mad mike Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Hello everyone and merry Christmas! I'm back with another engine model, some might say that this one is two cylinders short of being a real engine... It's from a Porsche 911 Carrera, around '70, and of course it's an air-cooled flat six. There were no Marushin parts involved (did you see what those cost now? WOW!), it's all scratchbuilt. The bigger parts were 3d printed on an Objet/Stratasys and the smaller ones on my Asiga, as you can see in the stepping. I sandblasted the Objet parts, their rough surface looks a bit like sandcast metal, and on the Asiga parts (like the linkage) I did no finish at all, just painting. Primer ist flat black AutoK spraycan (turns out semi-gloss, see the hood), paint is mostly Alclad (I love their dull alu) and some Citadel for details. I'm especially proud of the yellow anodized parts and the sandcast look on the fan! Thanks for looking, and have a nice holiday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Wow. Beautiful. My favorite real-world engine, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landman Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 What an absolute beauty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flat32 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Perfect combination of quality CAD work, 3D printing, scratch building and detailing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Very impressive Michael. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Very impressive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Now THAT is impressive! At first glance I thought this was a real engine, but then I see where you BUILT this! Love the 3D printed items and one would be hard pressed to tell the difference if it was sitting in an engine bay. And yes, I've seen those Marushin engines on eBay. One auction I was following very recently with great interest, but when the price crossed the $1000 threshold, I said......that's too much! It eventually sold for $5300!!! Waaaaay too rich for my blood! Especially when there's no guarantee I'd ever build it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglia105E Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Your Porsche engine build is beautiful Michael..... and the choice of paint colours is very interesting. Air-cooled flat six ( not short of any cylinders in my view ). You have clearly put a lot of work into this and also utilised multiple material technologies. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 The engine looks great! Very realistic. And knowing that you designed it yourself on a computer in a CAD program, then printed it on a 3D printed makes it that much more amazing. it is interesting to see our hobby evolving. If you can't find something you want to model, you just design and print it yourself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spex84 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Gorgeous! The detail painting really helps this engine look real. I'm stoked to see 3D printing employed for custom scale work like this; thanks for sharing! Very inspirational The anodized-look parts are quite convincing, considering they're not actually plated! Have you added up all the hours it took to design, print, process, paint, and assemble this model? I bet you it's more than $1000 worth, haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwheels Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Really nice!......it's good to see someone take the time to really stretch out with this stuff and take it where no one has gone before....... Live long and prosper....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Superb Mike, really impressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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