Roden E-3B Awacs Engines

[clipper1960]

Hi folks,

any informations about the shape of the engines?

Hopefully not the same as in the 707-320B kit.

Regards

Manfred from Germany

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[StarlifterNav]

Good Morning, Manfred,

I must have overlooked your question when you first posed it.  Since no one has jumped in with a reply, here goes:

The Roden E-3A kit has a different set of nacelles than the 707 kit to reflect the appearances on the real aircraft.  The Pratt &Whitney TF-33A flown on the E-3s is, at its core, a JT3D just like the airlines used. But the engines hanging from the E-3s look “beefier” than their civilian cousins. I suspect that the core accessories laid out around the engine turbine are more robust — bigger generators to produce all the power needed to run the myriad electronic systems on the E-3 — and therefore require a larger space and a different shape.

Here is a shot of the sprue layout and a drawing of the two versions of decals found on Roden’s website (http://www.roden.eu/HTML/345.html):

I hope this helps!

Cheers!

Tom

 

 

 

 

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[Wayne Fowler]

I have the kit and it has the TF-33’s – they are large in the forward fan section

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