Merlins R us

Merlins R us my spare time hobby building replica 3D printed WW2 aircraft engines and parts for film and museums

Done a few more parts for the B17 going into its 359th scheme hells cargo (originally a silver scheme) , some touch ups ...
30/05/2026

Done a few more parts for the B17 going into its 359th scheme hells cargo (originally a silver scheme) , some touch ups still needed and redo the starts and bars as it looks too small. Started a merlin parts for Laguna’s Spitfire Legacy . Spitfire exhaust stacks for simply spitfires latest build and a engine swap conversion 5.7 v8 to 3.0 twinturbo diesel on my dodge ram. Was supposed to be a quite summer 🤣

A 26ft wingspan doesn’t sound large until you assemble it, I must be mad 9400hours of print time and 500hours of assembl...
19/04/2026

A 26ft wingspan doesn’t sound large until you assemble it, I must be mad 9400hours of print time and 500hours of assembly / prep so far. Need to hurry up so i can have my life back 🤣 looks the part!

Some more B17 1/4 scale process. Also some full sized propeller blades and merlin parts done and gone out. Slowly gettin...
06/04/2026

Some more B17 1/4 scale process. Also some full sized propeller blades and merlin parts done and gone out. Slowly getting though the long list of projects. Few more projects still lined up before giving up the printing for the summer 😂

Winging it today! Test fitted the wing fits perfectly all 3.65M of it!
15/03/2026

Winging it today! Test fitted the wing fits perfectly all 3.65M of it!

Another busy week printing, 2 propeller blades done, some SC250 bomb fuses and some large parts done on the 1/4 scale B1...
07/03/2026

Another busy week printing, 2 propeller blades done, some SC250 bomb fuses and some large parts done on the 1/4 scale B17 project.

Another full sized 1/1 scale Replica merlin off to its new home, and week 2 on the 1/4 scale B17 project its going to be...
24/02/2026

Another full sized 1/1 scale Replica merlin off to its new home, and week 2 on the 1/4 scale B17 project its going to be a big model!!!!

This weeks projects1/4 B17 flying fortress project coming together lots of detailing to do yet, but its going to be larg...
14/02/2026

This weeks projects
1/4 B17 flying fortress project coming together lots of detailing to do yet, but its going to be large!

A Hamilton standard dome and locking ring

Number 2 full scale rolls Royce peregrine finished for the Kent Battle of Britain museum

Always keeping busy 😁

Few more parts printed, prepped, painted and all finished off. 3 blade Hamilton standard hub for a merlin. Came out quit...
01/02/2026

Few more parts printed, prepped, painted and all finished off. 3 blade Hamilton standard hub for a merlin.
Came out quite nice.

The Early spitfire exhausts are printed and looking great big thanks to Spitfire AA810 - Restoring Sandy's Spitfire and ...
27/12/2025

The Early spitfire exhausts are printed and looking great big thanks to Spitfire AA810 - Restoring Sandy's Spitfire and Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (Official) for the Help, just need to sand and paint them now

Another busy month had a knee operation and got very bored being off work so built a merlin 30 series replica to keep me...
24/12/2025

Another busy month had a knee operation and got very bored being off work so built a merlin 30 series replica to keep me sain.

started making a bristol mercury engine for the The Kent Battle of Britain Museum

lanchester sub machine gun and a spitfire propeller blade

started making 3x 1/4 scale merlins.

Built a sc250 german ww2 bomb

Started another rolls Royce Peregrine for kbbm

And lastly built a merlin coffee table 😅

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