The engine
The instructions show that the engine assembly should be done early on; the way that this engine was incorporated into the fuselage of the Bulldog results in very little of it being visible. What a waste – the kit version is a little jewel.
I have done a little more work on it than will be seen but stopped well short of a full build.
This is a Bristol Jupiter that seems as near to the kit model as I could find. I can’t find a pic taken from the front that is the same as the kit supplied one.
The bits are in these two bags along with some other parts, the push rods in a third. The exhaust manifold is fixed later in the procedure. The “V” shaped castings in the first photo are the bodywork pieces that sit behind the engine presumably for airflow reasons. They conceal a good part of the engine build.
