The Clerget 9B nine-cylinder rotary of one hundred thirty horsepower in 1:48, the second form of the casting. The most widespread powerplant of Allied fighters of the second half of the First World War.
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The Clerget 9B was among the most widespread rotary engines of all during the First World War. In France it was built by Clerget-Blin, in Britain further firms made it under license, and Allied aircraft received it by the thousand. One hundred thirty horses meant a solid middle of the field in 1917: enough for a single-seat fighter, and at the same time it was a type so well established that mechanics in the field knew what to expect from it and could keep it running even outside a workshop.
This engine left its mark most strongly on the machines of the Sopwith company. It powered the fighting triplane that briefly ruled the sky over Flanders, and by far most of all the Camel, the most successful British fighter of the war. Rotary power gave airframes an agility that inline engines could not give them, in exchange for the consumption of lubricant, short intervals between overhauls and the need to allow for torque in every maneuver.
The brand has this type in two forms, so that a modeler can match a particular production series; the number in the name refers to precisely the second of them. For the build it changes nothing – the parts are separated from the sprue gates, the faces are leveled with sandpaper and the resin is washed before painting. It is glued with cyanoacrylate glue. If you want to see the cylinder star even after the cowling is closed, leave the heads a shade lighter in metal. The casting is seated into the mounting from the kit, so try both dry beforehand.
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