Airfix new tool 1/24 Spitfire Mk.IXc Build. Bonus Video.. "The Engine"
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- In this "extra" video we build the beautifully moulded Merlin Engine for the Airfix 1/24 Spitfire. If you would like to contribute to the channel.. please look here.. / nigelsmodellingbench
Stunning! The kit, and your talent!
That’s an absolute thing of beauty. The mold maker is an unsung hero …
That's a great detailed engine
here it comes The New Spitfire Video! I do wait really much every new episode!
Hope you enjoy!
Discreet bandage!! Full sheet of kitchen roll on your pinky lol😂😂👍😁
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What a terrific rendering of a Merlin! That is going to look stunning after painting. Once again, hats off to Airfix. Credit where credit is due, that kit is a stunner and for the sane side of £100 it is tremendous value for money. Oh hell, I think I'm talking myself into getting one. Somebody stop me!
A comment relating to the cockpit, the kit provides the two hooks underneath the fuselage (found on parts F3 and F32) which relate to the provision of a slipper fuel tank. What the kit doesn't provide is the "jettison tank control" for the slipper tank which would be located on the right (starboard) side of part D23. I tried attaching a schematic of the feature but failed.
Another feature missing are the 'S' shaped air inlet pipes found on the front face of the engine driven generator. Perhaps another oversight (like the elevator control rod) given the featureless forward face of the generator.
Last but not least, these comments are by no means intended to slam this kit as it is simply amazing and by far the best offering by Airfix.
No doubt this kit is gonna be re-released in many different guises. I guess they have to stop somewhere when it comes to sharing parts vs accuracy?
The con rods are "knife and fork" the same as a Harley Davidson. Keeps the engine compact. Great video.
Harley has them too?? I have a Harley and didnt know.
That engine is beautiful, imagine if airfix scaled it up to 1/12 and sold it on its own.
Loving this build. As a modeller who is coming back to the hobby after a few years absence I've found your channel to be a god send. Picking up lots of old and new tips. Top work. I've started back by doing a couple of 1/12 motorcycles but this kit looks a must buy.
Welcome aboard!
This is a stunning engine, I remember the original tooling Merlin and that was not as detailed as this, it’s a completely different animal. Great job Nigel.
Couldn't agree more!
Airfix have most deffinitely upped their game on this one mate, that engine is a work of art, look forward to seeing it painted n weathered Nige style😉👌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Couldn't agree more
Hi Nigel, the engine looks to be a beast of a kit by itself, and when it is installed it will bring the whole thing together, good luck with the remainder of the build, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia.
It's lovely eh!!
Awesome - what a great kit this is, and a fantastic build being made of it. Top notch.
Thank you kindly!
What a beautiful model of a Merlin engine
Great video my friend you making a fantastic job the engine looks amazing the detail is second to none I really enjoy following your builds you explain everything in detail will build into a stunning kit when finished thanks for sharing 👍👍
Thank you very much!
Nige that engine looks awesome buddy I’m still waiting for my kit it’s been ages 🫤 still I’m liking how this is all coming together take care bud all my best to you n Jess 👍🏻💙😉🍻🇬🇧
Beautiful work Nigel!
Thank you! Cheers!
Gawd that's a beautiful engine. Truly a kit within a kit. Can't wait to see it after the paint and weathering. Don't you wish someone would make a 1/8 or 1/6 scale kit of the Merlin?
Beautiful work Nigel. After seeing your build of an Airfix kit I am going to build my Saab viggen from airfix. It’s an older kit so I’m expecting it will not be this nice to work with. 🎄
Have fun!
That's a lovely merlin nigel. Nice clear instructions shame about the plastic issue though.
Glad you enjoyed it
she not as big as id imagined it would be. looks good Nige
I would imagine it is slightly undersize Ed, as are most kits engines/interiors as the thickness of the plastic "skin" forces this.
@@NigelsModellingBench its more that a spit even at 24th is still quite dainty, got to say well done airfix a bit tho they seem to have done this one justice, mind you, you build very nicely which always makes it look good
Thanks for the compliment. I believe this could be built by anyone with a few kits under their belt, especially if they build along with me.
Being airfix that's kinda the deal, I sent my godson the 48th tamiya bf109 for Christmas as a first kit, as its another good opening model but I nearly went modern airfix, as they seem to have really upped their game.
n regard to your block placement question, parallel is the answer you are looking for as Rolls Royce used a system where opposite cylinders had on the left hand bank a normal but thinner con rod and the opposing rod for the other bank had a two bearing tuning fork shaped yolk that fitted either side of it on the same journal thus allowing the blocks to be unstaggered, other versions on the same theme (though not Rolls Royce to the best of my knowledge) used 1 con rod with a bulged out bushed flange on one side of the rod which the opposing con rod was mated to via a wrist pin. this type was used quite a lot on american radial engines
edited to add : I wrote this immediately you asked the question - but you obviously checked for yourself, oh and yes they ARE called the cylinder blocks being as each carries six cylinder outers for pushed in interference fit liners. by the time of the mark 9 Merlins had seperate cylinder heads, earlier marks were cast with the cylinder head and block as one piece - an absolute bitch to grind in the valves into by all accounts.
I know.. I explained it in the video.. thanks for the reply.
@@NigelsModellingBench which was why I added the edit.
