Eduard 1/48 P&W R-2800-10

[Second Air Force]

The kit arrived today!!! Also the excellent fabric seatbelt harness and Luftwaffe toolset, all from our friends at Eduard, courtesy of No.1 for my review.

Eduard 1/48 P&W R-2800-10

[No.1]

Yes

[Second Air Force]

So, the engine is essentially completed and we've moved on to the cowling modifications. This has been the hardest part of the kit, and the Carpet Monster has been hungry!!!!!! First the fuselage halves were taped together and the cowling with the cut-outs already made was taped to the fuselage. My intent with this is to assemble the framework and attach it only to the main cowling, leaving the ring cowl unmodified (my reason will make more sense later). After dropping the parts numerous times I finally was able to assemble all of the cowling fastening angles around the perimeter of the open segments. I have to admit that I let out a few frustrated curse-words during this phase!

Eduard 1/48 P&W R-2800-10

After the CA glue had dried the parts were un-taped and this is the final result, ready for the painting phase:

Eduard 1/48 P&W R-2800-10

Now the airplane must be built in its entirety before final fitting of these parts.

[Second Air Force]

I've decided that I should show the engine fitted to the airplane as a way to complete the building phase of this review. The model might take some time to finish (hummingbird-feeding, gardening and lawn care are taking much of my "free" time nowadays).

First the exhaust sections were installed on the engine with no troubles at all. The next step requires some trimming of the fuselage exhaust fairings to give enough room for the resin pipes. This is spelled out in the instruction sheet. After filing these areas I test-fitted the engine, and it slid into place perfectly! The final step was to slide the cowling on:

Eduard 1/48 P&W R-2800-10

Eduard 1/48 P&W R-2800-10

Eduard 1/48 P&W R-2800-10

I also scratchbuilt a stand for the engine. I may decide to display it on this stand for a time and put the kit engine on the airplane. This was my idea earlier, to be able to swap the cowling and engine later. Time will tell on this......

Eduard 1/48 P&W R-2800-10

I've found this new product from Eduard to be a great little project and highly recommend it! The fit of parts is so good, and cleanup of the pieces is so easy, that I would recommend this even to someone who has limited modeling experience and wants to try a resin kit.

Thanks to No.1 and Eduard for providing this for review!

[No.1]

Build is great

[Sall]

Awesome job my friend!!

[GregM]

That thing looks great inside the cowl!

[Second Air Force]

Tonight I finished the styrene engine that comes in the F6F-3 kit so we could compare the two. I enhanced the engine with spark plug wires and some tubing all made from wire filament. As you can see, the resin engine is a huge addition to the airplane if you desire an open cowling.

Eduard 1/48 P&W R-2800-10

[No.1]

Original engine is also good but not as resin one

[Sall]

^
I agree!

[Tweety]

 

[Second Air Force]

To finish this product review, here are a few photos of the completed R2800 installed in the Eduard F6F-3 I've built on a different thread. First a couple of pictures of the engine installed with the modified cowling:

Eduard 1/48 P&W R-2800-10

Eduard 1/48 P&W R-2800-10

Then I removed this engine and installed the kit-provided plastic engine and non-opened cowling. I've installed the engine on a small stand for display purposes here at home. Should I ever decide to show the model at public showings I'll easily be able to re-install the resin parts.

Eduard 1/48 P&W R-2800-10

Many thanks to Eduard (and No.1 for shipping them) for these review samples!

[Sall]

Sooooo great!!

[No.1]

I hope you enjoy in result

[Second Air Force]

Yes, I highly recommend this engine kit and it was actually quite like building a styrene model rather than one in resin. I would gladly add this to a Corsair or other machine that used the R-2800!