Greelt 1:48 F1 Engine Build

**Gideon** · #1 07-07-2009, 09:07 PM

Well, I just started building Greelt's F1 Engine and thought I'd try my hand at doing a build thread. So, without further ado, here are the first photos of my progress. I just hope I don't get carried away and do or 6 steps before realizing "DOH! I didn't take photos." We shall see how it goes...

**peter taft** · #2 07-08-2009, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Gideon

Well, I just started building Greelt's F1 Engine and thought I'd try my hand at doing a build thread. So, without further ado, here are the first photos of my progress. I just hope I don't get carried away and do or 6 steps before realizing "DOH! I didn't take photos." We shall see how it goes...

Now this i gotta see - You choose wisely my friend, and i will watch this with great joy... The best damn rocket engine ever made and a model that does it PROUD... Greelt got this one 110 % fantastic model, and i hope you enjoy building it as much as i will enjoy watching you build it :D Please dont forget the WIP pics

Nice cuts so far !

**Gideon** · #3 07-08-2009, 08:04 AM

lol. That should day 5 or 6 steps but the 5 key on my home comp. is borked.

I guess I should have some kind of narative...

The first pic is step 1 completed and step 2 cut out. The second is step 2 completed. The third is step 3 completed. The fourth is another view of step 3. The fifth is step 4 cut out (in the shape of a smiley for your enjoyment - lol). And the sixth is progress toward completing step 4.

Aligning the markings on the inner cone to the cap for it was a challenge and I don't think I got it perfect, but as my Grandmother says, "You'd never notice it on a gallopin' horse!"

Another challlenge was the triangular piece in step 4. It took me three attempts to get it right. First I wasn't happy with the alignment of the long glue tabs and then I overlapped the small ones too much. But that's the great thing about paper models...you can always print more!

More to come...hopefully tonight.

**Gideon** · #4 07-09-2009, 08:50 AM

Ok, here are some pics of what I was able to accomplish last night...

First pic is step 4 halfway done. Second is step 4 almost done. Third is step 4 completed. Fourth is the heated gas feed tube sections cut out. Last one is step 5 completed.

Issues (I always have issues) - In step 4, I glued the heated gas feedthrough(triangular thingy) on upside down :( but my trusty Exacto #11 was able to take it off without damaging it. One of the tube sections slipped on me as it was drying so I had to peel it off and cut out a new one to replace it, luckily I already had another page printed and ready. :D As the instructions state in step 5, I had to trim part #9L to fit properly (so i guess that's technically not an issue). I'm not completely happy with the edge-to-edge alignment of the tube sections (my own doing - not design related) but I guess that's what step 6 is for.

So far, I am in awe of the quality of kit Greelt has put together here. Everything fits like a glove so far.

Well, that's it for now. Hopefully tonight I will have more eye candy for you (last night I finished up too late to upload the pics)...

**peter taft** · #5 07-09-2009, 10:40 AM

Can't wait for the next pics my friend - All will be apparent has you progress.... Nice so far

**Gideon** · #6 07-12-2009, 05:30 PM

I've made a bunch of progress since my last posting, so there are lots of pictures! I think I'm about to find out what the upload limit is for this forum (if there is one).

Let's see...the first pic is the beginnings of step 6 with one seam partailly glued and the others at the ready. The second is step 6 completed. The third is step 7 parts cut out. The fourth is step 7 partially complete and the fifth is step 7 completed. The sixth one shows the three main parts of the engine ready for assembly and the seventh is step 8 completed. The eighth pic is the parts for step 9 cut out and the ninth is step 9 completed. The tenth is of the parts for step 10 cut out. The eleventh shows step 10 completed and step 9 next to it ready for assembly. Then the twelfth shows step 11 completed. The thirteenth picture is of the step 12 parts cut out and finally, the fouteenth is of step 12 completed with the tube supports in place (whew!).

Notes (sounds better than issues, huh?) - In step 6 as I was putting the seam covers on the turbine exhaust pipe, the cover strips eventually needed trimming to keep the center hole obstruction-free, but Greelt accounted for this as the instructions state to keep the hole clear. After test-fitting part #15 to the exhaust pipe, I felt like the little nub on the nozzle side of it needed to be cut off to allow the part to fully seat around the support (time will tell if it was the right choice when I have to actually attach it later

). I wasn't sure how the tube supports in step 12 were supposed to attach to the tube (I'm a little slow sometimes) but I think I got them on correctly after looking ahead in the instructions.

That's it for now. I'm still hard at work on it as I type and should have another update very soon. Hope you're enjoying it!