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Lively Customs Launch, built 1912 by Cox&Co Falmouth, based Falmouth
… Active, a sister launch of 1911, to a scale of 1:12, to be steam powered, 54" oal engine, reversing Stuart D10, boiler Scotch type(return tube) --- progress is very slow!
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Mabel river launch
… m convinced this is the new hobby for me. I’ve received the steam plant as stated on the drawing from Tony Green it’s a bit Mamodish but that’s fine it’s a good and easy introduction. I realise I won’t be able to sail her on a model club po …
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Forecastle Hoodway part 2.
… allow a reasonable air flow through into the hull, when the steam plant is installed. I marked out then carefully cut out the notch in the roof. Using a spacer I was able to temporally clamp things together, checking that there is sufficien …
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Building a Tug
… I have plans for the "Alwyn Vintcent", the last operational steam tug in South Africa. I can also supply the 3D models of all the fittings for you to have printed. Alan
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Fort Valley Pilothouse
… ssions' were sanded in. It was then sealed and painted. The steam heat is plastruct parts cut, modified, and glued together. The valve wheels are costume jewelry parts picked up from a crafts store, edges bent, glued on and painted. The pip …
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Another St Canute
… ail. The plastic propeller supplied originally was fine for steaming ahead, but useless astern. I fitted a fine pitch Prop Shop prop though, and this changed the whole experience. These are really beautiful little pieces of engineering, bot …
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Re: Smit nederland tug
… t remember whose. Not the easiest to make good. Fitting the steamer to twin exhaust proved tricky. fist attempt with a 3d printed manifold not too good as it got a bit hot.
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Re: Marie Felling with added smoker.
… now are a few crew members to bring her to life. These old steam tugs sure had some character didn't they! All the best, Doug PS Beware SWMBO when buying another kit! (See pic)
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Mt. Washington - Dumas Kit
… Thank you all for your input. I am looking to power it with steam. I have yet to see any one that has done that, no one recommends it. Ther is someone in Great Britian I think has done that, although they had to raise the freeboard by makin …
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Mabel river launch
Hi In response to Newby 7 photos of the steam plant. I’ve had a good day today fitted the propellor shaft, knocked up a heat shield from a shelf of an old bbq that I was throwing out and decided on a oak colour happy bunny today
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Long Island
… t like that the kit was mostly plastic and not suitable for steam power. So, based on the photo I turned it to the "Long Island".
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Help /Advise for small smoke generator.
… but am restricted for space below decks for my normal water/steam type that I use. I have to fit whatever I use inside the funnel. Please see pictures of said funnel from another build. Dimensions are as follows. 83 mm… 3.1/4 inch high. 32 …
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Acoustic Hammer construction.Part One.
… eron fixing as the cable mount on the deck behind where the steam anchor winch will be placed,to carry the cable. You will see the operating cable in place which will be operated by a sail servo winch (I hope).This will be in part Two of th …
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Re: Highlander Clyde Puffer, (Episode 3.)
… d quite recently. I should imagine it is freshwater for the steam engine and maybe domestic use, as in making tea. The steam engine which would normally be a three-cylinder compound engine would use a lot of water, and would use a condenser …
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Highlander Clyde Puffer, (Episode 3.)
… off in the last episode. I ordered aluminium sheet for the steam plant base at 1/8" thickness and cut too size, from Metals4U an extremely helpful company and reasonable prices. The base plate is mounted onto several pieces of 1/2" channel …
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Phantom Tug
… e mast, boom, and associate equipment. These were sometimes steam powered, carried a small three man crew, and in an RC model will allow a modest amount of animation. A lot of possibilities for a tug/lighter combination.... In the mean time …
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Xmas in September???
Hi all, I've always envied you steamers, but just found these on our local Freecycle Network. A little Mamod static, which I will give to my grandson. But to me the real star was a Stuart Sun twin cylinder steam engine built in 1945, which …
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Re: Highlander Clyde Puffer, (Episode 2.)
… the positive comment, much appreciated. With regard to your steam plant and choice of the hull, I reckon the minimum size would be around 48" mark, as that is a heavy-weight steam plant. Tugs in general tend to be almost flat bottomed, good …
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Highlander Clyde Puffer, (Episode 2.)
The steam engine and boiler for the Puffer have been borrowed from my Topaz (Edwardian) Steam Launch a static model with no radio gear installed. Consequently, despite the age of the steam plant, it has never been fired up as such either in …
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Puffer's Progress.
Hi O/F, (your name would be useful?) The steam Yacht mentioned in this post once belonged to Arthur Lowe (Captain Mainwaring of Dad's Army fame,) and her name is Amazon 1885 vintage. Regards, Gary.
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Re: Puffer questions.
… turner, was a volunteer engineer on the big William C Daldy steam tug here in Auckland, (126ft, 750tons) and he took us down to the engine room for a look while she was under way. Two huge triple expansion steam engines, steam powered gener …
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Puffer's Progress.
Hi Nerys, the Amazon Steam Yacht 1885 photographed in 1994 Scotland, the photos are stuck together, so four for the price of one. Regards, Gary.
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Recycling vintage boat timber.
… ht this might be of interest. When some of the old Auckland steam ferries were being buried in a reclamation for a carpark in Aug 1981, for the new Westhaven Marina in Auckland (next to the Harbour bridge), I managed to rescue a piece of Ka …
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Re: Hatch Coaming continued.
Just a couple of photos of Drifter steam plant, and gas valve, plus for the curious, where Davy Jones's locker actually is. Regards, Gary.
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Xmas in September???
… ere steel and had corroded to such an extent that 15 psi of steam blew them out and the sight glass shattered. There was a lot of scale inside, so used kettle descaling fluid, and now clean inside as well. Good points are all the silver sol …
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Xmas in September???
Well done Colin. Take a look at this Chiltern steam make a reversing unit might work for you to get foreword reverse. Rick
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Xmas in September???
Good afternoon, do any of you wonderful steamer guys have the details of how to set the timing of the piston valve on a Stuart Turner "SUN" motor as the gearing on my new acquisition needs refitting. But being new to steam (apart from MAMOD …
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Latest land cruise
… day trip on Lake Windermere was quite enjoyable. We took a 'steamer' from Ambleside down the lake to Bowness, then another boat right down the lake to Lakeside then right back to our starting point of Ambleside. One thing that struck me was …