Besides the reversed prop, one of the more common gripes about the Hobby Boss 1/48 Bv 141 was that they provided the front seven cylinders but did nothing to represent the back seven leaving blank spaces showing through in spite of the cooling fan.







Or did they? I was contemplating the issue when I suddenly had the thought "what if I flipped the engine's back half around and installed the front half rotated so that the rear cylinders showed through?" Result! Between the deep inset, cooling fan, and prop, no one will ever know the front cylinders are only half there. I'll still paint the bulkhead flat black which was my original plan to help hide the shortcoming.







And if someone is so particular as to care about the proper cylinder position, the center of the back row can be ground out so it can be rotated.

Cheers,
Eric

Brilliant idea! And so simple. (The best ideas always are.)

I'm going to remember this.

Thanks for sharing it.

- Marc