Small Stuff Models

1/72 Pratt & Whitney engines are back in stock

2021-03-17T11:27:00.004+02:00

1/72 Pratt & Whitney engines are back in stock - R-1340, R-985, R-1690/BMW 132 and R-1830 are available for order again.

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2021-01-01T12:21:00.000+02:00

Orders over $70 qualify for free shipping via small packet with tracking.

Orders over $100 qualify for free shipping via EcoPost - a faster, more secure method.

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1/72 Wright R-975 / R-760 / R-540 Whirlwind engine is now available to order

2019-09-11T13:15:00.002+03:00

Coming soon - 1/72 Wright R-975/R-760/R-540 Whirlwind engine (late production)

2019-08-21T14:29:00.001+03:00

The set can be built as either a 9-cylinder R-975, 7-cylinder R-760 or two 5-cylinder R-540s. Each model can be built as a version with either front or rear exhaust manifold.

Parts:

Instruction:

Test build:

1/72 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp engine is now available to order

2019-03-13T11:35:00.000+02:00

Coming soon - 1/72 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp engine

2019-01-20T17:18:00.000+02:00

R-1830 was installed on B-24 Liberator, PBY Catalina, P-36 Hawk, DC-3, TBD Devastator, F4F Wildcat, P-43 Lancer, P-35 and many other aircraft.

The set consists of 75 parts. One of three versions of the engine can be built:

Parts:

Instruction:

Test build:

New Small Stuff 1/72 Pratt & Whitney engines

2018-01-18T14:47:00.000+02:00

New 1/72 Pratt & Whitney engines are available for ordering:

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1/72 Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp

1/72 Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior

1/72 Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet / BMW 132 (early production)

1/72 Polikarpov I-3 Resin Kit is Back in Stock

2016-08-11T11:25:00.003+03:00

New Product Line - Assembled & Painted 1/48 Engines

2016-05-12T09:35:00.001+03:00

Introducing our new product line - assembled & painted 1/48 engines.

Included tool has the same diameter as the engine. It can be used to test fit the engine into the cowling.

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1/72 Polikarpov I-3 Resin Kit is Now Available for Ordering

2016-04-11T11:55:00.001+03:00

1/72 Polikarpov I-3 Update - Box, Instructions, Decals

2016-04-09T12:49:00.002+03:00

Here is a little update on the upcoming 1/72 Polikarpov I-3 from Small Stuff.

Box:

Instructions:

Decals:

Polikarpov I-3 - Painting and Markings

2016-03-28T19:27:00.001+03:00

Polikarpov I-3 - Painting and Markings

Although Polikarpov I-3 saw a relatively widespread service in the Soviet Air Forces in the late 20s - mid-30s, the number and quality of photographic references on this aircraft leaves much to be desired. With the upcoming release of Small Stuff's Polikarpov I-3, I'd like to make most of the information which I used to create the painting and markings instructions for this kit available to the model builder, allowing him to draw his own conclusions in the ambiguous cases.

All I-3s appear to be painted in a standard Soviet scheme of that era with dark green wings upper surfaces and the whole fuselage and light blue wings and stabilizers undersides. The duralumin cowling panels are left unpainted.

Red stars are positioned on both upper and lower wings. Stars of three types could have been used - a plain red star, a star with a black outline, and a star with both black outline and black circle. In most cases it's not possible to determine the exact type of the star from the photo, and while the black outline/black circle type is the most probable, two other types are also possible. All three types are provided in the decal sheet.

It looks like the stars on the rear fuselage are always placed in the same standard position. While some photos seem to prove otherwise, this is most probably due to the distortion caused by the fact that the aircraft's side doesn't face the camera directly. To illustrate this effect I have used my old I-3 model to reproduce the similar camera angles.

Except for one photograph, the type of the fuselage star is also impossible to determine. Three types are provided, with a black outline + black circle type being the default.

These are the actual painting options provided in the decal sheet:

Red "11", as seen in the archive footage. This aircraft has an unusual star with white trimming on its fin. It is possible that the color of the rudder number and the stripes on the spinner is actually blue. Both options are provided in the decal sheet.

This I-3 has two unique parts that are not included in the kit and need to be scratch built in order to make this specific plane - the generator on the lower wing and the radio mast on the upper wing.

White "2" captured on the footage from a military parade in a row of other I-3s with similar white chevrons.

Red "7" from the same parade.

Another I-3 from the same lineup. This aircraft lacks a number, but wears chevrons on both it's rudder and fuselage.

