So you think you have modelling skills?

[Lyle Willits]

Pictures and video.

http://www.moyermade.com/chevyV8.html

[Clay]

It says that the video is no longer available

Great pictures though!!!

[Lyle Willits]

Video works for me.

[Randy Kern]

Incredible. Sounds pretty cool, also! Lyle, if you do decide to build one, we could put it in my Bugeye Sprite

[Bernard Kron]

Very impressive! One thing I wonder about is the displacement, given as 18 cc. The bore and stroke of a Chevy 327 appears to be 4.000" x 3.25. This works out to a total displacement in of 326.7256 cu. in. or 5.354 cc. 1/6 scale bore and stroke works out to .6666 x .5417. Doing the math this works out to 1.5126 cu. in. or 24.7873 cc. The bore and stroke he gives are each smaller at .600 x .487. I guess there must have been some physical limitations such as to the wall thickness of the cylinders, casting thicknesses, or some such which resulted in a significantly smaller displacement. He did get the bore x stroke ratio virtually spot on to the thousandth so it's obvious that even within the limitations of the engineering he tried to keep things accurate. Like I said, very impressive!

BTW the videos work fine for me too. Brmmmm, Brmmmmmm! (Or is it Buzzzzz, Buzzzzzz!?)

Edited February 21, 2009 by gbk1

[Clay]

All his videos say that they are no longer available

[MikeMc]

Clay you've got to check your computer settings! Videos work A OK the R/C T bucket is past wild

Thanks Lyle!!

[Bernard Kron]

  MikeMc said:

... the R/C T bucket is past wild

Thanks Lyle!!

Yeah, thanx Lyle! And the other stuff on his site is a trip! Here's his home page:

http://www.moyermade.com/index.html

Someday we'll each have our own copies of a Challenger V8!

Edited February 21, 2009 by gbk1

[Modelmartin]

Very cool! That sounds like a very sophisticated chain saw!

For a different sound try this-

This is just as cool!

Edited February 21, 2009 by Modelmartin

[RodBurNeR]

video(s) worked for me, that would be the smallest I have seen run. very impressive!

[E St. Kruiser50]

There's a group of guy's who build every conceiveable type of scale engine that runs. They have club's just like we do.

I get emals from a friend, that have these guy's at event's showing these things off, starting them up and running. Everything in cluding "FLATTIES", 4-banger's and sixes.

They sound just like the real thing . Very amazing

[DR Dubois]

That's pretty amazing. Reminds of the guy who over the last 15 years or so built an exact replica of an entire Ferrari in 1/4 scale. Built and manufactured every component by hand, by himself!

Can't remember where I saw it though...

Edited February 22, 2009 by DR Dubois

[CAL]

  DR Dubois said:

That's pretty amazing. Reminds of the guy who over the last 15 years or so built an exact replica of an entire Ferrari in 1/4 scale. Built and manufactured every component by hand, by himself!

Can't remember where I saw it though...

It was 1/3 and can be seen at Fine Art Models. It was also featured on an early Top Gear.

Edited February 23, 2009 by CAL

[Casey]

  CAL said:

It was 1/3 and can be seen at Fine Art Models. It was also featured on an early Top Gear.

Click here: http://www.fineartmodels.com/pages/product...roduct_area=139

This is truly amazing. Way above and beyond being a model, IMO, but talk about dedication- 15 years to complete, and three years alone to do the drawings!?!?

[Tommy Kortman]

That is incredible

[Abell82]

Not that it's not a feat, but I am pretty sure, that a man named Charlie Ryder did one in 1/24th.

NOW that would be impressive, to see.