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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 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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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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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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Royal Naval Steam Pinnace
… yone please assist me with the the lighting on a Royal Navy Steam Pinnace as shown in the picture, what I need to know is what would the location have been of the stern light ? Also would the lights at the time been oil fired or would they …
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Pat's Lady Ann Steam Boat Project
Lady Ann Steam Boat Project Convert from Meths to Gas burner
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HMS Pert (HMT RNAS Steam Side Paddle Tug)
… . Her paddles were independent, driven by two double acting steam engines generating 1000 ihp each. She was 178 feet overall, 36 foot beam, 56 feet across paddle boxes, drew 12 ft of water and displaced 1023 tons. My scratch built pond mode …
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Steam Winch
Hi One & All today the steam winch kit from Langley Models dropped through the letter box, now on to the build.
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Steam Punk recycle ♻️ project
… ners and waste plastic around, I thought I'd have a go at a Steam Punk submarine. Not sure which route I'll take wether it'll be static or rc. Any name suggestions?
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Trying the steam/smoke generator.
Just a temporary try using the steam/smoke generator.
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Alwyn Vintcent Steam Tug 1:32
… 1:32 scale kit of the Alwyn Vintcent, the last operational steam tug in South Africa (see attached pdf). I'm now building the kit to ensure fits of all the structural components.
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Midwest Steam Engine and Elliott Bay launch
… motive power, but for a while now I’ve wanted to dabble in steam.Different is good, when I flew RC I just loved my PAW diesels. Most of the guys in my club thought I was a little..eccentric, but I loved ‘em. Anyway, steam power has the sam …
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Kamome Steam launch
… fine kit from Japanese co Saito, complete with a 3 cylinder steam engine and boiler. A joy to build though previous owner had started it and made a few errors. The upper deck split line created some difficulties too. The little figures were …
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Steam tug Lyttelton
… Ulises kit. She'll be powered by a Microcosm twin cylinder steam plant with reversing valve gear. Since being shown round the original ship in NZ, I always fancied making a model of her. She'll never be true scale as the original had twin …
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Steam tug Lyttelton (steam plant enquiries)
She is to be live steam. Atached photo is her propane fired boiler. Safety certificates are dependent on pressure and boiler volume. This boiler is well below requiring a certificate. Although I have built two Stuart Turner engines in the p …
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Scratch built, Working Steam powered Drifter trawler LT100, to 1:24th scale.
Part 18. Testing of steam plant!! I started testing and rectifying problems and it still continues, both my feed pumps decided they didn't want to work after sitting for quite a while, I discovered that both of the inlet check valves (3mm b …
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Scratch built, Working Steam powered Drifter trawler LT100, to 1:24th scale.
… ss parts were given a coat of clear Lacquer. Control of the steam engine requires 3 servos, one for gas metering, one for feed pump speed, one for forward / reverse on the engine. All controlled from a single input on the transmitter, which …
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Scratch built, Working Steam powered Drifter trawler LT100, to 1:24th scale.
… ount of metal fabrication, having done a lot of work on the steam plant I chose to take a break from that aspect and make the rudder. My aim was to build a rudder and rudder post as close as possible to the original using the plan and book …
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Scratch built, Working Steam powered Drifter trawler LT100, to 1:24th scale.
… od insulating properties so I made an insulating tub for my steam manifold from it then painted it silver. Before I mounted too many things to the rail I set the relief valve using compressed air. I mounted all the equipment that has been m …
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Added figures to the Steam boat
Added some 3D figures I printed to the Steamboat 1:12 Scale
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Scratch built, Working Steam powered Drifter trawler LT100, to 1:24th scale.
… hat said a 3 cylinder pump was preferable for feeding flash steam systems. My pumps are driven by a small motor through a speed control. The more steam I want the more water I feed. I decided to make a rail to mount as much equipment as pos …
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Scratch built, Working Steam powered Drifter trawler LT100, to 1:24th scale.
… the guys at the model boat group I belong to tried a Flash steam / steam generator / mono tube boiler or which ever name you wish to use. Tom was saying that he should be able to raise steam within a couple of minutes with his new system, …
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Steaming the bow
Steaming the bow Whilst the fibre glass sets I will occupy myself doing a few necessary jobs but not very exciting. This may be helpful to others in there building challenges. This is about steaming ply to a permanent curve because bending …
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Scratch built, Working Steam powered Drifter trawler LT100, to 1:24th scale.
… eams, this turned out to be a really good idea. Back to the steam engine. The following steam engine issues happened over a number of years, not necessarily in order with building of the hull as presented in these articles. To recap from pa …
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Scratch built, Working Steam powered Drifter trawler LT100, to 1:24th scale.
… sent me some photos of his modified engine. This mention of steam engine problems and other steam related issues will be covered in the future. Updates will slow considerably now that the pre-written stuff is depleted, also I work full time …
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Scratch built, Working Steam powered Drifter trawler LT100, to 1:24th scale.
… after dinner for an hour or so and from memory I could make steam then fix two pair of planks in a week. I planked from the keel and deck edge meeting in the middle. Planks were made and attached in pairs, when needed they were steamed, wai …
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Scratch built, Working Steam powered Drifter trawler LT100, to 1:24th scale.
… t easier for me to hold and trim down planks. I also made a steaming apparatus, an old electric kettle being the steam source a length of galvanised down pipe with a “T” put into it at one end and a piece of mesh bent to form a shelf for pl …
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Scratch built, Working Steam powered Drifter trawler LT100, to 1:24th scale.
… on, I was no longer happy about trying to remove the larger steam plant through a deck cut out, remember the rash decision a while back! Firstly I would need to cut the deck as there was no way my steam plant with cradle/frame was going to …