Visible V8 Model Engine Kit

My kid loved putting this engine model together. It does take some patience to do a good job and I helped him a bit. But the results are great.

First off discoverthis.com was great with their shipping. The item came very quickly and in perfect shape.The product itself OVERALL is great and definitely enjoyable. You’d be hard pressed to find a better model engine.PROS: rn- Very detailed. Cylinder heads,intake and exhaust ports,cams,push rods,fans,just about everything moves on this engine.- You’ll get your money’s worth putting it together. It took me about 4 days spending a couple hours here and there each day.- Looks very nice when completed,and surprisingly operates smoothly. *I say surprisingly because the whole time you’re putting it together you’ll think its not going to move well. Rest assured once it all comes together it runs fine.CONS:- I’d grab something easier if you want your kid to really be involved. I’m 25 and it took me some time and repeating steps to put this together properly. Admittedly I don’t have much experience with models,but I’m pretty handy. 12+ is really the minimum age. Unless you want to be the one putting it together. That being said it’s a great educational tool.- Directions leave a little to be desired. Most steps are pictorial with limited text. Sometimes making it hard to understand placement. Once you get in there and try putting it together,its self explanatory,but you may (like me) need to repeat some steps.- Plastic parts not manufactured very well. Parts are sturdy and don’t feel cheap,but molds were not cut well leaving extra plastic on many parts. Things did not always fit together well. Basically take your time.- Somewhat disappointed with size. I thought it would be bigger. The model is clearly described as 12’’ but that measurement is probably from the farthest two tips. The bulk of the engine is about the size of a regular phone or small shoebox.OTHER NOTES:rn- Base doesn’t come red. You have to paint it.- You’ll need to buy glue,have clear lube (I used WD-40),and scissors or a file available.

I had a hard time putting it together because it would not line up for holes and other stuff but after all it was fun and pretty easy and it worked very good but it makes a lot of noise and i suggest to use vaseline because it works good and dose not make a mess

These kits have been around since the early 1960s. I know because I built several of them as a kid. They were great fun,but I see that now they no longer have the electric starter motor and the red wheat grain spark plugs. They had a car frame with a standard transmission rear end with wheels that went with the kit also during the 60's. I still have two engine kits still in the box from the 1960s that have never been put together! They are a Studebaker V8 design and had a simulated red Hydromatic transmission during the 1960s. Also you can fill up the oil pan with cooking oil to the crank shaft and hook an electric drill to the crank shaft rear. They will run for about one hour before failure of the crank due to the main caps pulling loose. (It's a real weak point) About 1/2 hour or so if you really crank it up. But it sounds and looks really cool for a while any way. Never had a valve train failure. But was fun to watch.

This engine kit is one of the best science fair projects you could eve do. But it takes hours or days to build,because of all of the peaices in the kit. There are about 1050 peacies to this engine kit. So if you bought one of this kits for your child. You should be getting started already. Cause trust me,i've done it.