I was asked to produce some models for a restaurant in Washington DC by the architect of the project and chose Miss America X and Baby Horace III.
BHIII was easy enough and fairly simple, but although Miss America’s hull was simple, being a very big Chrs Craft, the interior was quite the reverse.
With no fewer than four Packard 2500M v-12 aero based engines, each with two superchargers, each supercharger with two carburettors and each cylinder with two spark plugs, it was a tour de force of productionising on a small scale.
Miss America X's bow. 1/8th scale. Over 5 ft. long
The engines were firstly made as one pattern, then silicon rubber moulds made of major components and finally they were cast in polyurethane resin.
A busy workbench shewing all four Packard engines as moulded
Aftr painting and detailing with plug leads, pipes and hoses and the carburettors put on the superchargers, this is what the installation looked like. Each engine was well over 8″ long.
Packard engines in Miss America X
Baby Horace III was, by comparison, a simple model with just a fewnice deck fittings to distinguish her.
Baby Horace III in 1/8th scale.
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