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Builds, Repairs, Show Your Machines! => Technical Tips, Builds, and Help => Topic started by: crazydoug on January 26, 2021, 10:33:57 am
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Doug for around $35 bucks delivered off eBay, this is my cheapest engine yet -
https://youtu.be/B3OnwEBEoik
Thanks,
I might add that one as well. Can't complain on the price!
Doug
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Doug for around $35 bucks delivered off eBay, this is my cheapest engine yet -
https://youtu.be/B3OnwEBEoik
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A fine choice Doug, looking forward to your report :)
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Ditto on the nice build. It is quiet and smooth.
I've had the 'twin' kit since fathers day. I'll
get to it in a while, when all my other problem
engines are running (or I give up on them).
Schipperke....My wife and I almost adopted one years ago,
but a Jack Russel puppy charmed us. Two years later we
had two new pups, Buster and Dixie, and we never looked back.
My neighbor across the back yard brought home a Schipperke
last year. A pretty dog, Mia has a really sweet and tiny bark.
They are very very cute dogs. Almost irresistible.
Happy steaming,
Wayne
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Nice build schipperke and Welcome to the forum :)
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I have only built one, by PM Research. It is a very nice kit and engine, required a bit of filing and lapping.
Mounted on wood, nothing painted it's how it came. What is so realistic, it is dead quiet, you hear the exhaust.
I made a little muffler for it, near no noise at all.
https://youtu.be/0qTQi3dpHK8
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Agree, PMR has some cool stuff in kit form.
You should checkout Graham and Chiltern too, some pretty neat affordable kits with them as well.
https://grahamind.com/store/page1.html
https://www.chilternmodelsteam.co.uk/index.php?route=common/home
...and should you feel loaded, now that health has kept you from your usual "playground" for a while, there´s always creme de la creme here:
https://www.stuartmodels.com/products/machined-kits
Thanks for the link to the Graham industries site! I think i will start with the VR1A.
The PMR engines would be a great choice, except that I have already built their entire line from unmachined kits.
The tiny VR1A will be a challenge with it's tiny parts, but youtube reviews are all very positive.
crazydoug
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Hi Doug, My recommendation is this one:
PM Research #7 Fully Machined Kit
https://www.pmmodelengines.com/shop/steam/steam-engines/steam-engine-7/
Just select from the drop down. $289 complete
Gil
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Agree, PMR has some cool stuff in kit form.
You should checkout Graham and Chiltern too, some pretty neat affordable kits with them as well.
https://grahamind.com/store/page1.html
https://www.chilternmodelsteam.co.uk/index.php?route=common/home
...and should you feel loaded, now that health has kept you from your usual "playground" for a while, there´s always creme de la creme here:
https://www.stuartmodels.com/products/machined-kits
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There are kits out there that fit your needs. That said...
In a heartbeat.....get thee to PM Research. They have 3
very nice machined engine kits. I do not know of any
ready-to-build boiler kits. A link is below.
https://www.pmmodelengines.com/
Good Luck,
Wayne
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I am currently unable to be out in my shop, so rather than being out doing my own machine work, I am considering buying a machined engine kit. I know many here have bought such kits, and would appreciate some input on which ones should be considered.
I need one that requires NO machine work, although some minor hand-filing, sanding, and drilling would be possible. It could be a steam engine, Stirling engine, or even a hit and miss engine, but many might be ruled out by my desire to keep the price under $500s US or 400 euros, if that is realistic!
Crazydoug