Piston Perfection

[ysi_maniac]

^^^^ Really interesting. Thanks for posting!

[gooberliberation]

I just had a brain-fart looking at my spare parts pile...

Inline-engined Zero! I have a DB 601 from an Aichi Seiran and the cowling looks like it'd match up to a zero's nose almost perfectly. :ar:

Perhaps a frame-less bubble canopy would be in order as well? Since the zero's kit has already had its decals reserved for other projects, I suppose markings would include green surrender-crosses.

[ysi_maniac]

^^^^ This sounds cool. Then think in an aft fuselage plug (as in Dora)

[gooberliberation]

One thing though.  Given that the Zero was designed to take a radial engine, the fuselage will have a wider cross section than the DB601 (or Japanese eqv.)  Would it not be better to give the Zero a Jumo 213 from a Fw 190?

It would look pretty cool and I'd definitely consider it if I had a Dora nose in the parts bin. Unfortunately, I've got a surplus in disembodied Daimler-Benz engines from various kitbashes and my one spare Jumo is glued and committed to another project.

The Zero also has a teardrop shaped fuselage; adding a fuselage plug in the rear would be pretty hard. Plus the Aichi/Kawasaki/Daimler engine doesnt weigh that much more than the original Sakae, wheras the Jumo is almost a full 800lb heavier than either.

I think that with the lighter and shorter engine, I could get away with not having a fuselage plug and just have an aft-mounted radiator to balance things out, at least visually.

[elmayerle]

Well, you could also enlarge the vertical tail a bit, keeping the same basic shape, to cope with the larger side area up front.

Just my $0.02.

Evan  

[kitnut617]

Question for Lee,  is there a 'pre-build' section so that pictures can be posted of models already built but are NOT legible for this GB but DO fall in this catagory.

I have a couple of models, one finished and the other not finished but as it's packed away in our moving comtainer, I'm not able to complete it.

Cheers...  

[Hobbes]

There's no separate area. If you want to show your model, just create a thread in the 'Piston Perfection Build ' area, and put a line in the first post that says the build isn't eligible.


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[kitnut617]

Thanks Hobbes

Robert