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Steam Generator which is follow the throttle arm
That sounds like an interesting system, it would be just the thing for my ship the Empire Orwel.
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Alwyn Vintcent Steam Tug 1:32
Having finished all components for the "Alwyn Vintcent" 1:32 Scale Tug Kit I'm now proof building the "kit" making sure everything fits. Model is detailed scale replica of actual tug (currently being restored in Villiersdorp, South Africa.) …
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Steam power advice?
I picked this little unit up at a yard sale a while back for $50. I have checked it all out and have run it for 20 minutes. Its a Wilesco D48. Now my question is... What type of boat would be the best candidate for this type set up? I am pa …
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Paddle Steamer Waverley
Also off the New England Coast. The ferries Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, and Island Home, among others.
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Paddle Steamer Waverley
Speaking of “big boy pants,” . . .
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Does anybody have any information about this steam engine?
So, I now have it in my possession. It does not appear to have ever been mounted nor fired. It does not have the original box it came in, nor the instructions/owners manual. It is also missing the burner box. I have found some burner boxes …
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Back from the dead!!! Elliot Bay steam, er “diesel” launch!!
Hi y’all. With the Grimmershorn done, and the Vosper done with the exception of trimming out, I decided it was time to get my bench back in action. I was this close to starting my Graupner Krabbe Ton Kreigsfischkutter conversion I’ve been p …
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Midwest Mark Vl steam engine 980
Hello is this what you are looking for. Not sure if still available. Rick
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Saito T2 steam engine
Something to think about, with regard to the very expensive Saito T2 engine, for the same amount of money you can buy THREE TVR1ABBs at £250 each, again a 1/2" bore twin-cylinder slide valve engine which has ball-raced bearings on the crank …
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Saito T2 steam engine
Peter, I think that people need animals to help them through the bad times, and sick or injured creatures can't help themselves so they need us even more. Roxy is happy even though she has bits missing, and our dog Patch was rescued 7 years …
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Saito T2 steam engine
Back to this delightful little engine, after further delving on the net, I have now found pictures of another 2 types, and I believe that the 1 I have is a T2R as the original T2 didn't have reversing gear. So now I know what it is but can' …
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Saito T2 steam engine
Trev, my little friend is Roxy, she is a 7 year old Bearded Dragon that we rescued 4 years ago, she had been left without food or heat and light for about 4 months, my son went to buy a vivarium for his own Dragon and was told to dispose of …
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Saito T2 steam engine
Thanks Dave, I did try with an airline set at 12psi and it ran smoothly in both directions. Looking at the exploded drawings of the 3 possible types I have downloaded from the Saito website it is definitely not the T2GR, as the oiler is sma …
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Re: Mississippi Steamboat
Absolutely splendiferous BRAVO ZULU THAT MAN Can't wait to see her in action TOOT TOOOOT! Well done. Cheers, Doug PS Book me a cabin and a seat at the poker table please
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Various models of galleons, buses, tugs, trains and steam vehicles for sale
Hi Mike, many thanks for your note. Here are a few of the models we have. Please let me know what you think. Regards Alan
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Scratch built, Working Steam powered Drifter trawler LT100, to 1:24th scale.
Part 22. Making up material for deck planking, stanchions and covering boards. I had a couple of blocks of Huon pine that I hoped would at least be enough for making the deck planking material, although I had real concerns whether there wou …
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Re: Scratch built, Working Steam powered Drifter trawler LT100, to 1:24th scale.
Hi Stephen, having done a little drifting or even trawling, I have managed to find a really old photo of Lowestoft Drifter Fleet from way back when incredible to think there is only one left the Lydia Eva.
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Scratch built, Working Steam powered Drifter trawler LT100, to 1:24th scale.
Part 21. Hello once again, at last some more progress, yes the Glacier has moved. After making the material in the last part. I had decided to fit the “Binn irons” before starting work on the bulwarks and deck planking thinking it would be …
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Full steam ahead
Bow ribs and gunwale now complete and other bits. Hull sanded ready for glass coat, no significant defects that won’t be filled with next coat of resin.
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A mini steam engine, a dabble in lathe work
This is a simple wobbler engine. It’s from a Stuart Turner kit. You get a drawing a body casting and various rod and sheet to produce the parts req. I struggled, mainly with everything , but it works and I learnt a lot.
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A mini steam engine, a dabble in lathe work
Thanks mturpin013. At the moment its compressed air, I have a Stuart S50 lined up next. Then maybe a boiler is in the offing. Model engineering is a polar opposite to my day to day as a wood machinist
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Smoke/Steam Generators.
Evening Black Shoe. How right you are re the Engineers. I well remember on my first ship back in 1972 RFA (Royal Fleet Auxiliary) Retainer. She was by all standards an old girl by then and although powered if I remember correctly with a Dox …
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Smoke/Steam Generators.
I don't have any video of "Fort Valley" underway, but here's a couple of stills with the smoker operating. It's a petrol based unit that is controlled on a rheostat independent of the main motor RPM. (There's a "chapter" dedicated to this i …
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Smoke/Steam Generators.
On my iOS phone. I have to select it download it then open to view. I hope the pictures help. Edit I’m not sure the pictures loaded in the correct order but play about a bit
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Steam Power
With the servos set up and tested worked on the engine and condenser placement and installation. Built a base for the condenser and epoxied in place. The frame were trimmed down to let the engine base sit at the right level and angle to the …
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Steam tug Lyttelton
The build just had a week off whilst I fixed my lathe. Parting off almost needed ear plugs. Using a dial indicator, I narrowed this down to play in the lead screw nut. It was obviously time to make a new one, which of course I did......righ …
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Re: Steam tug Lyttelton
Is this the one ? - Taken 8th Feb 2008 - Happy days !
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Steam tug Lyttelton
Details of this boat have been moved to a Build Blog.