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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: Gregowen on July 27, 2022, 09:55:29 pm

Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine on TV Ad.....
Post by: Gregowen on July 28, 2022, 09:10:31 pm

   Thanks to all for the comments. It is at least a tiny but notable bit of model steam trivia.

    Also makes me wonder if there were ever any TV ads for model steam engines?? If such ads ever existed, I would guess that they probably came from one or more of the "big three" - Jensen, Mamod. or Wilesco. And at Christmas time, and probably from the 1960s. But it seems unlikely that such a thing would have ever occurred, as the overall market base for model steam engines was probably never large enough to support something as costly as TV advertising!

   

Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine on TV Ad.....
Post by: tenniV11 on July 28, 2022, 11:42:21 am

I have seen this game - it is the small Beam engine that is shown.
Very nice, Arnold :D


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Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine on TV Ad.....
Post by: txlabman on July 28, 2022, 11:04:30 am

Very cool.

Title: Re: Stuart Beam Engine on TV Ad.....
Post by: Jim on July 28, 2022, 02:35:56 am

Wow....that's pretty interesting!

Title: Stuart Beam Engine on TV Ad.....
Post by: Gregowen on July 27, 2022, 09:55:29 pm

   "Forge of Empires" is a video game that involves creating infrastructure and "cities", I know nothing more about it, but a recent TV ad includes a very brief bit that shows what looks to me to clearly be a Stuart beam engine. The engine is shown running (or at least turning) for about 2-3 seconds, I don't know if it is the smaller or larger version. Anyway, maybe some other members here have seen it? I am guessing that there must be a model steam enthusiast in the mix there somewhere (the entire ad can be found on the web)!

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