You want to build a somewhat scale Continental Engine for your cub. This page will give you some ideas about what a full-scale Continental Engine looks like, and you will see it’s just like the Cub itself. They all came out of the factory looking the same, but then over the years they got modified, and changed around so they all do not look alike anymore. Below you will see examples from 5 different Cub’s and L4’s
Cub 1
Let’s look at this example from A cub that was in Kentucky many years back that I modeled my 1/4 scale cream cub after. If you look you will see the valve covers are flat black on them. Valve tube rods have a flat black look. The eyebrows are flat/matt black. The exhaust is a little more of a silver color and has a small twist down before going into the cowl. The intakes on this are flat/matt black and use a band type clamp on the black coupler. The tubes from the coupler to the carb are flat black. We can also see the plug wires on bottom are silver and black on top. The sparkplugs are a steel/ gray look. The cylinders are a flat/matt black look.
Cub 2
Let’s look at this example from A cub that is in Kentucky. If you look you will see the valve covers are silver with a little gold/bronze color on them. Valve tube rods have a silver look.. The eyebrows are steel/silver color. The exhaust is a darker steel color and has straight back before going into the cowl. The intakes on this are steel color and use a band type clamp on the black coupler. The tubes from the coupler to the carb are steel silver. We can also see the plug wires on bottom and top are red. The sparkplugs are more of a silver look. The cylinders are a steel look.
Cub 3
Let’s look at this example from a cub that was on the web. If you look you will see the valve covers are Chrome color on them. Valve tube rods are a steel look. The eyebrows are gloss black. The exhaust is a dark black color and has straight back before going into the cowl. The intakes on this are steel color and use a band type clamp on the black coupler. The tubes from the coupler to the carb are silver. We can also see the plug wires on bottom and top are yellow. The sparkplugs are more of a silver look. The cylinders are a semi-gloss look.
Cub 4
Let’s look at this example from a cub that was on the web. If you look you will see the valve covers are Chrome color on them. Valve tube rods are a dark steel/black look. The eyebrows are mat black. The exhaust is a steel color and has straight back before going into the cowl. The intakes on this are steel color and use a band type clamp on the black coupler. The tubes from the coupler to the carb are steel. We can also see the plug wires on bottom and top are dark steel. The sparkplugs are more of a silver/steel look. The cylinders are a steel with a little silver look.
L4 1
Let’s look at this example from a L4 that I built my model after. If you look you will see the valve covers are semi-gloss black color on them. Valve tube rods are a semi-gloss black look. The eyebrows are semi-gloss black. The exhaust is silver with a little bronze in areas and are slightly bent up before going into the cowl. The intakes on this are semi-gloss black color and use a band type clamp on the black coupler. The tubes from the coupler to the carb are semi-gloss black. We can also see the plug wires on bottom and top are steel. The sparkplugs are more of a silver look. The cylinders are semi-gloss black look.
As you can see, many different looks and if you have a subject you are modeling after it may be different than any of the photos above. Now let’s go build that scale Continental Engine to dress that Cub or L4 up.
