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Topic: Finished Engine Room on 1/72 Revell kit |
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Jerry Gilmartin |
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 Posted on: Aug 7, 2011 - 6:58pm
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Hi Greg,
Awesome job on your model! I too have never seen such amazing work in that scale. I saw some detail photos of the interior of an 80 foot Elco, namely PT127 taken from Mark Douglas' PT127 website. Marks Dad Robert J Douglas took numerous photos and these show the shift levers quite well. I hope Mark does not mind my posting the pics here.
In the pics I think you can see a "linkage rod" that leads from the port engine over to near the operators seat, so he could shift all 3 engines from his seat. I may be wrong, but that is how it looks. I hope these are helpful. Jerry
PS we are installing a similar reach rod on the center engine of our PT658 so that a single person can shift all 3 engines from one spot. Hopefully the Elco's did a similar thing.
Photos shows reach rod
Reach rod shift lever
I think that is the port engine reach rod laying across horizontally
Another angle showing shift levers
I hope this helps! Jerry
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GregB
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Posted on: Aug 7, 2011 - 8:36pm
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Jerry,
Thanks alot! I have seen Marks site and his pictures were a big inspiration in
building my engine room. However, as many times as I looked at those pictures
on his site I somehow missed the third one. That's what I was looking for! Proof
positive that two sets of eyes are better than one.
Now I've just gotta figure out how to fit that in. 
Thanks again.
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Drew Cook
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Posted on: Aug 9, 2011 - 4:24pm
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Greg,
You might also want to check the several engine room scenes in the movie "PT 109" -- some good shots of the motor macs throwing the shift levers into gear.
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Carl M
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Posted on: Aug 17, 2011 - 9:28pm
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Greg,
This is more than Super Cool!
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