SJN

Its here


Here are som pictures of the wilesco African Queen.
It looks very nice, and the quality of parts is great. Its also packed very well. But unfortunatly, the boiler/engine plate has broken loose, and cracked the nice wooden hull on both sides. If I was a collector, I would be verry unhappy about this and send it back, but since my plan was to modify, and re-paint it all, I does not matter much. Its easily fixed with some glue, and a little fiberglass mat on the inside for extra strength. Im going to build a floor in the boat anyway which will hide the inside repairs.

Otherwise, it looks great
I also bought a few extra Esbit tablets, and some steam oil.

SJN

Im repairing the hull with some glass on the inside.

SJN

Last pics of the glass going on....

Kmot

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Sonny, you have the patience of Job! I would have been very upset about the cracked hull and poor packaging!

Anyway, it is a beautiful model. Where did you purchase it from?

SJN

Well, since i planes on repainting it, it doesn`t matter at all.....as long as it isn`t smashed, and ony split, its no problem :-)



Bought it in Germany.
http://www.moduni.de/product_info.ph...cts_id/6300070

But the brice has bumped up to 419 Euro. I gave 360 euro.

Umi_Ryuzuki

The engine looks nice, I would be interested on how well that steam engine and boiler perform compared to the Midwest start kits.

Kmot

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$419 Euro = $543 USD. Not bad, considering it is a built wooden boat with a complete steam engine and boiler setup.

green-boat

Thanks for posting some pictures of the engine, especially the horizontal one. I picked one up years ago and having no markings on it I've always wondered who made it. Now I know, thanks.

SJN

Your welcome

Tug Guy

Lagging the boiler will make it look more realistic if that is what you wish to do to it. Overall it isn't a bad looking model. I wonder how heavy it is? How will you operate the rudder, with a piece of bent brass running along the rudder arm and to a hidden servo?

Tug

benny2.0

Looks good. I was looking at boat to. But now im going all out. I’m either going to get a
Saito T-3 Cylinder Steam Engine
http://www.harbormodels.com/Harborma...eamengines.htm

Or
Stuart D10
http://www.theengineshop.net/engines.html

SJN

Nice engines!

SJN

Hey Tug.

It weighs 950g as it is in the pictures below. I need a 4 cell batt, 1 or 2 servos, and an RX + a bit more work.
It says 2000g on the box, but it will never weigh that much.

For steering, you make a prong to hold around the tiller, connected to a servo. Il be making that soon.


Heres how she looks so far, and a video too
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...65242200&hl=en

Kmot

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What a beautiful job you have done Sonny! She looks stunning! [sm=thumbup.gif]

Why do steam engines sound like they are 'knocking' so hard?

SJN

Yea, its turning out very nice

Well, running it in my small bathroom amplifies the sound quite a bit
It is pretty smoothe running, but it runs better every time i fire it up. It will run slower and slower at the end of each run without stalling.

Kmot

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How many gallons of water is required to 'break-in' the engine? Do you add castor oil to it?

SJN

hehe.....im new to this game, so only time will tell........or someone could tell just me

SJN

Some more done..

benny2.0

looking good! how dos it stear, i see no linkig?
did youall see my 20x8 test tank?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLY_VtgY7ME

SJN

hehe, nice pool


Here is how they sugest to control the tiller in the manual:

Kmot

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Sonny, it is lovely!

You know, it is a shame you must wait until Spring and your frozen land to thaw out before you can run this beautiful model steam boat. So, why don't you send it to me in sunny Southern California and I will perform sea trials for you and send you the video to watch over and over while you are freezing your butt off!!

LtDoc

Now wait a minute Kmot! That's my line.
- 'Doc

SJN

hehe....you guys would like that huh.....

SJN

But your right...it will propably be some time before things warm up.....

benny2.0

we have about 2 month to go hear.