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

Steve, you have done that beam engine right...now a real thing of beauty and it runs!!!

Rog

Hello Rog i was an idiot to buy it but i didnt pay much for it and considering the deal i got buying the steam plant from the same chap i still came out well on top....thats not the steam plant in the video i have sent you,  the one i bought was rubbish but all the parts were good...the steam plant in the video was made by me and all the engines and the boiler was refurbished by myself the end product of my dream set up.
It was only when i got it home i realised the size of the job..i really did not think it would ever run let alone steam again.
I have it set up on an oak plinth with a Stuart S50 and run them as a steam plant together, Here is a video video of them running together on my utube site as part of a four engined steam plant run by a Stuart 504 Boiler... I think they make a terrific team.....Steve

That boiler can really produce steam.

I like to watch the beam engine run slowly, as they did in real life.

That boiler can really produce steam.

I like to watch the beam engine run slowly, as they did in real life.

The 504 is an excellent boiler Bob ..running all four Stuarts started out as an experiment but was so successful that i made it my main steam plant showpiece ....Steve

Just watched the second video Steve. You have lots of hours of fun ahead of you playing with all these nice Stuart big boys toys!

Hello Jim i have run it many times and it is a real joy...it all breaks down into small units for storage, it takes me about an hour to bring it all down and connect it up then generally get it ready for a run.
The plant was built on a budget by buying cheap sometimes non running engines, the beam and the No8....  the boiler also needed work....I then refurbished the whole lot to my best ability and made the plant as you see it ..i think it was well worth the effort....Steve 

Absolutely worth the effort Steve, it just looks awesome. Love the transformation, just an all round top notch job.

Except for the flower pot condenser that was a last minute addition but i still keep it in as it is very efficient ,,,,Steve

A fantastic transformation, also a real treat to watch that 504 boiler power all of your Stuarts on steam! 

Thank you,  considering the state of it when i got it i thought i had bitten off more than i could chew...the picture you see on here is it after an all day soaking in white spirit just to remove the crud, The Stuart 504 is a fantastic boiler it kept those engines going much longer than in the video when i fitted a new bottle of gas on its next run, considering its piped up in 5/32 pipe on the outlet of the boiler to the engines it was amazing it was producing enough steam.... the working pressure was around 30 psi or 2 bar.... its a joy to watch and operate in the flesh turning individual engines on and off made me feel like a real boiler man ....Steve

A really nice restoration Steve. The beam engine looks great.

Hello Kevin thanks for that,  i love bringing these engines back to life and if i can make them look good as well then the jobs done...Steve