Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines
Builds, Repairs, Show Your Machines! => Collections & Pictures => Topic started by: RichSteamTx on May 06, 2023, 01:26:58 pm
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I have watched that video a few times and pined over it a bit.... I have told myself that isn't one to worry myself over and be happy with the B-33 that I have now!
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And to add one more rarity to your list, check out crazydoug66's video of another Empire Unicorn:
https://youtu.be/WVQknGZaRQY
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So the best part about the above - you rented a car for your brother, had him deliver them to you, and then flew him home 1st class back home - now that is going the extra mile! I have been chatting to SlowJoey about the B-40 Display, trying to think outside of the box. But not sure if we'll come to a solution, which he still owes me photos (not likely to get them until later part of June or July).
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Here is the video of the Empire B40 Store Display (hopefully, some day I will get it fully restored).
This was the only known example until eBay seller slowjoey acquired Carl Pilleteri's collection. I understand that Carl had a second example in his collection (more complete), but that slowjoey does not want to ship it. The store display is ~4 foot long and probably weighs 30+ pounds.
I purchased mine with a large collection from Bruce Egbert in Ohio in 2018. My younger brother who lives in Dayton, Ohio picked up the engines that I purchased and drove them to me in a rental car that I rented with Hertz points. I flew him home first class with airline miles.
Below are two short videos I made of mine:
https://youtu.be/iPBcgESdBMk
https://youtu.be/h6o4ha9ZOIg
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Interesting YouTube I found about the difference between the B-38 & B-40 Engines. This fellow seems to explain that when Empire sent out the B-40 (which comes with the B-40 display) for dealers/stores people wanted the B-40 Hot Air Engine for themselves. So Empire released the B-38 for people to buy - which makes total sense.
YouTube link to Empire model B-38 hot air (Stirling) engine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtCRfWBgY0I&t=1s&ab_channel=BarryNavarre)
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I assume this guy has been apart in its live as I think this spicket should be point UP and not to the side - I believe this is another oiling port?
I have also cleaned her up a bit too, so new photos attached.
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What a cool engine to get my hands on - I love this thing!! Though I would not say it is super powerful/fast. Though I suppose slow & steady is the name of the game for something running a store display?
After unplugging, the engine ran for a LONG time and it doesn't take much time to warm up to run either!
https://youtu.be/O8PFd7HJ5qk