Hello!
There are two fellows in my metal club who have been building the Panther pup and are WELL into the project. There plan was to make enough parts for each of there engines and then make a third set of parts for a display board to put up at model engine shows. I really like the Pup and the pups I have seen at shows seemed to run well so about 2 years ago I purchased a set of casting. I called Kevin and Kurt and setup a time to visit the shop and inspect the work to see what I was in for. I spent about an hour inspecting the parts and questioning setups and processes for the complicated parts. At the next club meeting they presented me with the box of spare parts that contained many many parts. They even gave me a set of spark plugs and a blown glass fuel tank they had made by a collage glass blowing group. The Friday after Thanksgiving I went out to the shop and machined the flywheel. I figured if I get a part a week done I would be doing good. Well that didn't happen and I finished all the pieces up that I had tooling to do. My friend Ron, another club member, wanted to take on the intake/exhaust manifold so I machined up the flange and passed that off to him. Recently he finished it up and I mounted it up. Then the carb was assembled and mounted and before I knew it I was out of pieces to make. Last Wednesday it was taken to the club meeting where Kurt and Kevin, who had no idea I was even working on it, could see it for the first time. It has not run yet but next week is NAMES and I plan to purchase an ignition system from Roy at S/S and see if I can get it fired up.
There are two fellows in my metal club who have been building the Panther pup and are WELL into the project. There plan was to make enough parts for each of there engines and then make a third set of parts for a display board to put up at model engine shows. I really like the Pup and the pups I have seen at shows seemed to run well so about 2 years ago I purchased a set of casting. I called Kevin and Kurt and setup a time to visit the shop and inspect the work to see what I was in for. I spent about an hour inspecting the parts and questioning setups and processes for the complicated parts. At the next club meeting they presented me with the box of spare parts that contained many many parts. They even gave me a set of spark plugs and a blown glass fuel tank they had made by a collage glass blowing group. The Friday after Thanksgiving I went out to the shop and machined the flywheel. I figured if I get a part a week done I would be doing good. Well that didn't happen and I finished all the pieces up that I had tooling to do. My friend Ron, another club member, wanted to take on the intake/exhaust manifold so I machined up the flange and passed that off to him. Recently he finished it up and I mounted it up. Then the carb was assembled and mounted and before I knew it I was out of pieces to make. Last Wednesday it was taken to the club meeting where Kurt and Kevin, who had no idea I was even working on it, could see it for the first time. It has not run yet but next week is NAMES and I plan to purchase an ignition system from Roy at S/S and see if I can get it fired up.
