WORKING MODEL ENGINE!!!
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WORKING MODEL ENGINE!!!
does anybody remember the revell visible v8 model engine from 1977???
i found one in a garage sale a few years back... i wasnt born until many years later than 77, so i wanted to know how rare they are... i actually started building it... brings a whole new meaning to a "hand built engine" i have it working just moving the pistons right now... the cam wont stay in :rolleyes: (so annoying...) im bringing it into class so i can finish it earlier... (i have an art class where im WAY ahead of every1... so i goof off and draw cars all period...) the "spark plugs" are actual lights that light up at the right intervals... and the cam actually moves the valves via 16 rods... the best part - it can work off a battery!!! - :eek: this thing is so cool... im so glad i decided to build it, i kept it in my closet for a while thinking it was valuable... maybe it is, who cares, im enjoying it...
just want to know if any1 remembers this thing, as it is so cool
-danny :D
i found one in a garage sale a few years back... i wasnt born until many years later than 77, so i wanted to know how rare they are... i actually started building it... brings a whole new meaning to a "hand built engine" i have it working just moving the pistons right now... the cam wont stay in :rolleyes: (so annoying...) im bringing it into class so i can finish it earlier... (i have an art class where im WAY ahead of every1... so i goof off and draw cars all period...) the "spark plugs" are actual lights that light up at the right intervals... and the cam actually moves the valves via 16 rods... the best part - it can work off a battery!!! - :eek: this thing is so cool... im so glad i decided to build it, i kept it in my closet for a while thinking it was valuable... maybe it is, who cares, im enjoying it...
just want to know if any1 remembers this thing, as it is so cool
-danny :D
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Re: WORKING MODEL ENGINE!!! (Raysur)
I have a 1/4 scale RC race car that had an actual gas powered running V8 engine. You can buy the kit. Completed engine is about 8 inches long. it all work just like the real engine, cam, timing gear, valves etc. The only thing different was that plugs didnt fire, used more like glow plugs in a diesel engine. Sounded just like the real one. Its a small block chevy. The kit costs around $3,000 though. Guys even had 1/4 scale drag races used miniature roots style blowers. Id post pics if I knew how they worked here, havent figured out how to fill in home page yet. I could email them to someone if they want to post them.
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Re: WORKING MODEL ENGINE!!! (cruisin1993)
I too had a visible V8 -- had to be in the late 50's early 60's.
Taught me a lot about engines. Seems to me they also made
a chassis for it later on? As I recall, the battery held D size
batteries that made the "spark plugs" light up. It certainly showed
the relationship between the crank and the cam and valves.
(push rods) just like ours... Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
:seeya
Taught me a lot about engines. Seems to me they also made
a chassis for it later on? As I recall, the battery held D size
batteries that made the "spark plugs" light up. It certainly showed
the relationship between the crank and the cam and valves.
(push rods) just like ours... Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
:seeya
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Re: WORKING MODEL ENGINE!!! (cruisin1993)
I still have my visible V8, it's somewhere in my attic, fully built, altough not in great condition. They used to have a chassis to go with it.
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Re: WORKING MODEL ENGINE!!! (2HIP4U)
I am with 2HIP4U, I had one around 1959... But I was just a tiny little kid back then :D It definitely taught me a lot about engines and how they work. I also had a big Jag XKE, I think by Monogram that had a bunch of stuff that would work, brakes, steering, etc.....
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Re: WORKING MODEL ENGINE!!! (cruisin1993)
Yep, I got mine somewhere around 1981 or so. It's still being made too, so don't worry about how valuable it is. I saw one in the local hobby shop a few months ago. As I remember it though, mine wasn't made very well. There was so much lack of quality that mine turned out real tight, I basically had to spin it by hand because the little starter motor couldn't quite turn it by itself. Put it together and enjoy it, just be sure that at every step all the peices spin freely, and if not, break out the sandpaper & Xacto!
