Ace-Garageguy Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 10 hours ago, Russell C said: Somebody with better memory than me might be able to chime in on this, but I know I read somewhere that while the Red Baron kit is 1:24 scale, the World War I Mercedes-Benz aircraft engine in it is actually significantly undersized in relation to what a 24th scale replica would be. That is correct. Though it does represent a real aircraft engine, the engine in the kit is somewhere around 1/32. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Unfortunately you would need to go 1/16 and then you you would have a much greater selection of WW1 engines via model airways kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 The other option is ..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 8 hours ago, Big John said: The other option is ..... A Hisso! That would be nice. There is a bare bones Hispano Suiza V8 in the old Revell 1/28 scale SPAD 13 kit. It is pretty nice, but a bit 'blobby" due to the age of the tooling. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatMan Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 On 3/10/2018 at 9:49 AM, landman said: It is interesting to see the discussion here. What I was after was a nice 1/25 or 1/24 Merlin to add to my engine collection. I already have built an Allison (from the AMT Thunderbird kit) and I have putchased a Junkers Jumo from out friend Firerods.He has a Merlin too and so does or did Ma. The large scale aircraft were a long shot as Bill said but from what I’ve seen they are beautiful. So I thank you guys for all the leads and I’ll keep looking. The Merlin on Shapeways is over $100. If you know anyone with a 3D printer, the file for this ones on Cults3D for $10, plus what it costs to print. You can have it scaled to 1/24th. They also show print services for files bought on Cults3D on the download page. https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/rolls-royce-merlin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landman Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 3 hours ago, MeatMan said: If you know anyone with a 3D printer, the file for this ones on Cults3D for $10, plus what it costs to print. You can have it scaled to 1/24th. They also show print services for files bought on Cults3D on the download page. https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/rolls-royce-merlin Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatMan Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 17 hours ago, landman said: Thank you. NP, Fyi if you use a service you need to make sure they will scale it up. If not someone in the forum that's into 3D printing will do that prob for free, including me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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