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steam unit
Here's the little steam unit that was in the box of bits I picked up on Monday ,didn't notice until today that there's no chimney . It has a small meths burner , any info would be helpful . Cheers Marky
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… erience, but getting back on an even keel now. Ref the mini steam engine; Coulda saved meself the effort (shoulda known with you) You and your mates were spot on. Mark's engine is seemingly certain a Bing. Made by the Brothers Bing (not Gri …
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steam unit
Here's a couple of photos of the marks on the wee steam unit base as you can see from the remainder of the paint it was at one time blue. Cheers Marky
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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 …
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Scratch built, Working Steam powered Drifter trawler LT100, to 1:24th scale.
… sing it for gluing the keel. I intended to make the ribs by steam bending Huon pine, after several failed attempts with the wood breaking. I abandoned Huon pine as a material, the problem in my opinion was this material is a Soft Wood there …
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Scratch built, Working Steam powered Drifter trawler LT100, to 1:24th scale.
… lf an hour each day before work started. I would work on my steam engine, added to that my father had a very well equipped workshop at his home although at that time I lived on the other side of Melbourne making it difficult to just "drop i …
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Re: plank steamer
… le before becoming soft it is well below the temperature of steam. In the end I made a plank steamer form metal down pipe and an old kettle. I have attached a few photos of my crude though effective rig. Cheers, Stephen.
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Steam engine
Twin cylinder oscillating steam engine , make unknown flywheel is between cylinders which makes it unusual and i believe rare. £120.00
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First steam boat
I was sent the steam plant by one on our members.It is a freelance steam launch as I lengthened the boat to fit the boiler and engine.The steam boiler and engine are the Maxwell Hemmens Canton plant.It has been run on water and held 30 psi …
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Steam engine
… https://www.bluebird-electric.net/bluebird_history/Turbinia_Steam_Turbine_Boat.htm https://paul-stamm-modellbau.de/turbinia-1884-erstes-dampfturbinenboot-der-welt.html https://www.asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/resourcefiles/aboutasme/who%20we%2 …
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steam engine
Graham TV1 STEAM ENGINE as the engine sits left is the prop side and the lever is in the up position the center post has notches in for speed control as the lever moves up and down for direction .I hope this helps Doug. Rick
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Steam engine
… versing lever this has to be notched into a position or the steam will move it for you. The forward and reverse lever you are talking about must lock into forward reverse or neutral. Good Luck
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Steam Capstan
… f power was provided by a stand alone boiler which provided steam to the capstan. Two piston cylinders mounted under the top cover of the capstan provided the rotational power. Before this the nets , up to 2miles had to be pulled in by hand …
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Which wood for steaming easily on a model?...
… what it does to the structure of the wood. I have done some steaming, first using just a kettle and dipping the plank into the boiling water for a few minutes , then moving on to making a simple jig out of steel down pipe adding a shelf of …
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Steam Boats
My friend builds exquisite Steam Boat models - they are LARGE - one is over six feet long . All powered by Stuart Double 10's with three drum yarrow boilers . Most are planked with teak and two are clinker hulls - he also builds full size b …
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Steam Boats
… nkshaft running through the boiler - Kevin makes the superb steam engines I posted earlier. That is the village of Napier where Kevin lives in the background - or at least part of it
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Which wood for steaming easily on a model?...
… hink spruce would be you easiest option if you cannot use a steam tube. You could use ammonia and soak the wood which will certainly do it but does leaks the wood brittle in my experience. The pictures are of my Wherry, not very good pictur …
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Which wood for steaming easily on a model?...
… that crimp's the wood and put's the bend in immediately. No steaming or soaking. Martin555.