P&W 1830 Radial in 1/6 scale.

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(07-04-2012, 12:18 PM)Bill Gruby Wrote: A tubing bender will be needed later on so during a couple of off days I made this one. That bunch of bearings is only a small part of what I have on hand. Used to work for a Bearing manufacturer,

"Billy G"

Hey Bill, I'll trade you some Toyota valve shims for some bearings....
Someday I'll figure out another use for them - I hope.

Those radials are an incredible feat of engineering. It really makes you think about the skills that people had to have back in the day to come up with something like that, without CAD programs and CNC machines and such.