KenP

Very expensive, £1500 is the recommended price.
Had to bluff "her-who-holds-the-purse-strings"!!!

The kit manufacturer is on www.model-steam-boats.co.uk

itsa_ss

that looks like a very nice kit, on the we site, and it looks yours is coming along just as well. and understand about the purse strings. lol

magpie

Very nice build mate!!!
Love it.
Jason

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Ken - stunning model, and a really nice finish, we are slowly continuing with th build of the topaz, we too are building the deck/ planking with black cartridge paper.....slow but steady !!!

as for steam plant then at present i am still unsure, i have had an offer from a chap form the hayes and harlington loco society to build me a steam engine for the boat, he has plans/ castings for an engine very very similar to the plant recommended..... not sure about the boiler though... so may go down that route and have the engine made and that way i can spread the cost as the engine comes along with stage payments !!!!.... currently i am building it so that an electric drive and 'fake' smoke unit can be fitted into the boat and bolted down into the hull, - that way i can run the model....then equally a steam motive power 'plate' can be substitued if so desired in time- a member in our club did this with his boat and so long as the access allows for this swap over and that weights and positions of equipment allow the COG to be maintained then its a duel fuel model !!!

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rjwood_uk

very nice work Ken!! the detail on the deck is amazing!! even little vanecian blind in the sky lights and little door knobs on the cupboards!!

the decking is also superb!!!

lovely job!

Richard

Bunkerbarge

I can see the attraction of the home made model engine but the significant advantage of fitting a manufactured unit is that you can have spares for it.

In the steam coaster I have a Hemmens Richmond engine and I purchased a second hand identical unit on Ebay. The idea being that I can fettle one and get it into tip top condition on the work bench whilst the other is fitted and in operation.

Just something else to think about in the equation.

KenP

The Anton steam engines from France look pretty good.

As regard Vigilant: Martin Howes and Baylisss recommend steam plants for all of there models except Vigilant. Their reasoning is that Vigilant is too enclosed to take a steam plant without resulting in a lot of oily fumes contaminating the models details and brightwork.

They used to supply customised steam plants for their other models, all from Cheddar. So now they don't offer this option since Cheddar went into liquidation.

Nigel.D

Congratulations she looks absolutely lovely

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Realistically I Can Imagine The Vessel Being Used As Frequently Under Electric Power As Under Steam Power, Some Shows I Go To Wont Allow Steam Models Where Spectators Get Very Close, Other Shows Are Fine So Long As Boiler Certs Are Shown And Other Locations Wont Allow Steam Models Due To Risk Of Polluting The Water ( Especially If Using A School Swimming Pool Or Similar- So Maybe A Home Made Engine Is Not Such An Issue As I Imagine It Will Not Get Huge Hard Heavy Use, However The Bloke Who Offered To Build It Has A 7 1/4 Inch Ride On Steam Loco That Gets Twice Weekly Heavy And Hard Use..... I Think His Engine Will Be Up To The Job If I Go Down That Route......

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KenP

Thanks for all your nice comments

Ken