Atlantis Allison 501-D13 Turbo Prop

[Jim B]

I had been looking for this kit at a reasonable price for quite a while, and I finally purchased this kit at the Syracuse IPMS show back in October.

As I thought it would make an interesting display in my 8th Grade Technology class. (No, I'm not going to let the 8th Graders touch it.)  Fit ranged from ok to terrible, but making an exact replica of a 501-D13 engine wasn't my goal here.  The propeller, gears, compressor, and turbine fit together ok, but most of the "detail" piping & hoses didn't fit well at all, and the locations were vague to say the absolute least.  The fuel hose (P/N 158) was short shotted & missing half the hose.  Not a big deal in the long run as it probably wouldn't have fit anyway.  The compressor & turbine spin, but I think it with all of the fiddling to get the gear case to mate up with the front of the compressor, toe shafts became disconnected.  Too late now as the cement is dried.  I'm moderately please with the results, and I think it will look good in the classroom.

Compressor, combustion chamber, & turbine:

Gear case with planetary gear system:

Business end (props actually feather):

Exhaust:

[Ace-Garageguy]

Great to see this one built up, with the cutaway parts open.

I bought one for my hangar office out west, to go with the old Revell Wright Cyclone radial and a couple of largish scale Williams aircraft engines.

Looks like it's a great model.   

 

[Jim B]

Thanks, Bill.

Great isn't exactly the word I'd use to describe the model.

[shoopdog]

As Bill has said, great to see this built up. Thanks for sharing.

[unclescott58]

Very nice. I too built one shortly after Atlantis reissued it. And I have mine on display at the high school I work at.

[Jim B]

Thanks, Scott.  Nice build as well.

[TonyK]

Your finished model looks good. It's too bad there were parts that didn't fit as a kit like this is all about the detail workings of the engine.

[Jim B]

Thanks, Tony.  Yes, it is kind of a shame that the detail parts didn't fit well & had very vague instructions.  I've seen videos of these built up that were super realistic, but that wasn't the goal with this one.

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[Jim B]

Thanks, Larry.

[Phirewriter]

Nice build! I've got an original issue with the electric motor drive. If I find another parts kit I'd be interested in building it utilizing the Atlantis reissue.