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Lionheart steam Turbine Boat
Lionheart Steam Turbine Boat I have just purchased a model steam boat after seeing it on marketplace with the idea at some point of putting a steam plant in my large Steam Drifter. I couldn’t make out the pictures on the advert but only bei …
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Steam Drifter KY251 Violet
I have recently acquired a large model of the Steam Drifter KY251 Violet and would like to know more about the model itself and who produced her. She is 67 inches or 1.7 metres long and has a fibreglass hull which is really well moulded sho …
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Live Steam Saito Hercules
Live steam tugboat on the San Diego Model Yacht Pond.
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Re: North Sea Drifters and Steam Engines.
… ove the last one there is nothing that beats a full head of steam in all its glory. There is nothing that compares to the pure enjoyment of steam power. Expensive, yes I suppose it is but worth every penny, as it's an investment and it will …
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North Sea Drifters and Steam Engines.
… a doubt the biggest challenge ever was fitting a boiler and steam engine into a Clyde Puffer as everything needs to go at the extreme back end. Mind it can be done with a lot of thought, sprockets chains and lay shafts, not forgetting the b …
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Re: North Sea Drifters and Steam Engines.
… hey tend to photo better on a cold day when you can see the steam exhaust. Your ceramic fibre paper insulation gasket is available also on Amazon, just thought I would mention that in passing. Saito make some really nicely engineered steam …
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Re: North Sea Drifters and Steam Engines.
@GaryLC This is the Saito Hercules steam tug. It has a fiberglass hull, with wood superstructure and deck. It has a twin cylinder Saito vertical engine, with a horizontal boiler - very similar to your powerplant. It runs on denatured alcoho …
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Nina, Windermere style Edwardian paddle steamer
… re Nautical Trust. I chose it following a gift of a Meccano steam engine which was the power for Basil Hardy's paddle steamer. These lakeland steamers were very much family possessions. The plans include a design for the drive unit as well …
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Steam Launch
An outstanding steam launch built by one of our members. The passenger is Lord Mountbatten.
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Re: TVR1A Steam Engine.
… m the gas cut off to the attenuator. 4 dots on the pipe run steam pressure from boiler to attenuator. 5 dots on the pipe run from attenuator to boiler gas burner. Hope fully this is less confusing than the first effort. Regards, Gary.
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TVR1A Steam Engine.
… s on the building front, of what eventually will be an open steam launch. If anyone out there in the ether is struggling with the problem of fitting the forward and reverse servo. This set up works really well, mind it did take a little whi …
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Re: TVR1A Steam Engine.
Hi Algon, it is always good to hear from a fellow steam enthusiast, as we are some what thin on the ground. please post some photos of your progress as I am very interested in your project. As I don't have any drawings as such, I have opted …
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Re: Nina, Windermere style Edwardian paddle steamer
… g to be a great nostalgic build—especially with the Meccano steam engine tie-in. Those Lakeland steamers have a real character to them. I’m just trying to understand the exact direction , which of these, are you aiming to replicate? I can s …
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Steam formed bulwark bow and stern
First job was to make the steam box and formers. Then onto the forming of the bow and stern bulwark sections. Straight sections made too. All parts bonded on to the hull and trimmed
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TVR1A Steam Engine.
For ChrisF, I have found that to date motor cycles and steam powered boats go together rather well, in the fact that a good understanding of the mechanical side of things works rather well for both. If you are a bike builder and understand …
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Steam Glorious Steam.
… ody to post something, in fact actually anything to do with steam. As that is not going to happen any time soon. I have decided to post a few photos of a rather nice steam launch called Topaz, an Edwardian launch a kit from Martin Baylis, H …
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Steam Glorious Steam.
… likes to pick fault. Despite his vast knowledge of anything steam connected, he always tends to pick fault on very trivial issues. I tend to think of this as nit picking, in the fact he is not happy unless he can find some trivial fault to …
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Steam Glorious Steam.
Hi Ian, I recon I should have guessed the steam plant was Microcosm, as I have bought a few of his engines in the past, and he does have a huge range of extra bits and pieces, as per fly ball governors and a very nice variable pitch propsha …
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Steam Glorious Steam.
… and foremost welcome to this site and the fact you are into steam and all it has to offer. I really like your open launch a very near and tidy installation, nothing looks better than the combination of shiny brass and polished hardwood. I w …
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Steam Glorious Steam.
Ian your man on the steam yacht needs a glass of wine or something. Though the pond police might not like open alcohol on board, especially if he is the skipper. Pepsi?? Be safe out there!
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Steam Glorious Steam.
Steam and mahogany, possibly the ultimate "marriage" (as the French say). Combined with top workmanship - as here - is a joy to behold. My steam yacht here started life as a Kingston Moulding hull of the famous 1911 50 foot Steam-Pinnace-19 …
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Scratch built, Working Steam powered Drifter trawler LT100, to 1:24th scale.
… mplex or too large, I found that I really liked the look of steam drifter trawlers. A wooden prototype being preferred as I could build a model hull out of wood then build a steam plant to power it; therefore the model would have some simil …
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Making my Model Paddle Steamer
… , I thought I would Sher with you a few photos of my paddle steamer I have just Made! it is not from any plans! it came from my head!!! I hope you Like? Brian.
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MODEL EXPO STEAM TUG "SEGUIN"
… time I’ll be showing my approach to building the Model Expo Steam Tug Seguin, a model that I’m sure many of you have built before, perhaps from other manufacturers. Since Model Expo now holds the licence to reproduce the kit, they asked me …
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Victorian Steam Launch
… st the vacuum formed hull from an old model. The boiler and steam engine are faux as our club does not have permission from the local authorities to run real steam boats. The Steam engine has been made to suit the space available. It runs v …
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TVR1A Steam Engine.
… or easy-flow, that is the question? I have made a Windemere steam kettle, which will be fed from the bottom of the sight glass fitting, and it will be moved from its temporary location on the servo cover. Regards, Gary.
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TVR1A Steam Engine.
… answer your question, I would say that yes the majority of steam boat users, are using gas and some have converted to gas, mind the majority of Saito engine users seem quite happy with their spirit fired blow lamp burners, this could easil …
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motor for large paddle steamer. Advice required
… me . . . I already had problems finding space for my paddle steamer (130CM). My wife loves my hobby, but the size has to be suitable for our apartment and hobby room. So max. 150 cm (approx. 60 inches). I hope you have a great time restorin …