Hi all, I have a confession! I do like old electric motors. I collect them, everything from the old Taycol ones to the Japanese ones that flooded the market in the late 50s. Of course I also have some Bassett-lowke ones which are more difficult to find.

I still use the Marx-luder Monoperm/Super / Deca, series of motors as they are excelllent for the smaller model boats I build. Because many modellers have changed over to brushless motors the prices have fallen for the brushed ones.😆

Of course you come across motors you have never heard of before which is nice. If you read Model Boats magazine the current edition has an article titled Flotsam and Jetsom.

I correspond with the author and have done so for many years as we have similar interests. This edition concentrates on model electric motors, one of them has my name beneath in the caption as a difficult motor to find.

Sure enough, last month I bought another which surfaced at our recent Model Show in St. Albans.

As most of them run at a maximum of 3 or 4 amps which means I can use some very inexpensive esc's from China. By cheap I mean aproximately £3 each. They have worked well for me and none have failed over the last 3 or 4 years.

I have photos does anyone else collect old motors? I understand that brushless motors are more efficient but for me with low power it does not much matter
Roy