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excellent kit and very accurate

A pleasure to put together, high quality and precise parts, nicely painted and it looks great!

Cool Jet cutaway engine

Spent a good amount of time putting this engine together and it turned out nicely with good details

StirlingKit DM 119 TurboFan Engine Kit

Excellent kit to assemble and understand airline jet engine construction. Principles of compression fan operation are visible in the cutaway view ports of the model. I added LED's to show compression stage temperatures. Blue color for lower temperature primary combustion stage ignition and amber color for high temperature secondary combustion stage ignition.

the best turbofan engine kits to build ever!

I'm a retired pilot. I was looking for something to build during my leisure time. and I find this turbofan engine kit from Stirlingkit. I'm doubtful at the beginning. but I changed my mind after I received the parcel, all the metal parts, and a well-packed metal gift box. every part is listed well in the different holes of the foam. the instructions are clear and helpful. I spent about 5 days to build it. not easy to build but it has some repeated steps, which means patience is required. It's worth the price. the best turbofan engine diy kits i have ever.

Love it!!

The Cison alternator quality is outstanding and was very easy to install on to my Howin l6 engine and it will power the cooling fan or small water pump.
A beautiful upgrade for any Engine.

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Toyan went a did it!

For once I'd say Toyan actually made a proper engine. The fact that this flat 4 is nitro powered is smart. Nitro has plenty of oil in it. There are some minor quirks with this engine that need to be addressed.

1 the carburetor setup. It leaks to much air past and must be sealed tightly or you will run WAY to lean. Or not suck up enough fuel at all.

2. The exhaust valve on the left hand side. Mine and some others do not seal fully, causing hot gasses to escape and make the head run way to hot. You may need to adjust the timing by a tooth or two untill it's correct. Or take the valve out and lap it. This should be done at the factory.

Positives. The tensioner for the starter belt. Absolutely amazing and needed. It starts up with ease like it's nothing. No more tooth jumping.

Cooling fan, absolutely amazing and works as intended. though I'd make it out of metal as at high enough RPM and it will grenade apart.

Sounds amazing! This engine screams "I'm ready to perform" if you have been thinking on getting it I'd say go for it! You won't be disappointed! With this one! I've ran 5 tanks through my engine and she still runs like new.

It's a fun DIY kit for any mechanic you know. Or for someone who simply wants a desk toy to tinker on.

New lamp

Very nice looking and it runs even better then it looks, made a display stand/lamp so it can be enjoyed when not running.
Not really impressed with the customer service. Took about 5 weeks, and many emails to get a replacment part for the part that arrived broken.
The engine is very impressive now that it runs however.

a beautiful kit to have on your desk

The quality of the materials is too good, every aviation lover should have this beautiful engine.
Plus it's too much fun to build your own engine.

V- twin pan head

First engine I have owned from this company. The machine work is beautiful this makes a great engine to run or even just display. A must have for any man cave or even a Harley dealership. For the money you can't beat it.

Father and Son Hit&Miss

These little engines are terrific! I have several, the red Enjomor being my first. These little mechanical marvels inspired me to purchase a full sized Hit&Miss. Pictured here is my 1.5hp, 300 pound, 100+ year old Alpha Delaval Hit&Miss next its progeny.

Excellent Hit and Miss Engine

This engine not only looks good but it runs amazing as well. The wooden base really looks great with the engine and is worth the few extra dollars to get it. The engine fired up right out of the box without any issues. I like the fact that it has a two speed lever. It come with a lubrication glass tank and two lubrication points on the shaft. Don’t think about it just buy it, you won’t regret it.

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Retrol HM-01

Excellent fit of parts
Finish is very well done
Great base to mount it on and a box to hide electronics
The black exhaust stack gives it the ++ in looks
2 speed lever is excellent for slowing it down
Nice brass fuel tank
It runs very smooth, overall I give it a 9.9

O U T S T A N D I N G !

I had an absolute blast building this model.

Castings and materials were perfect. Instructions where intuitive and very easy to follow. Step-by-step process was so accurate. Hardware worked perfect and once built seeing it operate was incredible. I can't wait to buy and build more!

I've always had a problem following step-by-step instructions, but this was easy for me.

New Toyan fs-l400BGC

Thank you Stirlingkit Team!! Your friendly service and support is legendary 👏
I only get my engines from Stirlingkit❤️
I was surprised the package came really fast and a well protected packaged.
From the moment I opened the box the quality of this engine stands out, all the parts are debured and beveled and beautifully anodized.
There's new 2 piece brass connecting rods and heavier pulleys that gives this engine a smooth lower idle.
The single pump carb allows you more options for fuel tank placement no pressure line from Exhaust needed.
The new 3d printer header and intake manifold are absolutely stunning and polishing really makes this engine stand out.
I really love how adjustable the distributor is and the distributor works great.
Bullet connectors are used to connect sparkplug wires to the distributor.
ive had no issues with the hall effect sensor, I do recommend to ensure sensor wires are isolated and not to contact the engine.
Building was easy all parts fit together nicely didn't even have to bang the bearing on the camshaft.
The engine started up right away no leaks at all, absolutely no cooling issue the gear drive water pump is very efficient no priming necessary.
This engine can run tank after tank.
If I must complain then I would say go back to the teflon oil gasket, rubber is too soft, and smooth out the corners of the lower support.
You really feel that you are getting a high quality at a very fair price.
I Love this new L400👌

Toyan has really hit it out of the park with this engine.
I really like the new direction Toyan is going keep this up and your engines will continue to grow and get better and better thank for for listening to us and making the L400 into the engine it was meant to be.👌😁

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FV1A Red Dog Kiwi

Again, a very nice and detailed engine,
Musa has again done a great job and a collector's item
produced.

