Bishop Hobbies

Beginning in 1911, and until manufacturing rights were sold to Renault, Clerget, Blin, and Cie of Paris, France, built various types of airplane engines, but mainly air-cooled rotaries. During World War I, the company's effort was concentrated almost entirely on this type of engine. Gwynnes, Ltd., Hammersmith Iron Works, London, England, controlled the British manufacturing rights on Clerget engines.

The Clerget Type 9B was a highly successful engine and was used extensively during World War I. Among the French aircraft equipped with the Type 9B were the Nieuport 12 and 17, Nieuport Triplane, Pommier, Caudron, CSL, MS 30 and 35, and Spad. Numerous British aircraft were also powered by the Type 9B, among them the: Avro 504C/K/L and 531/A Spider; Bristol 10 M.1A and 11 M.1B; Cierva C.6C/D and C.8R Autogiro; and Sopwith Baby, Triplane, F.1 Camel, Scooter, Triplane, and LCT 1-1/2 Strutter.

Object Details

Date:  Circa World War I

Country of Origin:  France

Type:  PROPULSION-Reciprocating & Rotary

Manufacturer:  Automobiles Delaunay-Belleville. Panhard-Levassor

Designer:  Clerget, Blin and Cie

Physical Description:  

Type: Rotary, 9 cylinders, air-cooled
Power rating: 96.9 kw (130 hp) at 1,250 rpm
Displacement: 16.26 L (992.07 cu. in.)
Bore and Stroke: 120 mm (4.72 in.) x 160 mm (6.3 in.)
Weight: 173 kg (381 lb)

Dimensions:

Diameter 102.1 cm (40.2 in.), Length 110.5 cm (43.5 in.)

Materials:  Steel, Paint, Preservative coating, Aluminum

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

6/10/2025 Here are photos of my just finished Hasegawa 1/8 scale Clerget 9B rotary engine.  It was a lot of fun to build, went together easily and will look great next to my Hasegawa 1/16 Sophwith Camel. I haven't added any weathering to it – I may do that later.

Herre are some pics of the 1/8 Clerget 9B alongside the 1/16 Sopwith Camel:

 

5/14/22. Today I'm starting on this Tamiya 1/32 F4U-1a Corsair.  This is one of my favorite aircraft from WW2, and this is just a fantastic model. It goes together so beautifully that it was a real pleasure to build. I bought a lot of extras too – I got really invested.

I am using quite a lot of aftermarket items this time.

 

I first started on the Prat & Whitney R2800 radial engine

I've added some extra detail with some small wires at the top of each cylinder, and also all of the iginition wire. For reference I used some photos I found online.

For a video of the finished engine – go HERE.

Next I started the Eduard cockpit.

I am planning on displaying this very detailed version of the F4U-1A cockpit since it will be so hidden in the finished model.

For a video of the partially built cockpit go HERE.

Here are some pics of the final cockpit

 

6/15/22 Here are some photos of the finished cockpit.  The cockpit is by Eduard and the instruments are by Quintas.  Since the cockpit is mostly hidden in the finished model, I decided to make this into a display model on it's own stand.

Below the pictures is a video of the cockpit

The video of the finished cockpit is HERE.

I also started on this 1/32 resin R2800 engine from resin2detail.com. This is just amazing in detail.

Here is a video of the incluided parts – go HERE.

To see a video of the finished DETAIL2scale 1/32 R2800 engine on it's stand go HERE.

6/19/2022 Here is a video of the finished kit cockpit – it's stock except for the Eaglecals cockpit decals and the BarracudaCast resin seat with seatbelts – go HERE.

Roy Sutherland  (owner of Barracuda Studios) is a great guy and I just love his products which I have noted above.  I also will be using his EagleCals to depict Capt. Dean S Hartley Jr's plane from VMF-225.

Here are some pictures of the finished cockpit:

7/12/2022 For a video of the finished model on the turntable – go HERE.

Here are the photos of the finished model.