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Engine Construction

Posted by Ken Bergquist | Mar 29, 2013 | Viper | 2 |

Mocking up the engines
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Mocking up the engines

Another view of the progress
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Another view of the progress

The center engine hollowed out to accept the 5/8" K&S Aluminum tubing
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Center engine rear 3/4 view

The center engine hollowed out to accept the 5/8″ K&S Aluminum tubing

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Center Engine Side View

Test fitting the engine exhaust to measure where the can will ride

Here can be seen the engine can construction. The center can is fitted into the modified kit part.
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Center Engine Bottom View

Here can be seen the engine can construction. The center can is fitted into the modified kit part.

Testing the LED lighting. The circuit I've programmed flashes the three engines at a high rate of speed, replicating the Vipers engines beautifully
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Ignition!

Testing the LED lighting. The circuit I’ve programmed flashes the three engines at a high rate of speed, replicating the Vipers engines beautifully

Fitting the engine cans and replacement offset ring. The aft bulkhead can also be seen fitted.
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Aft view with engine

Fitting the engine cans and replacement offset ring. The aft bulkhead can also be seen fitted.

Here are the parts that make up the engine cans. End discs of .040 styrene, diffusers of .015 clear styrene fogged by sanding, and tubes of 5/8" thin-wall aluminum tubing.
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Engine Parts Laid Out

Here are the parts that make up the engine cans. End discs of .040 styrene, diffusers of .015 clear styrene fogged by sanding, and tubes of 5/8″ thin-wall aluminum tubing.

Here the engines have been partially assembled, and brass installed in the exhaust cones.
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Engine Subassemblies

Here the engines have been partially assembled, and brass installed in the exhaust cones.

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About The Author

Ken Bergquist

Ken Bergquist

I have been building models all my life. My Dad co-owned the local hobby shop. I started working there at 8 years old so I could afford to buy the AMT Enterprise. I've been chasing kits ever since. I studied Scene Design and Technical Theatre in the Theatre Department at The University at Buffalo, and worked on a great number of on- and off-campus productions designing and building props and sets, lighting, sound (and a bit of acting). In the 1980's I had the opportunity to turn my passion into a job. I was hired to build architectural subjects at Carolina Architectural Models in Raleigh, NC, later known as Scale Model and Display Studios. Some time later, while working for Tri-Star Design Group in Raleigh NC, I did plastics fabrication and design, leading to some of the most challenging subjects of my career, including props and scenery for the motion picture industry. More recently, I'm designing a shelf-scale, resin printed model of the Tachi / Rocinante / Pinus Contorta from The Expanse. Watch this space!

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2 Comments

  1. Jeff
    Jeff on May 11, 2013 at 1:37 pm

    following your build with interest(please hurry up with the next instalment !!!) -could I ask you to put more comments against the (very useful) photos – interested in the light fixings for your cockpit and will be very interested in how you deal with putting the jigsaw-like body together !!!

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    • Ken Bergquist
      Ken Bergquist on January 29, 2014 at 2:18 am

      Jeff, sorry it’s taken so long to update my progress – I’ve worked on the Viper, just haven’t got round to working on the site. I’ll be posting more soon. Thanks for your interest!

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