(Click on small pic opens the greater one - Click on great image closes this one)
Some
times, some of us has angered of the "engines" of some manufactors in
some - a specially older - kits .... so much "details" .... immoderate
said, a lump of plastic. Such a negative example, I have found last weekend in a kit of Hobbycraft; this should be a radial engine ....... As I had enough recreation time, I have thougt by myself: "This I can do better!"
Material: By
inspection of my spare part depot, I had found: Plastic-washers, rest
of an axle of a toy-car, protecting-caps of optical-fibre-cables,
plastic coated wire tie (inside is a delightful silber-wire), and
naturally my tool kits.
The
protection caps of the optical-fibre-cablesI had fixed on a shortened,
circular toothpick, clamped in the mini-electric drill, and by use of a
scaler (tool of an dentist-accessories-shop, what I have sold for
engraving) I had lathing the cooling ribs. 
Than
the two plastic-washers glued to one, and the nave of toy-cars axle
upside fixed. Frontsided a drilling for propellors axle and than I had
bonded the whole nine cylindes in correct position. 
In comparing with the kit-part, it looks more nice .......
The
first cylinder I had pluged in only, because I wants the engine for a
servicing-scenary. In place of the cylinder I had made a drilling and
fixed inside their a piston (build of a small piece of wire and a piece
of a copper cable).
Now its possible to make the cylinder heads using some electronic-parts of an old printed circuit board ...... 
.... this was a nice effect
- but unfortunately the engine has a to great diameter and not enough space in the fuselage, so I has to cut them away .......
At this place, it is the
best, to make the first paintwork (including a dark washing to
accentuate the cooling ribs). Till this point it was only 4 hours to
work - and time, to say good night. After
the paint dried well, I had started to display the
valve-lifter-control-activation by using the silver-wire from the cable
fixer ........ 
After attachment of the ignition cables, I had started to position the fuel pipes, to every cylinder .........
.... naturally also to the "removed" cylinder .....
And
now the last part ..... a piece of thin soldering tin bending to an
open ring - at best you can make it by unsing a screw-driver in correct
diameter as a form -
and this ring glued in position.
The ignition cables was collected in a small tubule, to simulate the ignition distributor.
Moutned
on a temporary engine subframe, it looks more than better as the
part, the manufacturer has provided. And this with an time exposure off
over all approx. 9 hours ....
With modellers best wishes.
Wolfgang
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