With everything installed in the crankcase, I removed the timing lock things and gave the engine a quick twiddle. All works well, there's loads of space in the cyclinders, I could almost get away with painting the pistons as the wear on them would be very localised.
Anyway, all good so far, next it will be time to look at the heads with plenty more fiddly bits to fit.
I must admit I really like this. Watching the videos I'm not sure you need to paint the cylinders. I wonder if they deliberately took into account the impact of the ribbed transparent parts in choosing the colour?
ReplyDeleteI suppose you could build it by painting just one-half of the engine, a bit like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=YbL3Nlm_Gmo&ab_channel=MANJO
Half-painting the model had occurred to me. I quite like the idea of one side painted, one side clear. I suspect someone will have something along these lines at the IPMS. That said, it would benefit from some detailing too, but there is definitely potential here.
ReplyDeleteI once helped someone swap a Beetle engine for a reconditioned unit. He then filled it with cheap oil (against my advice), didn't run it in properly and wrecked it within a few weeks. I steered clear of him after that.
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