Gallery posts for model engines.
A collection of videos on the MyfordBoy Lamppost Engine build. Since creating the original lamppost engine and then the pdf plans for this engine I have started to get feedback on engines that are being [more…]
Background Bob & Ron Lane were Cockneys from the East End of London. They remember going through most of the Blitz sitting under the kitchen table. Bombed out twice but survived. Richard Lane, a distant [more…]
I just had to have a page listing the model stationary engines from around the web. So I thought I would list the kits, castings, plans etc. Some of these are scale models, some are [more…]
In order to make the hinge for the smokebox door I first created an elongated hinge and jig. Not perfect, but gave me a good alignment of each side. This alignment of each side of [more…]
A 1/3rd Scale Cosworth DFV model engine by Bouland Motors It was December 2015 and Marcel Bouland, scale model engine enthusiast and collector decided to develop a fully working 1:3 scale Cosworth DFV engine. Many [more…]
Making a lantern for the lamppost engine. The lamppost engine has sat on display for years and gets run on compressed air every now and again. It was always designed to have a lantern on [more…]
Not sure how this was one of the first things I made for this engine as it is one of the most intricate parts as there so may curved surfaces on the smokebox for Miniature [more…]
Making a copper boiler end plate with a mild steel pattern and firstly hammering the outer edge over. I made a mild steel pattern for the copper end plates to be formed over. The final [more…]
The transitional engine eccentric bracket supports the pivot for a bellcrank midway along the pushrod. This is the part in question, machined from mild steel with phosphor bronze inserts. As you can see, there were [more…]
The idea was to build a small 5 cylinder rotary engine that runs on compressed air, the crankcase for the five cylinder rotary would be another challenge. This is a rotary engine where the crankcase [more…]
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