Nakajima NK1C Sakae-12 engine – kit from LEGO® bricks

The Japanese manufacturer Nakajima Aircraft Company built around 30,000 of its Sakae-12 aircraft radial engines between 1939 and 1945. It was used, among other things, in the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, the famous Japanese long-range fighter aircraft.

The key feature of the engine, which was highly innovative at the time, is its star-shaped arrangement of pistons. Its great advantage is the resulting compactness. The Sakae-12 had two rows of seven pistons each. If a more powerful engine was needed, additional rows of pistons were simply added.

• Number of original LEGO® bricks: 82
• Dimensions of the model: 9 x 8 x 12 cm

This kit contains the LEGO® bricks for a model of the Nakajima NK1C Sakae-12 engine. The building instructions are not included in the kit. You can find these in Peter Blackert's book "How to Build Brick Airplanes".