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I'd like a relatively easy steam or IC engine build or possibly even a hot air engine.
Assuming that was aimed at me rather than Chris
. Most beginners would look at your barstock standard as a very complicated item with lots of opportunities to get it wrong.
There were a lot of people who had a go at the firefly when it first came out in RCM&E and then ME, there is a comprehensive build thread on it to help beginners. When I spoke with Alex the designer he said 60-70 sets of materials had been sold plus others would have made from their own stocks.