Greetings from this side of the pond.
9 Months ago we got locked up.
I am thinking that all you folks in the UK got locked up too!
Not sure about all of those in the southern hemisphere.
Anyway - I have been a fan of Marten, Howes and Baylis (MH&B) for a long time.
Unfortunately, the kits I wanted to build, The Seekadett and Vigilant are no longer in production.
I have found a Topaz to build, (it was logged in the Steam Forum), but no others.
In early March, I logged into the Marten and Howes website and found a new craft, Project X.
Love at first sight. Unique. Sleek. Smooth Lines. Price was on the expensive side, but doable.
Then I noticed that the Steam Plant was from Martin Baylis Engineering.
When I contacted Martin,I had to gulp at the price - 2900 GBP. That's $3800 in $USD. Not at all in my budget.
So, I thought about it for a little while and then reached out to Brian Marten and Liz Howes.
I asked them if anyone had done an electric variant of the Project X.
At that time there were only 5 in existence. and as far as they knew - all were steam.
However, they had been having some inquiries about Electric Drive, so were open to discussing it.
At this point, let me show you some pictures of the original Project X.
These pictures were sent to me from Liz Howes, and are some of the ones from their website.