Red "4" with white arrow is probably the most famous I-3, seen on two photos with a number of other I-3's with similar white arrows. Although I don't have any photographic evidence of the red number on it's rudder which is depicted in color profiles in many sources, I still included this number in the decal sheet. The first photo is the only one available to me in which the type of the I-3 fuselage star can be clearly identified.

Only the middle part of the aircraft is visible on the photo, so it's imposible to reconstruct the whole scheme. The inscription reads "Strelok VOKhR Stalinshiny" ("The rifleman of the Internal Guard of the Stalino province"). Stalino was the name of the present day Donetsk, Ukraine.

White "1". This I-3 is distinguished by the red star on the front of it's cowling.

One of the I-3s featured in "If War Comes Tomorrow" movie (1938). The "6" on the rudder appears to be a color different from the usual red, probably blue or yellow (both options are provided in the decal sheet). The color of the spinner could be red, or perhaps the same as the rudder number color.

Red "4", another I-3 from "If War Comes Tomorrow". The spinner is probably red, but other colors are also possible.

White "7" from the famous, but blury photo.

This aircraft appears to be devoid of any markings. It's wing struts are painted a dark color, probably green, while the metal panel in front of the lower wing is left unpainted.

I would like to thank Andrey Petrov and Sergey Trufanov for their help in decals development.

Eugeny Knupfer

1/72 Polikarpov I-3 Test Buld

2016-03-04T11:45:00.001+02:00

Here is a test assembly of the upcoming 1/72 I-3 resin kit.

1/72 Polikarpov I-3 Update

2016-02-26T20:26:00.000+02:00

An update on the I-3 project - the remaining sprues and partial assembly.

Lower wings:

Fuselage:

Nose:

Struts and other stuff:

Transparent parts:

Interior assembly:

Fuselage and lower wing assembly:

Upper wing and undercarriage assembly:

1/72 Polikarpov I-3 - Work In Progress

2016-01-27T11:34:00.002+02:00

Here is an update on one of the projects currently under development. The subject is the Soviet biplane fighter I-3, developed by Nikolai Polikarpov. It was produced in significant numbers and served in Soviet Air Force for several years in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

The model was build using old-fashioned modelling techniques without employing 3D modelling and printing (except for one part).

Fuselage.



Tail surfaces.



Lower wing.


Upper wing. One of my first experiments with 3D printing. The quality of the printed parts leaves much to be desired, but I managed to use them anyway.



Radiator.


Wheels.


Other stuff.



Sprues (those that are currently ready):


To be continued

Four New Small Stuff 1/48 WWI Engines

2015-11-23T18:18:00.001+02:00

New 1/48 WWI Engines are available for ordering:

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1/48Le Rhone 9J (110 hp)

1/48 Oberursel Ur.II (110 hp)

1/48 Gnome 7 Lambda / Oberursel U.0 (80 hp)

1/48 Gnome 14 Lambda-Lambda / Oberursel U.III (160 hp)

Building A Small Stuff Engine

2015-06-08T11:14:00.000+03:00

While designing the new 1/48 WWI engines released by my company Small Stuff, I tried to achieve a reasonable compromise between the level of detail, ease of assembly and ease to manufacture. The resulting sets, although consisting of a relatively large number of tiny parts, should not, in my opinion, pose any challenge to an average model builder, while resulting in a realistically looking engine. In this article I would like to demonstrate step-by-step process of building one of these engines.

New Small Stuff 1/48 WWI Engines

2015-05-15T13:28:00.001+03:00

1/48 WWI Engines are available for ordering:

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1/48 Le Rhone 9C (80 hp)

1/48 Clerget 9B/Z (130/110 hp)

1/48 Gnome Monosoupape 9B-2 (100 hp)

1/48 Gnome 9 Delta / Oberursel U.I (100 hp)

1/48 Gnome 7 Omega (50 hp)

Upcoming 1/48 Le Rhone 9C Engine Test Assembly

2015-05-05T22:10:00.001+03:00

1/48 Le Rhone 9C Engine

Coming Soon

72110 1/72 Mercedes D.III (160 hp) Engine

2014-08-18T14:32:00.003+03:00

Fetures

Resin engine
26 parts
Can be used for the following aircraft:

AEG C.IV
Albatros C.I
Albatros C.III
Albatros D.II
Albatros D.III
Albatros D.V

Albatros W.4
Fokker D.VII
Halberstadt CL.II
Halberstadt CL.IV
Hansa-Brandenburg C.I
Hansa-Brandenburg W.12

LFG Roland C.II
LFG Roland D.II
LFG Roland D.VI
Pfalz D.III
Rumpler C.I

Parts

Assembled Set

72111 1/72 Mercedes D.IIIa/aü (180/200 hp) Engine

2014-08-18T14:32:00.002+03:00

Fetures

Resin engine
29 parts
Can be used for the following aircraft:

