[MOC] Twin Inline 6 GM 6046 Sherman Tank Engine

[SaperPL]

I made a fake piston engine that looks fairly cool for my Sherman tank project based on the engine that was used in M4A2 Sherman: 

https://www.theshermantank.com/about/the-sherman-tank-engine-page/the-gm-6046-page/

Nothing revolutionary here, but I haven't seen such detailing recently at this size of cylinders, so I hope this is interesting.

[JoKo]

It looks very nice!

Have you tried with a crankshaft like the 42132 motorcycle? It makes the pistons movements more realistic and doesn't take more space

 

[SaperPL]

2 hours ago, JoKo said:

It looks very nice!

Have you tried with a crankshaft like the 42132 motorcycle? It makes the pistons movements more realistic and doesn't take more space

Thanks!

I actually keep forgetting about those pieces. I don't have those in my parts collection and thus I tend to go with that 2L liftarm camshaft style.

[JoKo]

46 minutes ago, SaperPL said:

Thanks!

I actually keep forgetting about those pieces. I don't have those in my parts collection and thus I tend to go with that 2L liftarm camshaft style.

With four 42132 kits you'll have enough of them if you have 50€ to fix that...

[SaperPL]

On 12/23/2022 at 6:51 PM, JoKo said:

With four 42132 kits you'll have enough of them if you have 50€ to fix that...

I'm often ordering specific parts rather than complete sets for the parts. I know that I'm overpaying for those parts on their own, but it costs less in general when I'm building a model that has a lot of unique parts in it.

[Mechbuilds]

I would love to see a similar engine being built with technic parts only instead of using system parts. 
We do have a thread dedicated for fake engines btw. 

Wish to see more detailed engines like this.