-Matt
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Re: WORKING MODEL ENGINE!!! (cruisin1993)
I built one back in the early 60's, before I was old enough to start on the real thing.I was amazed that the local wal-mart had one a couple of weeks ago.. which is a new release not the original.They really aren't that rare as I also have seen some of the original ones in hobby stores that have been in bussiness along time.Also I have seen the 1/4 scale engines that really work out there. I'm a machinist by trade and my old college instuctor bought one and made blueprints of it and made it a class project so there have been quite a few made in this area. He even bought a 1/4 scale NASCAR kit and put the engine in one.That was really cool. :cool: :cool:
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From: Henderson Nevada
Re: WORKING MODEL ENGINE!!! (Silver85)
Great kit the first time I built it I was 20 & like yourself I built it between classes (more like in class :D ). It is very cool and does give you a sense of accomplishment when you are done. I have seen the small scale working V8 models but as aformentioned above they are very $$ but soooo cool! :cool:
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Re: WORKING MODEL ENGINE!!! (vallini)
I built mine around 1960. Also had a chassis with working 3 speed transmission and working differential. Very :cool: . Very educational. I have a 1/6 scale FI 283 Vette engine now but lack the patience and steady hands required for assembly.
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From: Butler PA
Re: WORKING MODEL ENGINE!!! (cruisin1993)
I still have my 1:8th scale Jag and built a T-Bucket Hot rod, and a
1:8th scale 1965 Corvette (blue) as well. I graduated from the
Visible V8 to go kart engines and started racing them at 10.
My father taught me to tear them down, clean them, and put
them back together during the long winter months in Pennsylvania.
He showed me the intricacies of the diaphram carbs and 2 cycles too.
Thanks again -- I haven't thought about these days for 40 years...
:seeya
1:8th scale 1965 Corvette (blue) as well. I graduated from the
Visible V8 to go kart engines and started racing them at 10.
My father taught me to tear them down, clean them, and put
them back together during the long winter months in Pennsylvania.
He showed me the intricacies of the diaphram carbs and 2 cycles too.
Thanks again -- I haven't thought about these days for 40 years...
:seeya
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Re: WORKING MODEL ENGINE!!! (cruisin1993)
It is still available; we bought one for our 15 year old as a birthday present. He and I put it together (use lots of vegetable oil to make it crank easy), and I think he has a good understanding now of how an engine works. He understands terms like hotter cam, bigger bore, longer stroke, etc. The only problem with the new version is that the fanbelt (rubber band) is too tight and broke the pin off the end of the crankshaft.
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From: San Pedro CA
Re: WORKING MODEL ENGINE!!! (black86targa)
I have a 1/4 scale RC race car that had an actual gas powered running V8 engine. You can buy the kit. Completed engine is about 8 inches long. it all work just like the real engine, cam, timing gear, valves etc. The only thing different was that plugs didnt fire, used more like glow plugs in a diesel engine. Sounded just like the real one. Its a small block chevy. The kit costs around $3,000 though. Guys even had 1/4 scale drag races used miniature roots style blowers. Id post pics if I knew how they worked here, havent figured out how to fill in home page yet. I could email them to someone if they want to post them.
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Re: WORKING MODEL ENGINE!!! (black86targa)
black86targa - id love for you to send me those pics... do you have the company name too, of who built them??? cruisin7419@cs.com
this stuff is so awesome... i too have a go kart... im waiting until theres some more garage space so i can buy a second to ride around while i tear apart and rebuild the first one... :D
- danny :seeya
this stuff is so awesome... i too have a go kart... im waiting until theres some more garage space so i can buy a second to ride around while i tear apart and rebuild the first one... :D
- danny :seeya
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Re: WORKING MODEL ENGINE!!! (cruisin1993)
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Re: WORKING MODEL ENGINE!!! (cruisin1993)
I had one....I couldn't get that one to run either, pretty much ended my dreams of being a mechanic at age 9. Oh well, computer systems mgr. isn't so bad..... at least I can change my own oil.... :cry
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Re: WORKING MODEL ENGINE!!! (cruisin1993)
They are not that rare. I bought one last year for myself for christmas, though I had a hobby shop order it for me. I f memory serves roght it was around 50 dollars. make sure you follow instructions to a 'T' when it calls for the lubricating of the cyl walls with cooking oil and make sure you deburr all the parts, thats the secret. :D