Bengs Kits

Bengs Kits

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30 December 2019 at 01:34 #443825
Mexican jon
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Has anyone built one of these kits from Bengs? Looking at the kit it seems to be quite good and I was just curious to see what others thought.
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30 December 2019 at 01:34 #27035
Mexican jon
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30 December 2019 at 05:18 #443827
Hopper
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Not myself. But forum member Brian John has built several very nice engines from Bengs kits. You should be able to search out threads by him showing pics etc. He seemed very happy with the kits.
30 December 2019 at 09:08 #443833
Howi
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yes! built 3 so far, very good quality kits, instructions in German but there are some build logs on the Bengs web site for most of the kits. The castings are very good, very easy to machine.

All of mine run well on compressed air.
30 December 2019 at 09:22 #443835
Cornish Jack
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Part way through a Bengs 'Sophie'. First experience of their product and mixed feelings. Problems stem from my difficulties 'reading' plans and lack of skills and the 'instruction' leaflet 'translation' which makes Chinglish a simple read!! Material quality is good – results very much down to 'operator quality'! Casting (Main Beam) needed remedial work on bearing location but machines OK. Kit is mainly raw material and fixings.

Would I buy another? At the (half) price I paid for this, yes … at full price? No.

HTH

rgds

Bill
30 December 2019 at 09:30 #443836
Michael Gilligan
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You may find this translator useful, Bill

**LINK**

https://www.deepl.com/translate

… it usually does a good job on German >> English

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