'The Brainman'!
( Nicked from his home page http://www.geocities.com/brainman900/eng/eng.html - Thanks Brianman ) |
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Here are some pics of a small steam powered paddle boat under construction and now finished too! ( click on photos to enlarge ) |
I started this project several years ago and until I acquired the engine (in kit form) it just sat on a shelf collecting dust. The engine is powered by a small copper vertical boiler fuelled with "Sterno". The piston is only 5/16" in diameter. |
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A close up of the drive set up shows a reduction shaft with roller bearings. The engine is quite small & I figured this might be necessary to power the paddle wheel |
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The Finished Model... Well here they are........ and to my surprise....... well I'm sure you'll get a laugh too!! |
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![]() From the stern...well a picture's worth a thousand words...... almost...........! Well in all my efforts to make a realistic looking model steam powered 'tug' boat with a working paddle wheel (which looks quite neat when it runs), I neglected to see if it would even float. I just had to laugh . I had just built my first steam powered submarine! Still looks pretty neat though. |
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