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Miniature working engines are fun!
And I appreciate the obvious German examples the best!
(And one of the V8's looks like it's going to shake itself apart!)
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09-09-2017, 12:13 PM
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Parts for the engine are made on tiny lathes
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09-09-2017, 12:18 PM
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Incredible!
Maybe I am biased but that flat 6 in the beginning sounded the best. The V8 at 9:20 was pretty cool too.
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09-09-2017, 12:34 PM
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Very Cool!
Wish I didn't sell this one..... 
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I used to be addicted to the hokey pokey..........but I turned myself around.. 75 914 1.8 2010 Cayenne base |
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I've always thought this whole thing was pretty amazing. It's been around forever.
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Are there kits avail or are these one offs? Super cool.
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09-10-2017, 02:24 PM
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You look at the hands = old geezers trying to stay out of the wife's way!
 To me this is silly, the ultimate "killing time", a luxury I am sure. I have said this before on model building threads ... I'd rather build the 1:1 scale model. Strangely some could and still prefer the models!? Thanks for sharing. I did enjoy the 18 cylinder Sternmotor. G |
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Trustee From The Toolroom, a great book by Nevil Shute that goes into it in some detail but has a gripping story too.
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I saw this car (and saw it get fired up) at Eyes on Design once, and it was just amazing.
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09-11-2017, 10:50 AM
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has to be one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
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***************************************** Well i had #6 adjusted perfectly but then just before i tightened it a butterfly in Zimbabwe farted and now i have to start all over again! I believe we all make mistakes but I will not validate your poor choices and/or perversions and subsidize the results your actions. |
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09-11-2017, 11:09 AM
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09-11-2017, 11:16 AM
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That miniature Bridgeport mill is about the coolest thing this side of a scale model working flat 6 Porsche motor!
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"I would be a tone-deaf heathen if I didn't call the engine astounding. If it had been invented solely to make noise, there would be shrines to it in Rome" |
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Who makes replica spark plugs for tiny engines?
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10-05-2017, 10:59 AM
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1973 Porsche 914 1.7 very modifed
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