Just had a look at a Merlin engine schematic and each bank of pistons share the same crank spindle, so the sleeves are all in line
All V engines opposite cylinders share the same crank journal, which is why the banks are often staggered, the Merlin has a very unusual design of con rod, as I explained here. This is what allows the cylinder banks to be in line.
Beautiful build! I come from the R/C side of model aircraft, and find very useful tips for improving the scale appearance in my models from modelers such as you. Thanks for sharing your talent! You have a new subscriber 😁
Glad I could help!
It took me far longer than I should admit to get your ‘special k’ joke! 😂
You call that a joke?? lol
The Merlin, the engine that won the Second World War by Gordon A.A. Wilson
Great little book
Very nice indeed Sir.
Thank you kindly
Nige, loving the build.
I've NEVER bought anything from Premium Hobbies. Why? Cos they never have anything in stock! I just checked those clear files and it's the first time I've ever seen anything you've recommended in stock. But just to make sure, I went through most of the sections again, and no exaggeration, about 80% of their products say "sold out", and have done for at least a year. Not even your fancy black CA glue. They only seem to be good for some paints and glues. Tools though, the nice scribers you have, the fancy sanding machine, skinny files, etc, etc, no chance. They don't even say if they'll ever have anything back in stock.
Hi Brian. PH is a one man business working from his house. he doesn't hold huge numbers in stock, and it often happens that when I review something from there it sells out in no time. We must also remember there are major issues with supply still.
@@NigelsModellingBench Gotchya... all the breast!
Hi! Just for info, The Spitfire with a Packard is a Ml.XVI.
That's what I thought, but i thought the RR merlin had a cast coolant gallery bolted to the cylinder banks whereas the packard had the pipes as per this kit?
Hello nigel. I saw a picture of a merlin engine and back of the super charger at the top had a casted texture.
Thank you
If it is a packard Merlin then that is technically a Spitfire MkXVI. The IX had RR Merlin and the XVI had Packard Merlin. Only real difference between the two mk's!
Lovely.
Hi Nigel, that’s a fine looking engine. Nicely built sir. I wonder if Chris, the Airfix designer, was a little bit inspired or influenced by the Tamiya kit? This engine looks very much like an enlarged version of that the way it’s broken down. Eager to see it all under a coat of paint and very much looking forward to the next thrilling instalment👍
David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Sunday, 28 July, 2024)
UPDATED
Hello, Nigel! Just saw your reveal of HK Models’s 1:48th-scale NAA B-25J Mitchell USAAF Medium Bomber (sighhhh! :( LOL ) kit. Now Airfix’s 1:24th-scale grand œuvre Supermarine Spitfire RAF Mk.IXc Fighter; specifically, assembling the Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12, 27-litre (1,650 in³) capacity, 1,300 kW (1,800 hp) piston æroplane engine.
You earlier had asked whether the cylinders on a Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12 Engine were staggered. Being rather the bookish sort, I enquired online-to no avail.
Still, I found a few bits that might be of a bi of interest: a de-rated version of the RR Merlin engine was also the basis of the Rolls-Royce/Rover Meteor tank engine.
Dwight Thorn is a master engine mechanic whose company, Mystery Aire Ltd., is just east of Gilroy, California, USA. He notes increasing difficulty in servicing and maintaining a RR Merlin V-12 engine to its potential, and that part of the problem is that [it] has six times as many parts as an Allison V-1710 V-12 engine. (source: “Masters of the V-12” (no author cited, no date of publication; aroundthepattern.-com/PDFs/Masters-of-the-V-12.pdf#-:~:text=Cylinder%20heads%20are,stacked%20like-%20cordwood).
Well, this seems to me like an overweeningly silly exaggeration! What are your thoughts on this, Nigel? What is your field at work, please?
I believe the cylinder banks will be staggered.
“Discrete little bandage.”
That’s funny…
Sorry about the blood.
Nigel, the cylinders are not staggered! There is a very clever design that joins the connecting rods, which allows this. There is something odd about the Airfix design. The supercharger housing isn’t right, and the cam covers should not taper front to rear as they do.
Should have kept watching!
I've just looked at google images and it would appear some have tapered cam covers?
@@NigelsModellingBench not to that extent. Don’t let it ruin your build.
It wont ruin my build Bruce.. this is OOB and going together well.
@@NigelsModellingBench good stuff. I worked on a number of Spitfire rebuilds 20-30 years ago. It’s good to see a kit this detailed. Not spot on, but pretty good!
Hi Nigel, following this build with glee (and glue!). For info, it is possible to fit the engine cylinders prior to dropping the inlet manifold between the two. The only problem I have found is with the intercooler top; I think it is short shot but it’s too late as I’ve already fitted it 😳.
Hi Tony.. that's what I did in my build.. fitted the banks before the inlet? Sorry to hear you have a short shot. It would appear the quality control of the kit is not as amazing as some people on You Tube are saying??
If you would use magnets... can you please show how you would do it please Nige
I will not be using Magnets on this one..
They are designed to cut flesh not plastic !
Nigel not sure if you're aware but TH-cam are putting adds in your videos every 5 minutes
It detracts and spoils my viewing pleasure
Watch every video you make and just recently my viewing pleasure isn't as pleasurable but that's not your fault
Thanks for telling me, I can take most of them out.
William