Fantastic work Francis, it also shows you know a thing or two about the workings of engines.

Not sure if this will work but maty amuse if it does.

Work on the cylinder head for the left bank of cylinders. Today has been all about fitting the exhaust camshaft with most of the time spent fitting the camshaft bearing journals

Lovely work, pity it is all inside but as you said IKIT, and SDW(so do we).

My line of model making is IYCSIDB  "if you can't see it don't bother" - but thats me all over hohohoho

Quote from: MSea on July 15, 2025, 04:54:47 PMMy line of model making is IYCSIDB  "if you can't see it don't bother" - but thats me all over hohohoho

Out of sight, out of your mind usually!

Some progress, albeit not much as I've playing 1:1 cars over the last few days. The left hand bank has the camshafts fitted and the rocker cover fettled ready to be glued in place. The right hand bank has the tappets in place ready for fitting the camshafts and their journals.

One of the 1:1 cars from the last couple of days. This a very accurate Indian built replica of an 1890s Benz Motorwagen. Quite fun and much quicker than first impressions would suggest.

How fast would it go?

I always wondered how you got that dashing 'windswept' look Francis.
Now we all know.......      

The Benz Motorwagen is capable of about 10mph but I'm told was only doing 8mph tops on Thursday. Still quite impressive, quite and fairly smooth riding given the large diameter driving wheels.

With the cylinder heads pretty much sorted I'm moving onto the timing gear for the valves. They're gears are definitely not replicas of the prototype straight cut ones or even Swiss watch quality. They do mesh and transfer drive from the crankshaft to the camshafts and on an ikit basis that'll do.

Blimey - that's some detail.

Lovely!

Camshaft drive gears in place and it all works. It's been a busy day at the workbench today and I'm off now to lie down in a darkened room.

You need it Francis and a couple of shots of RUM - its looking GREAT