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Live Steam Microcosm P5 Automatic Boiler Pressure Regulator Question
"To boiler tubes basiclly means connected to boiler pressure, the pressure acts upon the attenuater valve to regulate the gas burner. Here is the instruction leaflet for a UK manufactured example...
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Re: 5. Old Stern wheel steamer
Hello hobbyist, Can't see the wood for the trees . . An old saying that happened to me. I forgot the sound block because of all the electronics! This only happens when your wife puts the documents on the pile of documents when dusting. . Bu …
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Hello everyone, And once again I realise that 3 D printer material must have been chosen! The parts have completely warped. Now I'm going to make the whole paddle wheel in wood like the original. Keep your fingers crossed for me . . Thank y …
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Hello friends! Back from our hitchhiking trip a few days ago. I stalked lifeboat no. 2 straight away. Here are some photos of what happened. Duration 2 days with breaks and recovery of the hiking holidays . . . I wonder what you think about …
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Gulnare steam paddle boat
Here's one, Majorray, found. I'll put the link at the end of this message. It was a question, very similar to yours, from dear Mike Stoney. You can read from the message in the attached image (dating back about two months) to the following …
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Krick Steam
You can buy the engine with the boat kit but the last I checked it was out of stock. I happened to have the engine on hand when I ordered the boat kit.
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Steam tugboat tow hooks
My photos of the original SAR&H tug "CF Kayser" show two apparently identical tow hooks. Anyone know why? Is the one simply an emergency spare?
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Hi Alessandro, Hello Hermank Wait until the ship's staff have made up the beds and activated the hot water system for the bathrooms and showers in the rooms. The river cruise accepts guests who are catered for in the deck saloon, and for th …
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So dear friends, From Wednesday our shipyard "D & M Modellschiffwerft" will close its doors for a few days. In englisch: D & M model shipyards Here are a few impressions of the test build before everything is painted and glued. Especially g …
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Hi Alessandro, I would be happy to give you the engine data briefly. As I work with 12V and 6V, I decided to test both types. With a 35 rpm gearbox made of steel and approx. 400 mNm, this should be sufficient, as the resistance is low due t …
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Good evening everyone, Tomorrow we will be working again, my shipyard employee has promised to paint more details. I'm doing the wiring myself, from top to bottom. The wheelhouse, 2nd and 1st upper decks are illuminated. Tomorrow the deck a …
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Hello Michel, I don't know if you can order from Amazon in Switzerland but here is what I used on both of my paddle boats. At $14.95 US it's a great deal! Good luck on your quest! RR
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Thank you modelling friends! Thank you RR, You are all awesome! In the meantime I have received an important detail from the manufacturer Engler (D) of the Chaperon: 42 Rpm has their drive which is no longer produced. So now the search in S …
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Here is the noisy part! The drive is designed so that it can be completely dismantled for repairs. This also applies later to the paddle wheel and its drive. Try using special grease from the coffee machine . . Otherwise, completely rec …
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Guys, I need your help! My gearbox has given up the ghost, as with us older people, sometimes a tooth flies out, so also with this intermediate gearbox . . Plastic rubbish. Do any of you have experience with paddle wheel drives? Any tips wo …
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Hello everyone! Railing lasering announced, other reinforcements, additional lifeboat etc. etc. Was looking for a u-profile for my railing handrail . . Really difficult, but Dr Zufall gave me an idea: Never throw away an umbrella, take it a …
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Steam Power
Not strictly marine based, but the Stuart D10 is destined for a 1:12 Customs Launch, Active, built by Cox & Co Falmouth 1912, and stationed at Gravesend until the '30's. Kit of castings, machined and built by myself along with the horizonta …
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Evening everyone! While the small parts are drying, I've got the electronics ready to continue working on the wiring. Slowly but surely I see light at the end of the tunnel . . I also test the paddle wheel before it gets its colour . . One …
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Hello all, Yesterday I had 2 "left hands". But apparently the predecessor had used the wrong glue. . . Now I will screw it together, which is advantageous for repairs. Everything has its purpose and its advantages, doesn't it? I am always a …
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Mini Steam/Smoke Generator from Denes Design
And this is the article from the Modelboats Magazine
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Hi everyone! We used the time to paint during our somewhat miserable weather, my wife really wanted to paint the hull, I did the dinghy. It's progressing slowly and I'm looking forward to installing the electronics. A club colleague's 3D pr …
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Hello everyone! After the 2K coat, now the colour base coat. My wife, my painter, has everything under control! Now first a fine sanding and then 2 more coats of paint. If you ask me why matt black, you can find my answer here in the previo …
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Hey shipbuilder! Paddle is the key word, now it's here, my lifeboat to the Mississippi sternwheeler! I know it doesn't correspond to reality, but I love tinkering like this in between. The hull is waiting for my painter boss . . . It's comi …
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My Latest TVR1A Ready for its first Steam Trial.
I bought this recently from eBay, and they are getting more and more expensive as they are now not available from their original source Graham Industries. I have added the flywheel, and the wet sump box under the base plate, plus the custom …
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Hello everyone, I had bent pipes about three months ago. But I realised that it was impossible to fit the pumps under the front deck. I had to completely change the concept. . Installation will take place tomorrow evening. Today the electro …
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Hi Hermank, hi all, Me again briefly . . Hermank, if you look at my profile, you'll see that I registered in 2021, the time of the "epidemic". At that time I had dug out my old boats again. I still had 40 mhz transmitters there. My wife fel …
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Good evening all, The electronics are slowly taking shape. The rest is waiting for the test installation. But now it's time for a goodnight tea. I'm closing my boatyard for this weekend. Ciao together, Michel-C.
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Ciao Alessandro, It is a 14-channel system. (Carson Multi proLCD) For me it was the cheapest version. I am also very satisfied with the performance, handling and operation. And . . . . Yes, it was a present from my wife, plus lots of servos …