Not airplanes but worth a look!

[RC Storick]

Check this scale model out !! http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/30/video-homemade-1-3-scale-ferrari-312pb-fully-functional/

[john e. holliday]

That is truly amazing that someone has that kind of patience and persiverance.  I tried sending this to my son,  JJ.  Later,  DOC Holliday

[Keith Spriggs]

Here is a couple of pictures of a 1/6 th scale Duesenberg (that is half the size of the Ferrari and has all the same features) that a friend of mine is building . He too has made everything including the tires.  The engine is a dual overhead cam with a supercharger. Five years so far and expecting three more. Works on it 8-10 hours a day 7 days a week. He has completed a 9 cylinder rotary Bentley engine about 8 inches in diameter.

[rob biddle]

  Wow!!! Imagine the stunt ships these guys could turn out, Incredible.

[Mike Scholtes]

Both of these are absolutely unbelievable. I cannot even conceive of the skill and patience needed for such a project. I presume the Doozy engine runs, like the Ferrari? Now...can we get these guys to bulid a one-sixth Rolls-Royce Merlin for a scale Mustang? Imagine how THAT would sound in a fly-by!

[Elwyn Aud]

Would 1/5 scale be sufficient?

http://www.enginehistory.org/merlin_xx.htm

http://www.enginehistory.org/ModelEngines/Hares/Merlin%20XX/MerlinXX.mpg

[peabody]

I kinda thought this was hue kewl....
http://hsfeatures.com/features04/spitfiremkidg_1.htm

[Manuel Cortes]

Oh my God!!!!!!
Impressed too much, my planes seem toys!!!!!!
(realy ARE toys, hahahaha)
Regards.

[Mike Scholtes]

Good LORD!! Everybody viewing this site has got to look at the links above to Barry Hares' real, running, 1/5 Rolls Royce Merlin and David Glen's 1/5 scale Spitfire. I was half-kidding about somebody building a Merlin, but there it is...more than 20 years ago, too! The problem I see putting this incredible engine in a flying model is that it's weight would require an airframe strong enough that the wing loading would be off the chart for a flyable model aircraft. Anyone know what use the engine was put to, other than  making the rest of us feel like hopeless amateurs?

[Keith Spriggs]

Check this out. Bear in mind this 1/16 scale. More pics and info here.
http://www.sherline.com/jmfPar02.htm