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Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 02:22 AM UTC

Vector recently announced 6 additions to their range of 1/48 resin engines.

P&W R-985.
Fitted to the Vought OS2U Kingfisher; Grumman Goose; Vultee BT-13; Airspeed Oxford; DHC-2 Beaver; Lockheed Electra; Beechcraft Staggerwing.

P&W R-1340.
Suitable for the Boeing F3B, F4B, P-12, P-26, P-29; CAC Wirraway; NA T-6 Texan; Ford Trimotor; Curtiss O-52, SOC Seagull, Gee Bee R-1.

P&W R-1535.
Fitted to the Vought SB2U Vindicator; Grumman F2F; Finnish Fokker D.XXI series 4; Northrop BT, A-17; Curtiss SBC-3 Helldiver.

Gnome-Rhone GR-14K/N aka Piaggio P.XI aka M-85/87/88.
Suitable for the PZL-24; IAR-80/81; LeO-451; Breguet 690; IAR-37/39; Bloch MB 151/152/155/174/200; Reggiane Re-2000; DB-3; IL-4; Su-2; I-180.

Wright R-1820G (late)
FItted to the B-17; SBD-5/6; A-24B Banshee; FM-2 Wildcat; Martlet IV; T-28 Trojan; S-2 Tracker; Ryan FR-1 Fireball; Grumman Albatross.

Gnome-Rhone GR-14M4/5.
FItted to the Hs-129; Potez 63.11,631,633,637; Breguet 693; Gotha Go-244.

A brand new Hs-126 is planned for release soon

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Merlin

Hi Nige OHH WOW! They look nice! I want... I want... I want... All the best Rowan

FEB 12, 2008 - 04:32 PM

Grumpyoldman

I just ordered one from SprueBrothers. There maybe an aircraft in 2008.

FEB 12, 2008 - 04:57 PM

Merlin

Hi Dave Are you talking about you or me! Crikey... the pressure's on! All the best Rowan

FEB 12, 2008 - 05:01 PM

Grumpyoldman

I have complete confidence that one of us just may finish one.

FEB 12, 2008 - 07:32 PM

ApathyCurve

Very nice. I've a Wildcat kit sitting in the ready stack which I'd like to build as an FM-2; this would be perfect for a maintenance diorama, something I've wanted to do for a while but never gotten 'round to. And not to be a nit-picker, but those are radial engines, not rotaries, (at least the P&W and Wrights; I'm not familiar with Gnome-Rhone). Different beast altogether, though they look similar. Radials turn a crankshaft fixed to the propeller. Rotary engines (in aviation) turn the entire engine mass around a fixed crankshaft, with the propeller being attached directly to the engine. I believe military aviation usage of rotaries started falling by the wayside when radials hit the scene right before WW2, though I may well be mistaken on that point. Oh, and very nice site you've got here. Just found it yesterday. Lotsa good knowledge here.

FEB 13, 2008 - 02:36 AM

lampie

I shall consider my nits picked Im going to claim a typo on this,,lol. Post has been edited. Nige

FEB 13, 2008 - 02:42 AM

JackFlash

I am a large fan of the Vector resin rotaries for WWI aircraft. Not too many radials in that time era. The Russians used a couple.

FEB 13, 2008 - 03:23 AM

Holdfast

Excellent news, I have the 3 resin sets by Cutting Edge for the Monogram Kingfisher but they don't include an engine. So I'm after one for that Mal

FEB 18, 2008 - 12:34 AM

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