Background diorama / Flatheads to Boxers Engine Rebuilders : new tool, new room

[landman]

Mocking up a location for the exhaust muffler.

Cooling tower is ready to install.

[Anglia105E]

Nice pink piping going to the exhaust muffler Pat..... ( yes, I know you intend to paint the piping )..... I bet you are pleased with the cooling tower, it is brilliant!

David

[landman]

Thank you David. Except for two details we are done. Two dynamometers hooked up. One has a Ford SOHC 427 on a water brake dyno, the other a Cumminc NTC 475 on a current dyno. I think the test cell turned out OK.

[Anglia105E]

The test cell has definately turned out nicely. Would there have been some sort of mesh guard over the moving parts of the engine? We don't want test engineers going too close to those pulleys while wearing a tie...... or maybe only Rolls-Royce engineers would wear a tie? Could be a danger to fingers or long hair, or any item of clothing.

David

[landman]

Nobody goes into the cell while the engine is running.

[Anglia105E]

Oh I see..... got it. Absolutely safe.

[landman]

11 minutes ago, Anglia105E said:

Oh I see..... got it. Absolutely safe.

Pure speculation. On the premise that they would go, a screen in front of the moving parts would definitely be a good idea.

[disabled modeler]

NICE...!!!

[Gramps46]

Super nice indeed.  The attention to detail is remarkable.  The clock on the wall is a great idea.

I agree that when in operation the room is off limits.

[landman]

1 hour ago, disabled modeler said:

NICE...!!!

Thank you Mark.

[landman]

27 minutes ago, Gramps46 said:

Super nice indeed.  The attention to detail is remarkable.  The clock on the wall is a great idea.

I agree that when in operation the room is off limits.

It is an atmospheric clock which gives both temperature and humidity, both of which can affect the engine's performance.

[landman]

Added a confuser and printer, albeit a bit old fashioned. But then, so is the Boss.

[disabled modeler]

NICE...!

[Gramps46]

Really super craftsmanship and to know you used available objects tailored to you needs is encouraging to us all.

[landman]

Added some scratching and scraping marks to the bottom of the doors where the dollies would rub.

Added a valve rack to the valve grinder.

[Anglia105E]

There's a lot going on in your workshops Pat, and everywhere you look there is something of interest...... just looked back at some of your previous pages, mainly because I opened page 4 instead of page 21, and noticed all sorts of little details that I had probably missed before. Marvellous stuff!

David

[landman]

2 hours ago, Anglia105E said:

There's a lot going on in your workshops Pat, and everywhere you look there is something of interest...... just looked back at some of your previous pages, mainly because I opened page 4 instead of page 21, and noticed all sorts of little details that I had probably missed before. Marvellous stuff!

David

Thank you. I like changing stuff around, I find it gives it life. The readers make their own scenarios imagining what went on.

[disabled modeler]

very cool...!

[landman]

FTB has refurbished an older 302 crate engine. It will be returned to the Deuce where it lived and worked for many years.

[Gramps46]

Nice engine build as we have come to expect from the FTB crew.  The oil stains are a great touch on the pallet.

[landman]

3 hours ago, Gramps46 said:

Nice engine build as we have come to expect from the FTB crew.  The oil stains are a great touch on the pallet.

Thank you sir. 

[landman]

Looks like the little extinguisher by the door may not have enough oomph in it to put out a fire in an engine that is running flat out. So A hobby knife blade container, a curtain glide and some odds and sods are coming to the rescue. They will become a large cart type extinguisher.

Edited November 25, 2020 by landman

[Anglia105E]

Phew.... that's a relief Pat..... I was worried about that small fire extinguisher on the wall, and what would happen if there was a diesel engine runaway ( or petrol / gas ). No, seriously that is a wise precaution for your diorama facilities.

David

[landman]

Working on the cart.

[landman]

Mocking up the axle location.