Some of you may have seen this on another forum so I hope you don't mind me re-posting it here for those who haven't yet seen it.
(and for anyone who would enjoy a second look)
Last summer our friend and forum member, CrazyDoug, built a nice Nanzy gas engine model from a set of castings he got from Bob Herder.
Fast forward to Cabin Fever 2019...… A gentleman who had gotten a really nice New Holland model engine from me a few years ago approached me at the show and said he was looking for a scale model of a Nanzy engine and would I keep my eyes open and try to find him one. I happily accepted the request and went on enjoying the show not giving it a lot of thought for the remainder of the weekend.
On Monday morning as we left the hotel at 7:15 am and headed home, I remembered the request and also recalled a fellow with a large machine shop had built 4 of these Nanzy models a few years back intending to sell 3 and keep one for himself. I called the shop and and asked if by chance he still had one of his Nanzy models to sell. He said he did and we drove less than an hour straight to his shop. He took me upstairs in his barn where his models are stored and pulled out 2 of them unpainted but complete and in running order.
He said "Here they are. They both look the same and they both run the same. You may pick one and I'll be keeping the other."
A quick visual inspection confirmed what he said....They were identical. He said they run fine and his word is good so no demonstration needed.
Below are some pictures of the engine I brought home.
Video soon to follow (some of you have already seen the video on YouTube)
In the pictures below is a 3 year old engine that was still new and only test run.
Enjoy,
Gil
A short time later.....Back home I got the engine set up to run and gave it a test. I had a short
learning curve regarding fuel-air mixer adjustment etc. It ran real good.
I gave it a 4 hour work-out to get it well on the way to breaking in properly.
Then I phoned the fellow who requested it and he was pleasantly surprised
I found one that quickly for him and I shared the story about the stop off
on the way home from the show. I asked if he wanted it unpainted as is
or finished the way I might do for myself in a deep rich dark red with the
outer edges of the cooling fins cleaned and polished.
OR....
Would he like it to be painted black on the crank case
and silver on the cylinder jug just like the originals.
He wanted it black and silver as the original so I asked did he have
an original or have access to one. He said he has one.
I asked for some pictures so I could try to get it right.
Here they are....Next.....I kept myself quite busy during my off hours at
the end of my work day and on the weekends.
As I partially disassembled it to begin painting and polishing, I began to
appreciate the very high quality of the machine work that went into it.
a few pictures....