Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines

First up for tonight....

     A couple of Jensen #50s

           These videos were shot 6 and 10 years ago.

Enjoy!

Gil

That all seems so right at home there in the Office of Steam!

Power On my Friend!!!

Today I will show the Stuart Turner Cygnet.

This one was built by Stuart Turner at Henley on Thames ca 1950's to early 60s.

I was fortunate to acquire it in October 2021. 
It was still as a new unsteamed engine although in need of a fine tuning and clean up as one might expect for a 60-70 year old machine.

Below are 3 videos telling part of the story.

Enjoy,

Gil

And here is the her big brother....

The twin cylinder Stuart Turner Swan.

Also acquired as new about 20 years ago.
Factory built by Stuart Turner at Henley on Thames.

A collector friend, Tim Mason found it in the Cabin Fever consignment tables and came to find me immediately to say he had found something I needed. He was absolutely right so I paid, brought it back to my table where the consignor, Holly Hollerith, saw it and introduced himself to me. He and I have been great friends in steam ever since and we talk regularly.
He acquired it in the early 1990s from a Sotheby's auction.

I cleaned up, kept it well oiled and run on air at home, at Cabin Fever, and the NAMES show and a few others.

Enjoy!

Gil







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From the same time frame as the Swan and Cygnet...

is this Stuart Turner 800, not a model but a small full sized gas engine of 1/4 HP. 

There are very few of these out there.

This one was purchased as raw castings by Andrew Burr ca 1958 when he was 18 years old. A neighbor on Long Island, Harry Goodman of the Long Island Live Steamers built this one for him as well as a Stuart 5A. Harry was a highly skilled machinists and builder and did a wonderful job with this piece.

It is a hit & miss engine but rather than hold the exhaust valve open, the governor lifts a tab to stop activating the fuel injector until it needs to fire again.

In order to bring this home I had to take on 26 engines.... Andy Burr's entire model engine collection. The other 25 were all steam engines.

Enjoy!

Gil

Fantastic Stuarts Gil; both in need of a nice steam launch to be installed in.

Well played Gil.

I love your table.

And I am proud to be able to say that I have seen all of them in person and you were kind enough to run them for me.

Hi Charlie, running them for you was my absolute pleasure!

BEWARE ..... Grails and Unicorn Horns abound here!!!