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Hi,

I have acquired the hull of a Stuart Turner Henley steam launch, it has it's rear deck, rudder (no tiller), propeller shaft and propeller. It is missing it's engine, boiler and forward spray sheet. I have a suitable Stuart ST oscillating engine and a friend is lending me a ST boiler to copy if I cannot find one. What I am looking for, is photographs of inside the hull showing how the engine, boiler and spray sheet are held in place, along with any other information available.

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Take care Tony.

Hello Tony

Just like Bruce, I feel your contributions here deserve all that we can put forward to assist you!

Sadly, in this particular circumstance, I fear that all I can do is offer a couple of images I found on line as seen here:

http://www.antiquemodelaircraft.co.uk/uploads/1/7/8/6/17868131/album-p23-no-1-and-3_orig.jpg

Oh wait ..... here's another one that is probably a bit more like what you have:

https://toysteamengine.net/circa_1920_s_stuart_turner_henley_launch_alcohol_fueled_steam_engine.html

Hope that can help you out a little at least.

Cheers ... and keep us informed of progress.    ;c)

Hi Bruce and Daniel,

All the information helps, there doesn't seem to be a lot of information on the Henley about.  There appears to have been two models made, one with a flush deck 1923 -1929 and a later one with a spray cove which is the one I have. Both seem to have used the same ST engine and boiler. I found that I still have an early ST engine which I restored years ago, painted red but I expect I can manage to change that to Stuart Turner green or similar. A friend has a boiler which he will lend me so I can make a copy. There is a unused boxed boiler and burner available which I suspect will be above my budget, I know it is daft but given a choice I would probably prefer one I had to work on.

I will report progress which will be slow as there is still some work to be done on my model engineering club's garden railway ready for next years running season. There is also a re-design of our own garden railway due to the age and condition of both railway and operators.

Take care Tony.

You are a braver man than I, Tony.

Or perhaps it is just that you are far more capable and confident!

That's a start.

It does all look surprisingly good, at least as far as I can see in the photos.

Hello again,

Forgot a photograph!

Take care Tony

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Hi,

While waiting for the Araldite that was being used to fill the various slots in the hull to cure, other work was started.  Because, the sides of the hull were not being pulled in against the transom, the splits having been filled with Araldite the stern deck had become a loose fit in the hull.  A piece of what might be mahogany that once did service as a slat in a door was used to make two fillers for the deck.  A tile cutter fitted with a blade that would cut wood was used to cut the two filler pieces.  A PVA glue was used to hold these fillers to the edge of the deck. Then the adhesive had cured the fillers were filed to size and the deck was varnished along with the wooden propeller shaft cover.

Take care Tony.
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Hi,

With all the cracks in the hull being filled, the stern deck was filled to size and all the holes in the hull bottom being filled with wooden dowel; a start was made on finishing the hull.  It isn’t a good time of the year for this sort of job it being cold and damp. So, it could take some time.
 
A bit of luck I found a photograph of how the engine is mounted in the hull; on an aluminium bridge, the spray sheet appears to rest on screws fitted in the inside of the hull.  So far I haven’t found any photographs of the engine not being connected to the propeller shaft with anything other than a spring.  Equally I haven’t found any photographs of a wooden cover for the end of the propeller shaft such as is fitted to this hull.  I am inclined to think that the cover is original because of how it is made with matching wood and the way it attaches to the hull.  I believe the means of connection from the propeller shaft to the engine is an alteration.  Thoughts?
 
Take care Tony.

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