Ron's Links

The links below relate (mostly) to Model Engineeering, Model Engines, and the building of same. They are grouped by whether you can buy something from them, or not! For a list of commercial (and cottage industry) supplier names and contact details grouped by what they supply, see the Suppliers Page.

 Commercial Sites
 Non-Commercial Sites
 Other Sites
 Unusual Engine Designs
 Various Model Engine Related Internet Forums

Commercial Sites

	3ders.org Site dedicated to DIY 3D printing. The site is non-commercial, but most of the things mentioned are not.
	Adelaide Aeromotive Help at last for Taipan and Glow-Chief owners: AA provides a rebore service and will produce limited run reproduction engines. Other stuff too...
	Ageless Engines Home page for the famous Hodgson radials.
	Artus Motor German maker of V12 and 14 cylinder, dual bank radial engines for R/C use. Beautiful work shown on multi-lingual web site.
	Authentic Scale Beautiful and practical working scale and semi-scale radial and in-line engines machined from bar-stock.
	Barry Baxters Control Line Plan Service Classic Stunt and Combat plans at reasonable prices
	Barton Model Products John Goodall (ex MEW editor/publisher)
	Bill Reichart's Model Engine Plans Plans for IC, steam, and compressed air model engines including the well-known Panther Pup 4 cyl OHV air-cooled 4-stroke.
	Burleigh Engines Plans for a four cylinder in-line, water cooled, automotive style four-stroke design for spart ignition.
	Caswell Electroplating Supplies A (US) source for all your home shop plating requirements
	Cleveland Model & Supply Company The kits are gone, but you can still get the plans and copies of the print-wood.
	CollectAir Museum and marketplace for old kits, engines, magazines (drool!)
	David Lloyd-Jones Old Aeromodeling Magazines The BEST source for old model aircraft related magazines, catalogs, etc.
	Dynamotive Quarter Scale Merlin Project Plans and castings for a quarter-scale Rolls Royce Merlin. Other scale projects are planned.
	Find's Motor Find Hansen (Denmark) makes hot-bulb ignition engines. If you've no idea what that is, or just enjoy looking at fine craftsmanship, have a look.
	Gattafoni & Ambrosi Replicas and Reproduction engines - beautiful work (but all in Italian!)
	Gits Mfg Co (Since 1910) THE source for (guess what?) Gits Caps!
	Glue-it Model Engineering General Model Engineering gallery, glossary, links etc with some commercial insertions. Has other sorts of hobby categories too.
	Guy Lautard's site Home of the Machinists' Bedside Reader series and other goodies
	Heilemann Radial Engines German precision engineering at its best and a good website full of ideas and high-tech equipment.
	Hemingway Supplier of the George Thomas Collection castings and kits
	Hobby Mechanics Earth's best source of QUORN casting kits.
	Jiri Linka's Old Engine Model dot com Well known expert on "Eastern Bloc" engines, Jiri Linka, offers vintage engines for sale and copies of his book on Czech model engines.
	John Ridders Modelbouw Plans for working flame, Stirling, and IC display type model engines (dual language site).
	K&B America's oldest manufacturer of model engines, and still made in the USA.
	Lathes Sales and information.
	Little Locos Plans for a 3 cylinder radial, and other loco stuff...
	Machine Shop Trade Secrets Good general machining tips and tricks for all machinists, and source of the "Machine Shop Trade Sectrts" book.
	Martin Ohrndorf Modellbau Detailed plans for 9 and 14 cylinder radials and a V-12 four-stroke, glow ignition. The site also offers some ready-made parts for the designs. English and German text.
	MiniTECH Oz source for tools, castings, materials and exclusive Australian Myford agent
	Model Engine Builder Home page for a quarterly journal dedicated to all engine builders.
	Model Engine Collecting Engine Collectors' Journal on-line.
	Model Engineering A "webzine" site dedicated to model engineering with show reports from all over the world. Also offers good quality tooling at model engineer prices.
	Moyer Made Outstanding scale auto engines made by Jim Moyer. No plans as far as I know, but Jim sells the stamped timing cover for this 1/6 scale '64 Corvette 327 V8 as key chain bling.
	My Hobby Store Online "store" for all the Model Engineer, Aeromodeller, RCM&E, etc plans. Yes, nearly all the ETW IC and steam plans are available ere.
	NGEZ-1 Joe Webster provides very professional plans for his Next Generation EZE. A Simple barstock diesel.
	NV Engines Excellent and low priced glow engines for R/C and C/L from .049 to .40 cuin.
	Owen Engines Australia David Owen is the Australian source for PAW, MP Jet, and Schlosser miniature model engines. David also stocks replacement tanks for a number of classic British model engines and ship Internationally.
	PB Engines Australia Peter Burford's exquisite little 0.3cc diesel
	Plantraco Hobbies Esub-miniature electric R/C livingroom flier (don't let the cat get it!)
	Precision Service Co Art DeKalb's IC and Steam engine kits
	Progress Aero Works (PAW) Makers of diesels from 0.5cc up to a timeless design.
	R-M-C Model Engines Old style engine kits by Nick Rowland
	RJL Industries Makers of K&B, MECOA, RJL, HP, HB, and Fuji model engines; source of parts for Cox, plus lots of other cool stuff.
	Replikit "Short" kits (printwood and plan) for all the English Golden Oldie kits you wish you'd bought when you had the chance.
	Rimfire The World's Smallest Sparkplugs
	Ron Colona's site Includes details of his 60cc Offenhauser 270 racing engine.
	Ron's Model Engines Home site for engine building mystro, Ron Colonna. Lots of pictures, information, and the place to order you copy of Ron's Builders' Manual for the 1/4 scale270 Offenhauser Indianapolis Motor Speedway engine.
	Sherline Products Complete line of tabletop machine tools.
	Strictly IC Back issues of SIC available here
	SuperCool Racing Propellers An Australian company with good products, useful information, and great photos of models and engines. Well worth a visit.
	Tee Publishing (UK) A source for new and used books and magazines.
	The Engineers Emporium Machine Tools, Engine Kits and fully built models
	The Sonex 2 place homebuilt Made from commercial grade aluminium, with an Australian made aircraft engine.
	Upshur Engine Works Plan sets and machining instructions for the engines designed by the late Hamilton (Dick) Upshur
	Used, Old, and Collectable Aeromodelling Magazines and Books Contact David Lloyd-Jones for that obscure, old aeromodelling magazines you've been chasing. Great service.
	Vernal Engineering Home of the Satra/Morton M-5 and the Roach Pratt&Whitney.
	WT Engines Plans for bar-stock based four-stroke model engines in just about all possible configurations from V to Radial.
	Willstead Quality Engines Ready to Run model Stirling engine and accessories.
	X-List Plans (nearly) all the good old Aeromodeller plans

