An extremely fine museum quality 1/8th scale display model of Garfield Wood's racing hydroplane Miss America X U-10 of 1932 built from his own researches and drawings by J.A. May with fully framed and planked wooden hull finished in black with contrasting woods with brass fuel tank filler caps, rudder and twin shafts with three blade propellors, all highly polished. Interior details include fuel tanks, four M-2500 marinised supercharged V-12 Packard engines mounted in two pairs back to back and joined by floor mounted gear boxes with oil coolers, batteries with appropriate wiring, drivers and engineer's seats with instruments and controls, steering wheel and linkage, fire extinguisher and standard. Each engine, finished with incredible attention to detail, is fitted with carburettors, superchargers, inlet and exhaust manifolds, spark plugs and leads, coolant pipes with rubber joints with jubilee clips, starter motor, engine bearers and numerous other details, the whole mounted on four turned brass columns, display base and perspex cover -- 15½ x 64¼in. (39.3 x 163.2cm) See Colour Illustration, Details and Contemporary Photographs
An extremely fine museum quality 1/8th scale display model of Garfield Wood's racing hydroplane Miss America X U-10 of 1932 built from his own researches and drawings by J.A. May with fully framed and planked wooden hull finished in black with contrasting woods with brass fuel tank filler caps, rudder and twin shafts with three blade propellors, all highly polished. Interior details include fuel tanks, four M-2500 marinised supercharged V-12 Packard engines mounted in two pairs back to back and joined by floor mounted gear boxes with oil coolers, batteries with appropriate wiring, drivers and engineer's seats with instruments and controls, steering wheel and linkage, fire extinguisher and standard. Each engine, finished with incredible attention to detail, is fitted with carburettors, superchargers, inlet and exhaust manifolds, spark plugs and leads, coolant pipes with rubber joints with jubilee clips, starter motor, engine bearers and numerous other details, the whole mounted on four turned brass columns, display base and perspex cover -- 15½ x 64¼in. (39.3 x 163.2cm) See Colour Illustration, Details and Contemporary Photographs
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