My Tiger I engine

Fred Lopian · Post by **Fred Lopian** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:22 pm

Mensch Roland, das ist ja wieder der Hammer was Du hier abziehst.
Very excellent, Roland. Really very impressive.

Best regards

Fred

Brian Leach · Post by **Brian Leach** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 3:00 am

Roland,

A little inspiration for you.

Something like this in your cat would be super!

This is pretty bad too:

To quote an old ESSO ad, this really would "put a tiger in your tank"!

Brian

Roland Mann · Post by **Roland Mann** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 9:08 pm

Hi all and thank's for your comments. I know it is a great challange but one day I might have the chance to produce a sound out of 12 cylinders at low speed with high tourque. Thats what I'm after and this is what drives me.

Now I have to go back in my seller to continue work on the oil cooler. Photos will follow soon.

Roland

Roland Mann · Post by **Roland Mann** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:54 am

Hi, here is the next part I do need for getting the side wall of the block correct. The oil cooler is a water/oil heat exchanger. The water enters through a thermostat valve anaible a short circuit when engine is cold. Then the water passes through the big cylinder cooling the oil in the wirld pipe.

I guess there are a lot of members done steam engines before and must have some experience with cooling pipes, heat exchangers and so on. So please excuse my unproffessionel winding of the pipe. I desided not to make a new one just for the reason I had no more pipe available.

The brass cooler is 85 mm long and 29 mm in Ã˜. Water in- and outlet is 10 mm inner Ã˜. The oil pipe is 1,9 m long and the inner Ã˜ is 3 mm. Hope everthing is tight and the different medias don't mix up.

Roland

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Alan Hamby · Post by **Alan Hamby** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:43 pm

This is just astounding to watch this progress!

Alan

Holger Hoffmann · Post by **Holger Hoffmann** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 2:18 pm

Hi, Roland

I think, the World had never seen before a Modelbuilder and Performer like you ....

I hope, I can see this perfect Tigermodel sometime in my Life ....

Roland Mann · Post by **Roland Mann** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 9:09 pm

Hallo Alan, hallo Holger. Thank you for your compliments. I'm having a designing brake from the engine and work on some other areas like deck and hatches just to get an other challange to my brains.

Side walls of the engine block are fitted. Braking through the wall with the two connections for oil is very difficult without a leak into the cranck area. Pictures will folow soon.

Thank's again and regards Roland.

Graham Ord · Post by **Graham Ord** » Sat Apr 24, 2010 9:59 am

Roland
Follow this link to see my V8 being driven by a drill to run the engine in.
Still got the spark plugs and ignition to do.
It,s a pity its too small for a tank.

http://www.swhag.info/forum/index.php/topic,40.0.html

Roland Mann · Post by **Roland Mann** » Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:58 pm

Hi Graham,

so you are well ahead. And what a beauty it is your machine. I wich I am as fare as you are. My engine is on low priority for the moment since I'm working on the turret top. The gunners hatch is the target and it is very difficult to make. Frame is don but the hatch ( Luke ) itself was ruined in the mill. My fault. So I have to start from scratch now.

Any way good luck with your sparking plugs and the firt ignitions.

Roland

Alan Hamby · Post by **Alan Hamby** » Fri Jul 09, 2010 1:41 am

Hi Roland,
Any updates on your engine build?

Regards,
Alan

Roland Mann · Post by **Roland Mann** » Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:41 pm

Hi Alan,

I'm having a brake on the engine just to finish my Feifels. So I hope to get back on my Maybach in Octobre to make further steps. In the time between some builders like Bill Lambert helped me with more illustrations of the HL 210 P45. More drawings are prepared and looking forward to be realised.

Best regards Roland

Phil Markham · Post by **Phil Markham** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 12:03 am

Hi Roland,

How is the engine coming along? Any new pictures for us to drool over?

Any other updated pictures of your Tiger would also be interesting to see aswell.

Phil

Roland Mann · Post by **Roland Mann** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:05 am

Hi Phil, thank you for your attention. Unfortunately the engine project is parked since I am very busy with my company. No wonder in Germany these days.

However, not to be too lazy I continued with my Feifel Filters and are about to finish the whole set up. So not too long I will report at least on my air cleaners.

Best regards Roland

Martin Cohen · Post by **Martin Cohen** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:56 am

Superb craftsmanship Roland. But this delay of work on your Tiger hmmm... it sounds to me like a case of misplaced priorities

Roland Mann · Post by **Roland Mann** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:25 pm

Thank you for your nice comment on my work Martin. This kind of quality and skill is only an edge of my hobby life. Do not worry about my priorities. So am I not about yours.

My hobby is a relaxing matter while priorities, duties and objectives are part of my job. I'm happy this way. You may think different - up to you.

Roland

My Tiger I engine

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