Non-Commercial Sites

	3ders.org Site dedicated to DIY 3D printing. The site is non-commercial, but most of the things mentioned are not.
	5 Bears Engineering Dunno what the name means, but Kurt's engines speak for themselves!
	Aerodynamics for Model Aircraft Includes a well researched and illustrated history of Cox engines
	Aeromodellers of Logan City Inc Website for a broad-spectrum aeromodelling club
	Aircraft Engine Historical Society (The) Terrific info for full size engine buffs.
	Anthony's Model Engineering Web Site An Edwards radial under construction.
	Australian C/L Nostalgia Pictures and stories--some of them true--from the early days of control line in Australia (the webmaster looks strangely familiar too).
	Bay Area Engine Builders Lots of complex IC engines being built around SFX.
	Brian Perkins W 165 Follow Brian (Bristol Hydra) Perkins as he builds a precise one-third scale working model of the Mercedes W 165 Grand Prix open wheeler.
	Brian Turner's F2B Engine Project and Plans Plans and construction details for a no holds barred, competition level F2B aerobatics glow engine.
	C/L Combat Site dedicated to modern control line combat.
	Dietmar Kolb's Model Motor Homepage Another all German language site, but don't let that stop you, there are plenty of pictures and you can alyays use on-line translators for the rest.
	ETA Instruments - Watford: Drawings Fabulous resource for ETA owners, restorers, and historians with scans of surviving drawings from ETA engine production.
	FMV Story (The) (terrific Team Race Diesel development saga).
	FRETS Frank Ford's machine shop page (he's a musical instrument maker). Lots of good tips, tricks, and projects.
	Find's Motor A web site dedicated to miniature hot buld engines with many photos and videos of this unusual type which exhibit unusually fine craftsmanship.
	Flying Steam Engines There are sites that talk about using flash steam for flying modesl, then there's Geoff Wolfe who has actually done it! He does IC engines too.
	Gadget Builder dot com John Moran's diverse and useful collection of shop-made tools
	Gunnar Sorensen's 423cc scale Rolls Royce Merlin No English, but the pictures are inspiring.
	Harry's Bentley Flugmotoren Projekte This is a German language site, but the pictures of Harry's home-built 1:1 Bentley BR2 speak very loudly! Click the slide-show...
	Index to Published Engine Reviews Well researched index tells where to find that review
	Internet Craftsmanship Museum An on-line museum dedicated to model making craftsmanship sponsored by the Joe Martin (Sherline) Foundation.
	Internet Craftsmanship Museum An on-line museum dedicated to model making craftsmanship sponsored by the Joe Martin (Sherline) Foundation.
	JM Rojo Collection Jose Manuel Rojo's Collection on the web is large, well orginized, and very well presented. It's also in Spanish, but that should not be a problem today.
	Jet-X dot org Pssst! Remember these? Great site dedicated to old--and new--reaction power.
	Joe Landau's Metalworking Index 2000 Edition Index to articles appearing in select publications including Home Shop Machinist and Model Engineers' Workshop. Not complete (that would be a major never ending job), but can be quite useful.
	Ken's Miniature IC Engines Nice pics and more links.
	Loet & Helle Combat Engine using Soviet piston/liner technology.
	MECA Model Engine Collectors' Association
	Metal Web News The name says it all.
	Micromotori Giancarlo Mesna's Model Engine page (in Italian, English coming...)
	Mike Nelson's Aeromodelling Page Mike's page has a strong F2B focus and includes good detail of Al Rabe's models which some unkindly (and inaccurately) term "semi-stunt scalers".
	Mike's Free Flight Page I just hate people who make models this good!
	Mike's Models Mike Freeman (UK) describes building the Mills 1.3 replica from my plans, plus other things.
	Mini Lathe Links A most comprehensive collection of links for Model Engineers
	Miniature Engineering Museum Where Engines Gather: Web site of the magnificent museum formed by Paul and Paula Knapp, edicated to the preservation and display of miniature design and engineering projects.
	Model Engineer Index Bill Phillips' Index to Model Engineer (vols 122..183 in various formats)
	Modelflight A monthly web-zine dedicated to all levels and diciplines of aeromodelling created and maintained by Reg Heath.
	Modellmaschinenbau Amin de Vries Bi-lingual site describes model aero 4-strokes designed made by Armin de Vries (Germany)
	NFFS The National Free Flight Society on the Web
	On the Wire Great site dedicated to tethered cars and hydros, past and present.
	PAMPA Precision Aerobatic Model Pilots Association
	Pete's Pictures Peter Civanti's Chenery Gnome model, Whittle inspired flat-four aero engine, and "kit" Morgan three-wheeler (full size). Good pictures for rotary engine builders.
	Phil Wilson's Radial Engine Build Construction photos documenting the build of a 9 cylinder radial from German CAD plans.
	Phillip Coleman has a site showing his projects including IC and steam
	TETHERCAR dot com Dedicated tether car site from the home of tether cars: California.
	The EVIC Engine Home site Which decodes as (camless) Electronic Valve Internal Combustion engines designed by David Bowes.
	The History of Team Racing Very complete history of C/L team racing (and TR engines).
	Thinking Buddy Online course materials for students of internal combustion engines. A "full-size" focus, but worth a look.
	Tryggve's Model Engines Engines of all types by talented Swedish designer/builder.
	University of Warwick An overview of the internal combustion process with references and link.
	Wayne Travin Great reading about 1/2A engine making, chroming, home CNC, team racing, and more. Sadly, the author is no longer with us, but this site is a permanent legacy.
	Webster Engine Works Joe provides a free download plan for a simple open frame four-cycle engine.

