Hi Jo and others, thanks for the welcome.
The I/C engines are those that were recently described on HMEM but as they've had so much exposure recently - POM on there, MEN site and MEW etc plus a couple of articles possibly coming up I'm somewhat reluctant to pursue it further on here at this time. Perhaps at a later date.
However I did think, especially as I'm not active at this precise moment that you might like to see some previous steam engines.
This ST Double Ten is what kicked me off into model engineering in 1972. I didn't build the engine but bought it, sight unseen from a model shop in Bolton - strange how we take such things as telephones for granted these days - the deal was made from a phone box. It arrived in rather a sorry state and painted in a lurid, near luminous, lime green but it did turn over freely. I stripped it and rebuilt it and made the boiler. It was destined for a model steam launch 'Wide a Wake' but that never did get built. The boiler has a pin hole leak in a water tube and I can't be certain that steam dome is not brass. I had no idea of the perils of de- zincification at the time
Fast forward quite a few years and after making a pair of oscillators for a boat (no pics unfortuntely) the Twin Victoria was my first real engine. Made from the basic castings obtained whilst they were still at Henley it was run regularly on steam for several years at events like the Forncett ME day but was sold on a few years back.
Last is a Lang Bridge double diagonal made a few years back. It's never been run on steam (no drain cocks) but runs fine on air. It was an interesting engine to make so I'll post some more pics with a few anecdotes a bit later.
The Waller table engine brings it up to date however, though currently dormant, there is a Mc'Onie oscillator in progress
Oh well, it's back to the plastic for just a little bit longer
Hope that's of interest
Regards - Ramon
