L'Orenoque Mamoli 1:100 scale

[Martin By Eye]

your musings on the sponson fittings brought me to look twice at the cross section of the sponson



which made me realise that the main axle is directly under the deck... So where is the space for the crank ? This made me realise that the two structures that i had taken solely for ventilators on both the Sphinx and under the bridge of l'Aigle are actually essential... as crank housings, one for each piston of the engine.
Which just goes to show that this picture is total rubbish



so thanks for making me look twice !

 

[The Gavel]

your musings on the sponson fittings brought me to look twice at the cross section of the sponson

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which made me realise that the main axle is directly under the deck... So where is the space for the crank ? This made me realise that the two structures that i had taken solely for ventilators on both the Sphinx and under the bridge of l'Aigle are actually essential... as crank housings, one for each piston of the engine.
Which just goes to show that this picture is total rubbish

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so thanks for making me look twice !

Martin! Chapeux! I'm almost certain that I would have missed the issue of the crank houses. It just dawned on me that I should be concerned enough about other machinery, boilers come to mind, so that I study and think before committing.

Blessings.
Chuck