Other Sites

	Aero News dot net Civil, Private, and Military Aviation News with Realtime updates
	Dilbert The "health" of any software development project is inversly proportional to the number of Dilbert cartoons hanging on the 'cube walls!
	LUFT '46 German Experimental Aircraft design from the WWII period

Unusual Engine Designs

	Advanced Engine Technologies Great example of how to say so much and reveal so little.
	Angel Labs MYT Engine A non-reciprocating design that uses bio-fuel with a claimed power to weight ration of 40:1
	Beare Technology The "Six-stroke" design. See also here.
	Eco Motors International Developers of the Opposed Piston, Opposed Cylinder (OPOC) engine. I'd sure wish them success.
	Grail Engine Technology FS-HCI (Forced Semi-Homogeneous Charged Compression Ignition) using the Miller cycle. Excellent links provided to help understand underlying principals.
	McCollouch BP1 chan saw engine. A two stroke with an opposed piston for increased charging and balance. Could "run away" so withdrawn from market.
	Rotec Radials Australian designed engine for light aircraft based on the Hodgson model engines.
	Scuderi Engine Another slant on the split-cycle idea.
	Stepped Piston Concept We've seen a vintage sparky Watzit based on this idea.
	The Ball Piston Engine Not IC, but certainly different!
	Variable Geometry Toroidal Engine Unique, yes, and still under development.

Various Model Engine Related Internet Forums

	Bob Shores' Engines Discuss the engine designs of the late Bob Shores.
	EDM Home Builders A group dedicated to Ben Flemmings EDM design.
	ET Westbury Engines Group discusses the IC engines of Edgar T Westbury.
	ET Westbury Horological Westbury did clocks, too.
	ET Westbury Hot Air Engines Group discusses the hot air engines of Edgar T Westbury.
	ET Westbury Steam Engines Group discusses the external combustion engines of Edgar T Westbury.
	EVIC-111 Group for the Dave Bowes EVIC (Electronic Valve Internal Combustion) design.
	Elmer's Engines Group dedicated the engine designs of the late Elmer Verburg (note there are 3 other "companion" groups).
	Home Model Engine Machinist Site for all builders of all types of home-made model engines.
	Home Model Engine Machinist (HMEM) Yet Another forum dedicated to Model Engine making, with Apps for Apple and Android Tablet users—so good I joined!
	Little Engines For builders of model IC, steam, hot air, whatever.
	MECOA Engine Enthusiast Forum A forum for people who can't get enough of model engines. Post pics of your own prized possessions, or lust after those of others, by country.
	Miniature Internal Combustion Engines For builders and designers model IC engines.
	Model Engine Machinist (MEM) A UK based forum dedicated to Model Engine making.
	Quorn Owners For those interested in building, owning, or operating a Quorn Tool and Cutter Grinder (note there are 2 "companion" groups as well).
	Radial & Rotary Engines Discuss "round" (some say "real") engines in model and full size.

 

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