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General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals / Re: EPlank engine with big hole in boiler cap
« Last post by pwalchak on January 29, 2026, 08:17:27 pm »
I had this hole saw tucked away in my Amazon cart in case I ever wanted to try and retrofit a Jensen sight glass to some future purchase: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B3XQFZTR/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_9?smid=AOAWBY89MKXUL&th=1
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General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals / Re: They Don’t Build Toys Like This Anymore | Doll 510/2 Overtype Steam Engine nearly a Century Old!
« Last post by Stoker on January 29, 2026, 08:11:39 pm »
As I've said before ....

Even old Jensens have something about them that the new ones seem to lack, solid models though they be!

The detail, elegance and operability of the old German engines are very hard to beat and IMO will never be duplicated as production, so will never really be seen again. Early British engines have much the same that could be said about them, and though few in numbers the French made some fine engines 100 years ago too!!

I have a J. Falk of near the same model as your fine Doll overtype ..... It has always been one of my favorite engines!!!
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General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals / Re: They Don’t Build Toys Like This Anymore | Doll 510/2 Overtype Steam Engine nearly a Century Old!
« Last post by Jim on January 29, 2026, 05:57:05 pm »
G'day Gil, Doll really was the pinnacle of beautiful ornate engines back in the day. Some of their top of the line engines were just so incredible.
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General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals / Re: They Don’t Build Toys Like This Anymore | Doll 510/2 Overtype Steam Engine nearly a Century Old!
« Last post by RedRyder on January 29, 2026, 05:54:15 pm »
Beautiful example of a great engine, Jim!
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General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals / They Don’t Build Toys Like This Anymore | Doll 510/2 Overtype Steam Engine nearly a Century Old!
« Last post by Jim on January 29, 2026, 05:13:40 pm »
They Don’t Build Toys Like This Anymore | Doll 510/2 Overtype Steam Engine nearly a Century Old!
The incredible craftsmanship of the Doll 510/2 Overtype Steam Engine. Manufactured in Nuremberg, Germany, by Doll & Co., these overtype steam engines are prime examples of mid-20th-century mechanical engineering.
My mouth has always drooled at those top of the line engines that Doll made back in the day, so beautiful and so incredibly ornate and so complex. I have also often wondered who bought them as they must have been prohibitively expensive to purchase. It was really the golden age of such models wasn't it.

Biggest problem is the heat those vapourisers put out, you can see in the vid that I cover one with tinfoil but even one produces way too much heat. I tried watering down the spirits with water but need to find the correct %.

I've run it often in the past on gas with the gas turned right down and it's awesome just to sit there and watch it tick over slowly but the gas bottle etc is ugly compared to the nickeled vapouriser burner.

Any suggestions?

https://youtu.be/dyeabL1t9H0
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General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals / Re: EPlank engine with big hole in boiler cap
« Last post by komet163b on January 28, 2026, 10:36:54 am »
  If the price is right...

  Well, besides making/soldering a steampipe, the owner could solder
a disk of brass over the hole and start from there.  Run it like that
or....try to add a sightglass.  If the proper parts show up you could
just unsolder the disk and go from there.

  For me, the hook is the patterned base.  I could live with no sightglass.

  If the price is right,
Wayne

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Collections & Pictures / Re: Interesting (To Me) Empire Short 43
« Last post by RichSteamTx on January 28, 2026, 09:43:21 am »
Quote from: Nick on January 28, 2026, 03:25:11 am
As much as I love nickel plating, these bare copper Empires are quite attractive!!

I agree, interestingly I have another No. 62 Short that is copper and having this earlier one insures me it wasn't a previous owner's swap.  

Fun fact, the seller of this No.62 sent a really nice & long letter trying to gleam some history on her father's steam engine - its a real mystery to them.  Anyways, not only was her dad a NASA Engineer, her mom was one of the NASA "Computers" - just like in the movie "Hidden Figures".  Just to think this little No. 62 was around all these historical NASA staffers is so cool.  Though that might be me being a big space nerd ;-)
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General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals / Re: EPlank engine with big hole in boiler cap
« Last post by parallelmotion on January 28, 2026, 07:48:55 am »
When I get one of these I cringe and just hope it doesn't leak badly. I had to unsolder the whole fitting from the boiler on the long one and used a piece I cut out of lexan as a mica substitute. There should be a discussion of these somewhere on the Mamod forum but hard to search and find things there.
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General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals / Re: EPlank engine with big hole in boiler cap
« Last post by Nick on January 28, 2026, 07:20:22 am »
Quote from: parallelmotion on January 28, 2026, 07:10:59 am
That's the inner receptacle; cover is gone. I guess both were stamped with the number.
I did not know that, and hope I don’t have to verify that on mine anytime soon! 😂
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General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals / Re: EPlank engine with big hole in boiler cap
« Last post by parallelmotion on January 28, 2026, 07:10:59 am »
That's the inner receptacle; cover is gone. I guess both were stamped with the number.
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