Model engine compilation - video

**Bony** · Aug 17, 2018, 05:47 PM

Fantastic, simply awesome. I feel very, very humble and inadequate. Thanks a million for finding and sharing that Jon.
Bony

**Jeff Michel** · Aug 17, 2018, 06:34 PM

I believe Mr. Klotz's last paragraph is an unfortunate but accurate assessment of what sort of rubbish that people place value.
Thanks for posting, absolutely incredible.

**Toolmaker51** · Aug 17, 2018, 07:25 PM

Originally Posted by mklotz

I'm going to guess the maker of this masterpiece is/was a watchmaker. The plethora of slotted screws where model engine makers would have used studs or SHCSs leads me to that conclusion. Regardless, the engine is a masterpiece; the crankshaft alone belongs in a museum.

I'm not impressed; more correct terms being awestruck, dumb-founded, speechless, envious, astounded...speaking of watchmakers and their particularly intricate mechanisms known as 'complications', this is rightly among them.

**Bony** · Aug 17, 2018, 07:36 PM

Just think for a moment as to how you would set up to grind the cams, let alone figure out the geometry. The crank also, as Marv mentioned. Astounding machining and tenacity. I'm going to be thinking about this all day.
Bony

**ibdennyak** · Aug 17, 2018, 08:15 PM

Amazing....not only the skill level, but the patience to build it

**Hemi** · Aug 17, 2018, 08:16 PM

Jon, These are GREAT!!!!!! Man, the machine work that goes into these little running beasts is just down-right impressive!!!!! So. without further adue I give you:

How fitting? User "Hemi" posts the 426 HEMI everyone with any car knowledge should know!!!!! I love this little Gem and would LOVE to have one..... BUT. More time then I got to put into one! Hope everyone enjoys!!!! -This engine was dome perfectly........ LOOKS just like the real thing, in 1/4th scale, and my only complaint? POLISH those damned Valve covers, would ya or paint them with wrinkle finish black to make it even more true to the real thing!!!!!

(I BET it make an interesting lawn mower engine!!!!!!) Be the only one in town! (maybe the world?) LOL

**MountainMan** · Aug 18, 2018, 03:48 AM

Wow that was a great video!! I always wanted to try to make a mini steam engine just haven't gotten around to it yet.

**mklotz** · Aug 18, 2018, 07:58 AM

Operating model engines are a pleasure to watch but it gets even more fascinating if the engine is embedded in a well-researched diorama that kinetically describes the uses to which these engines were put.

I've written about this video before but the work of this Canadian gentleman is so outstanding it deserves another exposure...

**mklotz** · Aug 18, 2018, 08:30 AM

Model engines are best appreciated if you see them "live". If you live anywhere close to where one of the major shows is held, try to visit and see the action close-up. To whet your appetite, here's a video (part 1 of 4) from the 2017 Cabin Fever show held yearly in Lebanon, PA.