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

The Regular Stuff: Chat, Buy, Sell, Off Topic, etc. => General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals => Topic started by: crazydoug on March 07, 2022, 02:50:06 pm

Title: Re: This Just Arrived from the Office of Steam!
Post by: txlabman on March 09, 2022, 12:44:31 pm

Congratulations Doug!

A real beauty.

Title: Re: This Just Arrived from the Office of Steam!
Post by: Woe is me on March 08, 2022, 08:48:01 am

That's a sweet engine Doug. That would work nicely in a marine application.
Like a paddle wheel.

Title: Re: This Just Arrived from the Office of Steam!
Post by: classixs on March 08, 2022, 07:30:56 am

Sure is a very nice engine...
Congrats Doug!

Title: Re: This Just Arrived from the Office of Steam!
Post by: RedRyder on March 07, 2022, 07:05:20 pm

Glad you like it, Doug!

Gil

Title: Re: This Just Arrived from the Office of Steam!
Post by: St Paul Steam on March 07, 2022, 06:29:53 pm

A very nice engine Doug, I like the exhaust note.

Title: This Just Arrived from the Office of Steam!
Post by: crazydoug on March 07, 2022, 02:50:06 pm

This Heisler V-Twin model locomotive engine just arrived from the Office of Steam.  I'm very pleased that Gil was willing to part with this beautiful scale steam engine.  It is about 7" tall and has a reversing mechanism.  It was a little sticky when I first tried it, but it probably had not been reversed in quite a while.  Some writing on the bottom of the base says it was built in 1990.  So, after a little lubrication and a little running, it now shifts fairly well and will only improve with more run time. 

Research of this engine indicates that it is not a very common model engine, and I wonder if it was just built as a model engine for display or if it is something used by builders of scale locomotives, a hobby I know nothing about. 

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