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

I was so sad and angry.  I wish I could reach out to whomever is bankrolling the outfit.  They’ve invested in CAD and CNC and done great work up front only to be undone by their assembly people and more importantly, shady marketing with lots of presale investors getting shortchanged in bait and switch adverts.  Fifty buyers screwed out of seventy bucks apiece for ignition they said was included.  That $3500 cost them dearly in bad feelings. Already mine and another bad review in one day of deliveries on the website.  Sloppy assembly and parts missing is totally inexcusable. No instructions is inexcusable when you have independent oiling for the crank and gear cases. How much and what vis matters in a plain bearing engine. Their earlier standard was test running prior to shipping.  They didn’t do that when they don’t install carbs etc, and damned sure with crank case open. With a limited run, I gotta sweat getting that part ever.