AEG C.IV
Albatros D.III
Albatros D.V
Fokker D.VII
Halberstadt CL.II

Halberstadt CL.IV
Hansa-Brandenburg W.12
Junkers CL.I
Junkers D.I
LFG Roland D.VI

Rumpler C.I
Pfalz D.III
Pfalz D.IIIa
Pfalz D.XII

Parts

Assembled Set

72108 1/72 Gnome 7 Omega (50 hp) Engine

2014-05-07T17:07:00.002+03:00

Features

Resin engine
30 parts
Can be used for the following aircraft:

Blériot XI
Deperdussin B

Farman-IV
Morane-Saulnier G

Nieuport IV
Sikorsky S-16

Parts

Assembled Set

72109 1/72 Gnome Monosoupape 9B-2 (100 hp) Engine

2014-05-07T17:07:00.001+03:00

Features

Resin engine
38 parts
Can be used for the following aircraft:

Anatra Anade
Avro 504K
Airco DH.2
Bristol Scout

Grigorovich M-5
Morane-Saulnier L
Nieuport 10
R.A.F. F.E.8

Sopwith Baby
Sopwith Pup
Sopwith 1½ Strutter
Vickers F.B.5

Parts

Assembled Set

72107 1/72 Oberursel U.III (160 hp) Engine

2014-05-07T17:06:00.002+03:00

Features

Resin engine
58 parts
Can be used for the following aircraft:

Fokker D.III

Fokker E.IV

Pfalz. E.IV

Parts

Assembled Set

72106 1/72 Gnome 7 Lambda/Oberursel U.0 (80 hp) Engine

2014-05-07T17:06:00.001+03:00

Features

Resin engine
30 parts
Can be used for the following aircraft:

Bristol Scout
Farman HF.20-25
Fokker E.I
Hansa-Brandenburg W.20

Morane-Saulnier G
Morane-Saulnier L
Nieuport IV
Pfalz A.I

Pfalz E.I
Sikorsky S-16
Sopwith Pup
Sopwith Tabloid

Small Stuff Models

1/72 Pratt & Whitney engines are back in stock

Free International Shipping

1/72 Wright R-975 / R-760 / R-540 Whirlwind engine is now available to order

Coming soon - 1/72 Wright R-975/R-760/R-540 Whirlwind engine (late production)

1/72 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp engine is now available to order

Coming soon - 1/72 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp engine

New Small Stuff 1/72 Pratt & Whitney engines

1/72 Polikarpov I-3 Resin Kit is Back in Stock

New Product Line - Assembled & Painted 1/48 Engines

1/72 Polikarpov I-3 Resin Kit is Now Available for Ordering

1/72 Polikarpov I-3 Update - Box, Instructions, Decals

Polikarpov I-3 - Painting and Markings

1/72 Polikarpov I-3 Test Buld

1/72 Polikarpov I-3 Update

1/72 Polikarpov I-3 - Work In Progress

Four New Small Stuff 1/48 WWI Engines

1/48Le Rhone 9J (110 hp)

1/48 Oberursel Ur.II (110 hp)

1/48 Gnome 7 Lambda / Oberursel U.0 (80 hp)

1/48 Gnome 14 Lambda-Lambda / Oberursel U.III (160 hp)

Building A Small Stuff Engine

New Small Stuff 1/48 WWI Engines

1/48 Le Rhone 9C (80 hp)

1/48 Clerget 9B/Z (130/110 hp)

1/48 Gnome Monosoupape 9B-2 (100 hp)

1/48 Gnome 9 Delta / Oberursel U.I (100 hp)

1/48 Gnome 7 Omega (50 hp)

Upcoming 1/48 Le Rhone 9C Engine Test Assembly

72110 1/72 Mercedes D.III (160 hp) Engine

Fetures

Parts

Assembled Set

Links

72111 1/72 Mercedes D.IIIa/aü (180/200 hp) Engine

Fetures

Parts

Assembled Set

Links

72108 1/72 Gnome 7 Omega (50 hp) Engine

Features

Parts

Assembled Set

Links

72109 1/72 Gnome Monosoupape 9B-2 (100 hp) Engine

Features

Parts

Assembled Set

Links

72107 1/72 Oberursel U.III (160 hp) Engine

Features

Parts

Assembled Set

Links

72106 1/72 Gnome 7 Lambda/Oberursel U.0 (80 hp) Engine

Features

Parts

Assembled Set

Links