Revell Visible V-8 Internal Combustion Engine

[pleasecho2]

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[tharrington11]

You seem like you know a lot about this model. Nice!

[slinky460]

These are hard to put together. They look simple, but they take a lot of time. It is for adult supervision as most kids will lose interest after a while. You have to follow the instructions and not take short cuts. Only the older models have the electric motor and the spark plugs. The new ones went cheap and have a hand crank. I still have two in the box from 1970. I am going to put them together, some day, The crank shaft pully will fall off and the cam shaft will skip a tooth now and then.

[scarabkid22]

the camshaft and gear on the camshaft keep coming off on my did i need to glue something when i put the cam in?

[tumblevveed]

Thats almost exactly like the one I had with a crank on it, no electric motor or lights. Its been like 17 years since I got it. Can't ever remember what happened to it though.

[prel91]

Did you set up the electric drive and plugs

or is this an old kit? I bought one last month

with hand crank only.

[ToyTalkers]

This one came with the electric (battery) drive.

[AlchemistHawk]

you know what i would do with it once i made it? put a high powered rc electric motor on the back and rev it up until it breaks apart...

[deeders05]

These bastards are soo hard to put together and that epoxy is a pain in the ass.

[gaylego32]

Yeah, I had one just like this when I was a kid. I could never get the glue to dry fast enough, things just kept falling apart. It was an ugly, ugly mess. I'm glad to see someone got this to work!