Thanks using stainless steel nuts and bolts to get the real look. need to re sand/paint the valve covers as they look to uneven will keep updating it as it goes
Little Christmas update on the build. crankcase is done and painted, reduction case, lower crankcase and cylinders are all done and painted. Now printing the left cylinder head. Have a great Christmas!
Thanks. Yes this crankcase is the Rob Mc Cune one with a few little mods but the rest of the engine has been done with scans and cad drawings from either me or Tom Kay a ton of time has gone into it before ive started printing anything. So far i have 95% of the engine including internals worked...
This engine is going to be a -7 packard. Ive built a half real, half printed one (-7) already came out great. That crankcase was real and cost 2000 on its own they are increasing hard to get hold of now. A kit could be done just takes quite some time to print but very achievable. Heres a pic of...
So far its cost around £90 in PLA plastic and glue for the crankcase the time I’ve completed the whole engine should be under £500 in plastic/paint/filler/glues fingers crossed
Hi all
Im building a full scale 3D printed rolls / packard merlin engine not sure if anyone apart from the master Tom Kay has done a engine but heres my attempt so far. Crankcase completed this far 3 weeks of solid printing.
Cheers
Jamie
hi Rob
your work is great ive just finished a full size Packard merlin, around 50% of the parts are 3D printed thanks to files from Tom Kay. now working on a full 3D printed one. i have your cad files for the crankcase upper and lower is it ok to use it?
here is the finished one.
cheers jamie