A01=Stan Bray
Author_Stan Bray
Category=WDH
DIY model steam boat
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making a paddle steamer
making model steam boats
model boat building
Model steam boat handbook
model steam engineering
model steam engines
steam boat boiler construction
steam boat boiler design
steam propulsion
Product details
- ISBN 9781854862457
- Weight: 476g
- Dimensions: 210 x 297mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jun 2006
- Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishers International
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book provides all the information any ship modeller interested in powering a model boat using live steam will need. It offers both the basic theory covering the steam power plant and fully detailed drawings for the construction of simple and advanced steam engines, boilers and ancillary equipment. There has been a huge growth in interest in live steam-powered model boats in recent years but modellers have endured a dearth of practical construction drawings for suitable steam plants. Here, the author covers many types of engine from simple oscillating cylinder types to piston and poppet valve engines and the application of radio control to the management of the boiler and engine. The projects (which all include detailed scale plans) include simple single cylinder oscillating engines, multiple cylinder oscillating engines, single and multiple cylindered slide valve engines, piston and poppet valve engines, boiler construction and heat sources, control units, reversing systems, radio control valves, and the mounting of engine and boiler units into model boats.
Stan Bray is a model engineer and author of wide experience including editorship of the magazine Model Engineers' Workshop and has written many books covering subjects from clock making to machine shop techniques.
