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[GaryM]

I am trying to find Hi-Res photographs of the Napier Lion Engine & transmission installation on Miss England I at the Science Museum, the only images on the net are not very clear and don't help with building an accurate large scale model.

Any help would be most appreciated.

[Arrow5]

  Hi Gary I,ive just done a Google search and found quite a lot on the Lion engine but not specifically in a boat.  racer2 on the Aviation Forum   forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=85280&page=3   has rebuilt one to running order.  Lots of photographs that might be useful. There is a couple of clips of it running on www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEuSq3PE5ps&feature=related     Forum shows he worked on it since 2007 until latest post  this year , Jan 2012    That forum also has a member collecting a list of existing engines.  Hope this helps.

[GaryM]

Thanks for your help. Basically I require photographs of the Marine version to see how it is set up, evidently this has some considerable differences to the aircraft engine.

cheers Gary

[Arrow5]

The Pathe News archives have a few clips that might be of use.  It was a bigger boat than I thought when one sees the crew climbing over it.  Wikipedia picture below yields a few more details, quite different on the newsreel clips.  Nice to see it running, pity soundtrack is not good.