Something a little different. Been working on this project for a couple of weeks now, a 9-cylinder Le Rhone engine as used in the Bleriot airplane. The original CAD drawings that form the basis of these were completed by Stephane Bouye for the Bleriot XI project from PLMCC (http://www.plmcc.fr). I'm working on a cutaway view of the engine. Cutaway view below is a preliminary screen-shot from Inventor illustrating the complexity of the engine. Image below that is preliminary rendering from Keyshot 3 Proto test colours and textures.
(https://www.finescalerr.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roughboy.net%2Fimgs%2FLeRhoneEngineProject%2FLe-Rhone-Engine-Cutaway.jpg&hash=22578ecd409d1f38e4bf8799cb1742d02c9ba1f3)
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Paul
Fabulous !!!
Show-Off ;D
Epic, dude!
All the above and then some. -- Russ
Paul,
What the others said, plus more.
Is this for a working model? I love radials and rotary engines
If anyone is ever in the area this is a must see:
http://www.oldrhinebeck.org/index.php
Paul
Georgeous!
Wow, very impressive!
Thanks guys... material work is progressing on the cutaway rendering.
Paul - no this is strictly a portfolio piece. Thanks for the link to Rhinebeck Aerodrome. Never did make it there when I lived in New York which is a shame. There are a couple of good photos on the site of a real Le Rhone which I'm finding helpful in material development, though I am taking a few liberties for visualization purposes.
Paul
Paul,
really nice work. Attached my own pic of the engine taken during my trip to Rhinebeck Aerodrome a few years ago- thought it might be useful to have the image here.
Kind regards
James
There she is, thanks James, appreciate the photo. I have the one from the Rhinebeck site, but your's is much better.
Paul
On the subject of aircraft engines take a look at this site for detail http://www.ww1aircraftmodels.com/ its a bit mind blowing well I mean spark plugs in 1/32nd !!
Barney
WOW! That site (aircraftmodels.com) is amazing.
I followed a thread about engine detailing, and learned so much.
1/32 spark plugs, indeed. Thank you, Barney, for the link.
Carlo
Hi Guys
another excellent example of the cascading effect in our hobby. reviewing this web site leads to another range of materials & supplies that suit our needs etc etc.
many thanks for posting this link.
Have fun & stay cool
Bernard
Whoa! Those 1/32 engines are crazy-good. The only thing missing is the logo on the side of the sparkplugs.
Excellent link Barney... thanks for posting.
Paul
First completed rendering of engine cutaway... closeups to render yet, more to follow.
(https://www.finescalerr.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roughboy.net%2Fimgs%2FLeRhoneEngineProject%2FLeRhoneEngineCutawaySm.jpg&hash=449673c9b60fc38060efebb66aeadeccd489afaa)
Paul
Don't fool us. No way is that a rendering. You actually built that. -- Russ
Fabulous and wonderful. It's a piece of ART !
Thanks guys... here's the latest. Larger views can be seen on my site at Le Rhone 9-Cylinder Engine (http://www.roughboy.net/?wpb_portfolio=le-rhone-9-cylinder-engine).
(https://www.finescalerr.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roughboy.net%2Fimgs%2FLeRhoneEngineProject%2FLeRhoneEngineCutawayDetSm.jpg&hash=ae1b7347edcf46e6db3b7456834ec688d3903913)
Paul
Looks great! Now let's see it run. ;)
A small interseces problem on the prop is all that gives that last photo away as a rendering. Not knocking anything here - I couldn't do rendering to this level if I was paid.
Keep up the fabulous work and keep showing us. I suppose I will get the Facetube prompt shortly too!
Thanks Ian. Good catch... I was going to crop that glitch, but decided to leave it as is, mainly out of curiosity to see if anyone would pic up on it.
Paul