Volkswagen 4 Cylinder Engines

[iBorg]

I'm looking for a well detailed 4 cylinder water cooled engine to put into a race version of AMT's Scirocco. I know many modelers discount this kit much as I did but after playing with it a bit realize it is not the dog kit I thought it was. Any good pictures or comments on the Revell Volkswagen motor? Any other suggestions?

 

THANKS!

[Mark]

You might take a look at the current AMT Rabbit kit.  It's a reissue of the ESCI 1/24 scale Rabbit, not the AMT 1/25 scale kit (why they didn't reissue that one, nobody knows).

[stitchdup]

The revell golf mk1 engine is pretty nice and well detailed but it might be a tight squeeze. Clearly scale do a few different vw engine options for the revell mk1 that are very nice and I believe there is a more modern engine coming soon but i'm not sure if its the 1.8 turbo or the fsi version from the mk4 and mk5 golfs. Mac modelismo do some vw engine too but they are the vr6 and r32 engines and are resin printed as one part. They are a little smaller than the ones from iceman collections and might fit the skyrocket. Imo though I'd just stick some twin carbs on the amt engine to save fit problems. Thats what I did on mine and i added driveshafts but the next will be vr6d. Also be sure to paint the front edge of the interior tub body colour, it can be seen when its assembled.

 

Edited November 20, 2021 by stitchdup

[iamsuperdan]

Clearly Scale have a couple of version of the 16V engine. I've built one, and it's excellent.

 

[1930fordpickup]

Mike go to Model builders warehouse and take your pic of what you want from clearly scale. 

https://www.modelbuilderswh.com/collections/engine-kits?page=2