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Minicraft Models Visible Rotary Engine 1/5 Scale

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I have built Renwal's Visible V-8 and NSI's Motor Works as well as starting this model.

Some clear parts have cloudy streaks and incomplete molding (voids). The rotors suffer from distortion and shrinkage at the sprues and the clear eccentrics had to be filed down on the edges to fit into the rotor recesses. The rear shell mount where it rests on the stand is deformed and at two different levels at the mating. One of the slotted shafts is spread open at the slot. The gear train is so sloppy that you can turn the output shaft and the gears will slip and grind; I don't know if it will drive the motor when I get that far. The kit was missing an eyelet for the timing plate. The instructions show attaching the plug wires to the timing plate but later you have to pass the leads through several things like the distributor caps, wire sleeves, etc. so you would have to take it apart again. An email with pictures to the manufacturer produced no response.

i bought this kit its really a piece of cr*** it is so cheap and the parts are so bad quality that some of them wont fit each other and the asembly is so bad the parts wont work together the engien stocks and the on of switch broke from the first isntall tihs is worthleess be aware!!!

ok, so i didn't actually buy this particular model as heard was rubbish/junk!!

i recommend the 'entex' variant from the 1970's as a much better quality kit ...once you build the gearbox you will discover the gears are wrongly made and when assembled locks up (simple physics wont let it ever work) so will need to cut out a complete section of teeth to get any rotation to work.

also when assembling the clear housings/rotors and plates,you will also discover the red rotors wont EVER spin correctly as they cannot spin in the housings (jam up at the pinched in bits of figure 8 housings).

i tried using a hot air gun and bits of wood to 'remold' and 'stretch' out the housings but no luck.

when i get another kit i will just build for visual as it isn't ever going to spin with lights and 'rotary motion i now realise, sad though it is....:( one would think it was modeled on the cronically unreliable NSU or comotor wankel engine LOL

The other reviews are correct. This has been a complete pile of crap experience for me. The battery box was missing one of the metal contacts. I was able to make it work by using one of the eyelets and an extra single contact. The gear train complaint is also correct. It's trying to use a planetary gear reduction but it's missing a couple of pieces in the design for it to work. By "gear train" I mean the gear reduction for the electric motor to turn the model engine. The tightness of the rotors was something I also noticed. I would have given this zero starts but it won't let me submit a review that way.

Please please don't waste your money on this.