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The Craftmans Shop => Model Engineering => Topic started by: gbritnell on December 21, 2009, 05:46:00 PM

Title: Miniature twin launch engine
Post by: gbritnell on December 21, 2009, 05:46:00 PM
Gentlemen, this is a model I made for the Sherline contest quite a few years back. I took the drawings for the Stuart Twin Launch and scaled them down. Most of the bolts are 1x.25 mm. That's an American quarter in front of it.
George
Title: Re: Miniature twin launch engine
Post by: tel on December 21, 2009, 08:45:13 PM
Wow. however do those Americans get those 8" dia Quarters in their pockets?

That's a seriously nice bit of work George.
Title: Re: Miniature twin launch engine
Post by: chuck foster on December 21, 2009, 08:47:34 PM
 :jaw: :bugeye: :jaw: :bugeye: :jaw: :bugeye: :jaw:  :thumbup: :thumbup:

chuck  :wave:
Title: Re: Miniature twin launch engine
Post by: NickG on December 22, 2009, 07:56:01 AM
That is a beauty! Very nice work George.

Nick
Title: Re: Miniature twin launch engine
Post by: Brass_Machine on December 22, 2009, 10:43:51 AM
Wow. however do those Americans get those 8" dia Quarters in their pockets?

That's a seriously nice bit of work George.

I was wondering if I used the the same quarter as him!

Amazing  :bow:
Title: Re: Miniature twin launch engine
Post by: Bernd on December 22, 2009, 10:49:13 AM
Beautiful craftsmenship there George.  :bow:

That quarter thing reminded me of an April Fool joke pulled in a model railroad amgazine. Somebody had built and HO scale engine and placed it on a very large reproduction of a coin. They claimed is was a new micro minuature scale. The detail was outstanding. Had many fooled for a while.

Bernd
Title: Re: Miniature twin launch engine
Post by: kno3 on March 01, 2010, 09:53:08 AM
Hello, this is my first posting here. I just wanted to say this is a wonderful engine. I'd be interested in the scaled down plans for it too, if available.
Title: Re: Miniature twin launch engine
Post by: Bernd on March 01, 2010, 12:20:33 PM
Hello and welcome to the collective kno3.  :borg:

I don't believe there are plans available in the scaled down version. I believe george took the orginal Stuart plans and made his model from that only smaller.

Here is the company that has the Stuart 10 (http://www.stuartmodels.com/inprod.cfm/section/casting) that George scaled his mdoel from. It's the third picture down. Don't know if you can just get the plans.

Regards,
Bernd
Title: Re: Miniature twin launch engine
Post by: dsquire on March 01, 2010, 01:02:45 PM
George

I don't know how I missed seeing this when you posted it George. If I didn't know your capabilities I would be tempted to believe that the Quarters were larger than life. Very nice work on that engine.  :ddb: :ddb:

Cheers  :beer:

Don
Title: Re: Miniature twin launch engine
Post by: Scuba1 on May 04, 2011, 04:12:16 PM
stunning
Title: Re: Miniature twin launch engine
Post by: saw on May 04, 2011, 04:58:11 PM
A masterpice very beutifull gratultions  :clap: :clap: :clap:
Title: Re: Miniature twin launch engine
Post by: lazylathe on May 04, 2011, 08:10:54 PM
 :clap:  :headbang:
Awesome work George!!!! :med:
That model is outstanding!!!!
 :ddb: :jaw: :ddb:

Andrew
Title: Re: Miniature twin launch engine
Post by: narrowgauger on May 05, 2011, 12:36:00 AM
Hi Guys

the drawings for the launch twin are avaiable as a spare part from Stuart Models.

Part number 95135 at a cost of GB Pound 20.00

Hope this helps

have fun
Bernard