V-8 Model Kit

If it turned slow enough it should be ok.

 

I was 13 and I'm now 61. The kit is long gone.

(I wonder what happened to the last 48 years?)o No: :laugh:

 

Jason, that pipe is not lit.

Anybody ever build the visible Man or Woman? You could even build the woman pregnant, and they even provided a baby!! :shock:

So, you could build a Visible Chassis with a Visible V-8 and a Visible Man with a Visible Woman and a Visible unborn child. :laugh: o No:

 

I was thinking about getting one of these see threw engine kits for my 10 year old boy for his birthday. He is always asking questions about how this or that works on the engine. What do you guys think, is this a good learning tool or is it just another model?

 

I (still ) didnt get mine in the mail and i ordered it last monday... I do think, however, without having built it yet, that it would be a great learning experience. My brother actually built one with my dad when he wasl like 8. The kit is over 300 pieces! So that should tell you its pretty detailed. And everything moves, down to the valves.

-Jason

 

It's absolutely a great learning tool! :Smarty:
I was 10 or 11 when I built mine.

 

Do you still have the V8 and the chasis for sale?

-MarkW

 

I think that would be a fun experiment... If you had an extra 50 bucks and a few hours of time to build a separate visible v8 just to destroy. :laugh:

Jason

 

The model finally came in today! I'm so excited to start putting it together!

 

Does anyone know what type of lubrication to use on this engine?

Thanks
Jason

 

I think vaseline is what I used.
It may have come with something similar.

 

The model didnt come with any sort of lubricant.

I thought of vaseline since i saw it posted earlier, but the only thing i was wondering is how does it work with the plastic parts? Since vaseline is petroleum based does it react weird to the plastic pieces?

I ask this because when i was into rubik's cubes, i know you werent supposed to lube them with vaseline because it would break down the insides of the cube. How well did it work for you?

Thanks,
Jason

 

vaseline sounds a bitto sticky or goopy, crap would get in it easy and be a mess to clean.

use WD-40 just fish oil, bio friendly for all uses.
A secret tip for fishing, just spray on the lure or worm.
Don't use it on your chineese food.

 

on your chinese food?? uzzled: lol

Is the name of the stuff "WD-40 Just Fish Oil"?

Jason

 

That makes sense, as any petroleum-based product or solvent (including petroleum jelly and WD-40) may have an adverse effect on the plastic.

Where in the world did this WD-40 = "fish oil" idea come from? Its MSDS says it's made up of aliphatic hydrocarbons, petroleum base oil and CO2 as a propellant. The only thing it has in common with sea life is the offshore oil rig sitting in the middle of it.

Devon

 

ou:
I should know better than to post an answer based on something I did 38 years ago.