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

I bumped into these rarities recently in my storage space, hooked up to air, and they all ran like a dream. Article is from 1954 Popular Science Magazine. Show Your Bohaboy 
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Here's a 1"x 1" twin. It has a new home but I saved a few pictures.


Gil


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Here is my little Bohaboy Powerhouse Engine 3/4" x 1" (as in Mike's news article above)


Taking a steam-up from a 1940's Jensen 20 boiler.

I do like that Powerhouse engine and your shiny 1 x 1 does strike a similarity with the Stuart No 1 engine Gil.


It sure does! Many have been mistaken for a small early Stuart 10V or 7A.

Here's a very short video of the 1"x 1".

Here is a catalog page showing some of the engines in this thread.


Click and open the .pdf file.

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I have one A. Bohaboy engine in my stable. It looks just like the first one on Gil's catalog page, except that it is half again taller than the dimension given there.

This engine runs smooth and easy on light air pressure, but I've never had it on steam. I suspect the results would be the same however. It was once painted a medium dark green and there are still vestiges of that paint here and there in the nooks and crannies. It certainly looks to have been ridden hard and put away wet many, many times and it sure isn't very "pretty", but for all that it does seem to be in good operational condition.

That may not be a brother to mine Nick, but it sure looks to be at least a first or second cousin, and if it is not a Bohaboy product, it most certainly is a very close copy. I'd guess someone bought the plans and parts kit, and your engine is what they made of it!