Amongst the different branches in naval modelling, we very often forget about machinery. Whenever we decide to reproduce engines (if we ever do so), they tend to be very schematic and simple and we do not usually show the engine rooms or the machinery in our models.

This model, manufactured and presented by Jaime Fontova Teixido, shows us the great possibilities that motors have in naval modelling.

It is a 2-time overfed reversible crosshead diesel motor having 10 cylinders and being the biggest ever manufactured at the workshops of the "Maquinista Terrestre y Marítima" (Earth and Naval Machinery) in Barcelona in 1957.

The machine is completely built in brass and tin, at a 1/30 scale, and it has taken around 4000 hours to finish.