Wow! What a cool kit.
Last thing I need is another hobby.
I hope someone will try to build this and show it on the Forum.
Hello txlabman, I may be able to help with your request, I just got a packet of laser printed sheets from my local small town print shop! The laser printer does a beautiful job capturing the old artwork of the model, my print shop informed me that I can just email them the file for the next time, this will yield even better print quality as every time you make a copy of a "copy" there will be some loss of quality, however printing right from the free file to say photo quality paper could yield brighter prints than the original.
I have also ordered an air pump,(to run the model) this one is highly reviewed and I also saw it run a small steam engine on youtube, what I like about this pump is it has a dial on the top that controls volume, in this way you have a Very effective throttle control. I wanted a air pump for my other engines so this was not purchased just for the cardstock kit.
I do want to try "Sand" powered at least one time! Just to get the old time full kit experience and also it makes me chuckle to think of an engine that runs on sand
I hope to start building soon, I am also hopeful Dampfopa may also share his build on the forum as well!
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Edit: I realize to spin a turbine requires a Volume of air while powering a tiny piston requires perhaps less than 3 PSI pressure. If the pump will not power the paper model, I still want it for my small engines. It is available from 1 port all the way up to 8 ports with a price range of approx $12 to $55 depending on port count.
Here is a video of the 2 port running a model engine, I ordered a 4 port.