The Musa Red Dog FV1A

What an incredible little engine from Stirlingkit and MUSA Model Engine Factory!!

I love everything about this little engine, it’s phenomenal!! My FV1A started immediately out of the box, and was easy to run and tune…. And what a “voice!” The FV1A has a great sounding and powerful exhaust note, it’s music!

The base was included as a gift for the presale customers and is so easy to set up.

Musa has outdone themselves with this engine… it’s gonna be legendary just like the
Whippet!! Thank you Stirlingkit for the great service as always!

Sher gute Miniatur

Eine schöne kleine Dampfmaschine, hatte am Anfang etwas gehakt, aber läuft jetzt wundervoll - sehr zufriedenstellend

Cison L4 / FL4 Optional Exhaust Manifold

I bought the optional exhaust header / manifold for my Cison FL4-175.

Amazing quality - It’s 3D printed metal and the mounting surface has been machined for a leak-free seal. Fits perfectly and installs easily. The quality of Cison’s 3D printed parts is unreal.

CISON FG-VT157 15.7cc

Came very quickly, very nice engine would recommend. 👍👍👍

First Reviewer!

I don't normally write reviews, but I felt obligated to do one for this product. I bought this because I love mechanical engineer, and rabbits. And it felt like a great combination. So lets get into the reviews.

The Good:
- It goes together
- No parts were missing
- The final assembly is damn near identical to what you have here
- There are definitely over 500 pieces
- They ship with a lot of extra components, and all of the tools that you will need to put it together. Although, I ended up using many of my own tools. We'll get that together.
- It's beautiful to look at.

The bad.
- When it shipped, the instructions weren't included. I had to email support to get a digital copy
- Some of the instructions have miss labeled parts, but I was able to figure out what they were trying to do through the pictures
- This build is -tight-. You may or may not be able to get things together right out of the box. If you're off, even by a fraction of a milimeter, it won't go together. Many times, I had to make substitutions or fixes.
- This build is DIFFICULT. It took me over 8 hours to complete this. Although, a lot of that was spent trying to line things up perfectly.
- I was missing all of the iridescent pieces which was a little disappointing.

The Ugly
- Some of the parts are machined very poorly. I was constantly re-bending things so that they would fit together, and at one point, one of the screw threads was so mangled, I had to file the screw down and use super glue
- The build is not good. When this thing finally gets put together, expect to put it somewhere and never touch it again. Even though you're using machine screws and nuts, there are -so- many parts that something will come loose and ruin your day.
- Several time, I had to physically drill away material to make things fit.

If you're not handy or have a garage full of the right tools, I honestly don't think you could put this together. It was that difficult.

Cison L4 Engine Mounts

Exceptional quality engine mounts from Cison for the FL4 & L4. Perfect fit, CNC aluminum!

came with a broken spark plug

came with a broken spark plug but everything works

Like this Howin L6 Engine

Hi, I just got the L6 to start yesterday, it roared to life ! After setting timing, distributor ( there are dots on cam and distributor shaft) adjusted the valves to 0.15mm first with feeler gauge , it`s fiddely to do this, had to cut down and bend the feeler gauge blade. No start at all ! Not even a pop, burned out two hall effect sensors, then enlarged the seat, as in video so it could fit shrink tube over the sensor, I recomend using Rcxl tester for these, and you dont need to take apart to test.
I then reset the valve clerance with a 0.20mm blade. Hit the button and it fired right up !! So the VALVE CLERANCE is important here !!!
Nice, but my watrepump does not pump and spraying water out the shaft when using a electric pump, turns out the shaft wobbles and the bearing was completly worn out, to the point the impreller made a grove in the engine block. Maybe I had the belt to tight ?
Aneyway I really like this engine a lot, looks good in my boat and I think when fine tuned and run in it will be great, thanks to "Jamy RC block "for good tips on youtube . I did order the new 3 in one exhausts, and asked Mona if Howin will consider making a intakemanifold with the carbs sidemounted to lower the overall height ( or I make my own) for easyer instalation.
I also think the engine mounting holes are to close togheter and I made my own wider engine mount that sits on m3 rubber pads mounted in the boat.
Great engine to build but don`t expect it to run perfect out of the box, these engines require fine tuning and run in time .
Recomended by Bernt…….