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Install a Scale Dummy Engine
As master scale modeler Dave Platt has said, "A scale model is never truly finished--you simply stop working in it." I first test flew my Sopwith Camel with my Zenoah G38 engine fully exposed in that big radial cowling. So, to help dress it up, I have begun to install a dummy rotary engine. I hope you find the techniques involved interesting as they can be used on any similar round nosed airplane you might...
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