Thread: Aircraft engines - Scale Auto Community

Nice work Spencer, I really want V or W type engines though.   Heres my Allison powered monstrosity,     I've got a similar project idea in mind but I need to collect the parts for it.  

How about a quasi-aircraft engine? I used a set of heavily modified Hot Wheels parts to make a pair of radial engines for this:  

Having an aircraft engine in a car is really not too far off base.   The Sherman tank of WW2 had a radial engine in it.   The infamous Tucker automobile used a converted aircraft engine.   The turbine engine used in the Chrysler Turbine car and Andy Granatelli’s Turbine Indy car and most other turbine powered road vehicles are converted aircraft engines.   If I remember correctly the engine in the M-1A...

AMT did the Allison in 1/25. In 1/24, Airfix and Trumpeter have done a number of WWII aircraft (Mustang, Spitfire, Hurricane, BF 109) which would have R-R Merlins, Daimer-Benz, and so forth. These kits can be expensive but you might ask around and find an aircraft modeler building one "buttoned up" and therefore not really needing the engine.