Author Topic: A Must-see for model lovers. Most amazing I've ever witnessed. (Read 397 times)

Neubob · « **on:** September 11, 2007, 08:19:23 PM »

Ferrari 312

Hearing this man speak reminds me just a little bit of rainman. Absolutely incredible achievement, all for the sheer passion.

Incredible.

TalonX · « **Reply #1 on:** September 11, 2007, 08:39:23 PM »

Vulcan · « **Reply #2 on:** September 11, 2007, 08:55:22 PM »

Old but still very cool

JB73 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 11, 2007, 10:28:49 PM »

the fact he made a working engine just blows my mind. he can't be married

I guess I have to ask, why not make servos in it to remote control it also?

FiLtH · « **Reply #4 on:** September 12, 2007, 12:30:24 AM »

Im speechless.

Nilsen · « **Reply #5 on:** September 12, 2007, 01:10:47 AM »

I thought the shop manager at my business was a nutter. He has made a perfect scaled down version of a Spitfire Merlin V12 engine that also works. He had the drawings and it took him less than a year. It is a (machine shop?) so he has all the tools available to him

He had the original blueprints for the engin and didnt have to make that.

CyranoAH · « **Reply #6 on:** September 12, 2007, 05:01:23 AM »

"I wanna see how that works"

MiloMorai · « **Reply #7 on:** September 12, 2007, 05:58:36 AM »

Nilsen, check out these engines:

http://www.enginehistory.org/model_engines.htm
http://www.enginehistory.org/eagle_22.htm
http://www.enginehistory.org/merlin_xx.htm

If you want your own scale Merlin,
http://dynamotive.netfirms.com/merlin/index.htm

other scale engines,
http://www.replicaengines.com/

Neubob · « **Reply #8 on:** September 12, 2007, 12:15:33 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by JB73

I guess I have to ask, why not make servos in it to remote control it also?

I think the primary reason is that his vision for this thing was a perfect scale model, down the last detail. Since the real thing isn't controlled by servos, neither will the model.

Given that reasoning, however, I see no alternative for this man but to model a fully-functional scale driver, complete with bad manners and a tendency to ignore the needs of his lonely scale wife.