Fokker Spin III, scale 1:48, scratch build

Pathfinder65 · Thursday at 4:57 PM

Wow, you’ve made a lot of progress on your little engine. It looks great.

Jan

dockattner · 2024-05-24T09:06:14-0500

That looks outstanding, Johan! I would be super happy with that outcome.

GrantTyler · 2024-05-24T23:45:32-0500

Daniel20 said:
Yes sir, you nailed Johan!

Ditto

GrantTyler · 2024-05-24T23:51:29-0500

Steef66 said:
Your engine looks way better then the one in the church.

Agreed- plenty more detail….

GrantTyler · 2024-05-24T23:54:47-0500

RDN1954 said:
Finally some progress was made; I was able to test fit the engine. The exhaust stubs were added, as well as the inlet manifold and some cooling tubing. Now I just need to observe this install to see if I am enjoying the result and whether or not to add more details. While adding the inlet- and cooling manifolds, I encountered, again, my limitations in adding more intricate (read smaller and way more difficult to fabricate details).

Seen from the front RH side, with the exhaust stubs in view:
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Seen from the front LH side, with the inlet- and cooling manifolds in view:
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For comparison reasons similar pictures, but than from my first attempt of building an engine:
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Good morning Johan. Wow - for some reason your thread didn’t come to my reminders and suddenly there are 3 pages of activity. What Daniel said- you nailed it. Way to go. Cheers Grant

RDN1954 · 2024-05-25T03:23:46-0500

Pathfinder65 said:
Wow, you’ve made a lot of progress on your little engine. It looks great.

Jan

dockattner said:
That looks outstanding, Johan! I would be super happy with that outcome.

GrantTyler said:
Good morning Johan. Wow - for some reason your thread didn’t come to my reminders and suddenly there are 3 pages of activity. What Daniel said- you nailed it. Way to go. Cheers Grant

Thanks for your positive feedback, it's highly appreciated!
It also should be said that quite some feedback, thanks to amongst others @Steef66 and @Peter Voogt , has been incorporated in engine #2, issue 3. Especially the rocker arms saw quite some changes from the issue 1 engine. Engine #1 was disregarded for being way too crude; a lot of refinement was needed.
I can't possible say it's perfect, but this is the best I can do with my current capabilities and toolset, mainly all handtools.
Still, figuring out how-to is very enjoyable... and I'm still pleased with the result so far.