Posts |
Posted - 28/11/2011 : 14:40:01
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| Brian Fantastic video. Makes our engines look like monsters !!. |
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PaulusPotter
Netherlands
202 Posts |
Posted - 28/11/2011 : 15:39:37
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Brian,
Thanks for this link. Nice engineering and great result.
Paul |
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Bob Stringfield
United Kingdom
854 Posts |
Posted - 29/11/2011 : 09:38:47
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I saw some of the construction of the multi-prize-winning Barry Hares R-R Merlin XX miniature model in the late 'seventies. Easily found on Google, it has one very significant difference.
No doubt someone more competent than I am can do the link.
Bob. |
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Robin Hamblett
United Kingdom
534 Posts |
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Terry Andrews
United Kingdom
546 Posts |
Posted - 29/11/2011 : 16:19:07
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Brian,
Yes very nice but it is running on compress air. About 10 years ago I went to model Engineers exhibition in London when a guy made a V16 Ferrari which was started and ran on petrol and had a full working gearbox instruments the Full works.  Terry A
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bahnisch
Australia
674 Posts |
Posted - 29/11/2011 : 22:34:02
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| Some years ago there was a full working model (half or quarter size?) of an Austin Seven at a Silverstone Vintage competition meeting. |
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Bob Clare
United Kingdom
278 Posts |
Posted - 30/11/2011 : 00:28:20
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Well thanks for the plug Robin but I'm not working on anything so modern in design!! My current project is the rebuilding of a 4-6-2 A1 Pacific locomotive in 3½” gauge. The design was just about the N Type of the coal fired express locomotives I suppose but certainly not the Merlin or V12 equivalent. Unfortunately steam power was abandoned long before that stage of development was reached. This is how the engine looked when I began (and before I blew the original boiler!!)
This is what it hopefully will look like sometime next year.
Re-bushing the Bishop-Cam box in the Cresta will, however, interrupt the rebuild, thus proving that Triple-MMMing still takes precedence!
Cheers.
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David Allison
United Kingdom
665 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2011 : 07:42:29
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Quite right too Bob I say!
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Colin McLachlan
United Kingdom
991 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2011 : 10:14:46
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Maurice - you set me thinking on that. I'm not sure, but is it because it runs on compressed air, and therefore a two-stroke cycle?
Colin
PA 0613
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Pat B
United Kingdom
66 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2011 : 11:43:51
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Fantastic video Brian.
Obviously a retired chappy with too much time on his hands when his wife left him for a younger man.....No doubt a recluse with no social life, no family, probably displays worrying levels of sychotic behaviour when alone in his workshop......but that's what makes us engineers so 'special' !!
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Anders Dahlberg
Sweden
64 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2011 : 21:15:31
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Hi all,
I believe that many of us has an interest in both interesting old cars and masterpieces from the hands of these modelbuilders.
I have shown some of the work my father has done on the TA Special "Q", when asking for help when there have been questions of what to do.
I don't think that I have shown any from his modelling. We have been in England six times visiting Model Exhibitions showing cars and engines like the ones on the following photos:
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The modelcar is a Mercer Raceabout from 1910 made in 40% scale, the radial engine is a Wright J5 a model of the engine in Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St Louis that once crossed the Atlantic made in 1/4 scale and the last one is a supercharged V8 1/4 scale and wheighs around 25 kilos.
If you are interested to see more the following links could be usful:
http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/dahlberg.htm
http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/memuseum4.htm
http://home.swipnet.se/mercer/
Best regards from Sweden
Anders & my father Ingvar
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George Eagle
United Kingdom
3240 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2011 : 09:53:11
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Hi Anders
Thanks for sharing with us the photos of your father's models, he is a very skilled engineer! Did he win any prizes when exhibiting his super models here in the UK? I have seen the car.
I have 2 friends who are very interested in both their MGs and in making steam models. Now that I have 2 rebuilt Triple-M cars on the road I am wondering what project I should undertake - maybe a one third scale traction engine.  Certainly Triple-M projects are hard to find and the money asked is often unrealistic as witness a current advert for an original PA requiring a total rebuild.
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leckstein
USA
411 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2011 : 12:46:40
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Hello Anders, wonderful pictures. New Jersey, where I live used to be wonderful manufacturing state. The Mercer was built in Trenton NJ by the Roebling Family who were best known for building the Brooklyn Bridge. The Wright engine was built in Paterson NJ, where I was born . During WW2 my father worked at Wright's building B17 engines. Again thanks for the pictures.
Mike L |
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