Engine block with supercharger and carburettor housing facing downwards at the front. The aluminum box at the back of the head is the magneto for the exhaust-side spark plugs. There is another mag on the other side; additional mags for the intake side plugs are not modeled.
Second block in preparation.
The tubular engine support structure is very delicate, and looks a bit thin given there is 1460 horsepower on tap. However there was no record of these engines ripping themselves from their mounts, so presumably it all worked out.
Some of the piping. Oil and water pipes are external in many cases.
Completed engines on their tubular supports. The first photo is the left side, which I gather is the port side. The builds diverge from here on as the radiators are built into the wing between the engine nacelles and the fuselage, so piping goes either left or right from here on.
Starboard side. The unit to the far right is the propeller unit on its reduction gearbox. The carburettor intake is on the left side at the bottom.
The "back" end of the engines where the supercharger drive is taken off. Some piping gets connected once the engines are slipped into their nacelles.
Water header and propeller drives at the forward end of the engine.
Bits of paint touchups are needed, but it's pretty well done by now. Lovely builds and it is too bad you can't get these for scratch building hot rods. Stay tuned!
