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The Regular Stuff: Chat, Buy, Sell, Off Topic, etc. => General Discussion - Scale Model Gas Engines - Hit & Miss - Throttle Governed - Non-Compression – etc => Topic started by: Alan on May 21, 2019, 03:42:20 am

Title: Hit and Miss engines in Switzerland
Post by: Alan on May 21, 2019, 03:42:20 am: Videos from a model engineer friend in Geneva

https://youtu.be/4Zz0M4yheH4

https://youtu.be/N3EtRkJUX3o

Model engines with butane

https://youtu.be/-Z4MrnKT1KI

https://youtu.be/xb2yB6ZfHog
Title: Re: Hit and Miss engines in Switzerland
Post by: Nick on May 21, 2019, 10:53:58 am: Very nice 8) Love the little Red Wing, the originals were built only a few miles from me
Title: Re: Hit and Miss engines in Switzerland
Post by: Stoker on May 21, 2019, 11:20:05 am: PM Research offers Red Wing scale model kits of Hit & Miss engines, including unmachined castings and bar stock with plans. Unfortunately they cost about twice as much as Jin's Microcosm M90 complete and look to take a whole lot of difficult machining to finish.
Title: Re: Hit and Miss engines in Switzerland
Post by: Nick on May 21, 2019, 02:29:36 pm: Quote from: Stoker on May 21, 2019, 11:20:05 am
PM Research offers Red Wing scale model kits of Hit & Miss engines, including unmachined castings and bar stock with plans. Unfortunately they cost about twice as much as Jin's Microcosm M90 complete and look to take a whole lot of difficult machining to finish.

Yes I have seen plenty of them, just haven't found myself ready to start another collecting addiction :D
Title: Re: Hit and Miss engines in Switzerland
Post by: Stoker on May 21, 2019, 05:55:28 pm: Quote from: Nick on May 21, 2019, 02:29:36 pm
Yes I have seen plenty of them, just haven't found myself ready to start another collecting addiction :D

Actually Nick .... the point I was trying to make was, what an absolute bargain Jin's little Hit & Miss engine really is!
Title: Re: Hit and Miss engines in Switzerland
Post by: Nick on May 22, 2019, 12:16:30 am: Quote from: Stoker on May 21, 2019, 05:55:28 pm
Actually Nick .... the point I was trying to make was, what an absolute bargain Jin's little Hit & Miss engine really is!

Well... it's a bargain for now... until it causes an addiction with scale hit & miss engines and I end up with more :D
Title: Re: Hit and Miss engines in Switzerland
Post by: txlabman on May 23, 2019, 06:29:08 pm: Thanks for sharing the videos Alan.
Title: Re: Hit and Miss engines in Switzerland
Post by: crazydoug on June 23, 2019, 11:58:12 am: Quote from: Nick on May 22, 2019, 12:16:30 am
Well... it's a bargain for now... until it causes an addiction with scale hit & miss engines and I end up with more :D

And you WILL end up with more! My wife reminds me of the time i said i just wanted ONE model hit/miss engine to take to shows- I currently have 18, half of which i have built with no prior machining skills. You assuredly have the addiction Nick!
crazydoug
Title: Re: Hit and Miss engines in Switzerland
Post by: Nick on June 23, 2019, 12:01:35 pm: Quote from: crazydoug on June 23, 2019, 11:58:12 am
And you WILL end up with more! My wife reminds me of the time i said i just wanted ONE model hit/miss engine to take to shows- I currently have 18, half of which i have built with no prior machining skills. You assuredly have the addiction Nick!
crazydoug

Well, I have two in the family with trailers full of scale hit & miss engines so I guess I'm really in trouble... :D