had a wild idea about an Offy 255

[62rebel]

as i've been rummaging through my near-builts and parts boxes, i came across the engine and transaxle from what i think was an AMT Gurney Eagle or something similar.... anyways; it was a turbo Offy four cylinder DOHC.... and i didn't want to cut it apart, so i thunk a bit about what it broke down into; a series of rectangular shapes topped by two horizontal cylinders to make cam covers. i transferred dimensions from the builtup engine to sheet styrene and fudged my way through using only eight kit sourced parts; one injector bank from an AMT '53 Ford F-100 optional hemi with four stacks, and the custom grille from the new AMT '62 Catalina sliced in two to form the cooling fins on the block sides...

the trans came from the parts box with a bellhousing made from a modified air filter. it'll take one more kit part, an exhaust header for installation in a car... but until i figure out WHAT car to put it in, that will have to wait.

it's by no means perfect; i have no bolt head detail or wires and plugs or cooling piping... but, then again, it only took a couple of hours to make. i'll try to add a pic of the little monster when i get some more batteries for the camera.

[Junkman]

It belongs into the Revell 29 roadster pick up with the track nose, no?

[bigphoto]

si!!

[62rebel]

i just might do an AMT '29 roadster with it.... or track down one of the double T kits.... which will have a better period frame and running gear to use.

i was checking over my ancient Monogram Kurtis roadster and the poor pitiful engine IT has ought to be replaced....

[Crazy Ed]

Ok I can see by your sig that Fords float your boat, but think about what it's look like dropped into either a Lotus 7 or a Honda S-800!

[Dr. Cranky]

It sounds very interesting. Hope you can share some eye candy with us soon.

[62rebel]

those are great ideas as well! what i've decided is, that much like any other mechanical assembly, an engine can be broken down into planes and angles.... so, starting off with what must be one of the simplest basic engine blocks (the Offy Four) and adding details to it isn't all that difficult once you understand that scale fidelity is trumped by visual appearance. when i was building model railroad stuff in the '70's, the big thing was detailing with found items and re-purposing others.

i'm going to do a straight six for my Falcon next....