😬 cool

Lovely old Bowman - Cheers Jim

Very nice!

Thanks 😎

Thats pretty cool! I just got an Empire B43 in working condition with only a few missing parts that are easy to replace.

This is one of my 'to be done' projects with my own collection. It appears in the 'Hornby Companions' Super Models book, if you can find one, and one or two parts, such as the flywheels will need adaptation from the original instructions, due to changes in the parts since the 1920s. Its a beutiful piece of work, Mr Steam dragon.

Very clever!!!

Success 😬

Cool bananas 🤩

Excellent, the best I've seen.

Fantastic steam engine... what motor is used to power it? Thanks

Nice set up🧱 keep it up man👍

"Promosm"

excellent and running at a sensible speed.

Cool 😬

How cool is that ❤

Perfect!

Thank you Johnny. When I acquired this back in 2013 I had an inkling it was an early model. So i sent many photos to Colin Laker to ask for his opinion. based on what was left of the original paint he believed it was a very, very early model produced for a short period of time before the Trojan went vertical.

Excellent, thank you.

Very cool.

Great video I’ve subscribed

This is not donkey pump....Because donkey pump has 2 sliders

A lovely collection, and very well displayed. Nice 😀

A big boiler yes. It goes through a lot of steam😆

Yes. This is 2mm watchmakers lathe drive belting. You just melt the ends a little and hold together till hard. Works well. I also use black 2mm o-ring material but that needs superglue to join the ends. The o-ring material sometimes has more grip if the green stuff slips a bit.

thanks. I think he only sells via eBay these days. there are three up there now (31/03/2017).

Hi, this was built using the Meccano construction system, brought about by Frank Hornby around 1907. Kits can still be purchased new but not really in the same form or style of the original kits. The plans for this particular model date back to about 1928 IIRC. Whilst this model is large and somewhat complex, it is by nowhere near as large or complicated as some enthusiasts models can get. The scope of the models that can be built is limited only by ones imagination, skill set and number of parts in your kit. New, used and refurbished parts are still readily available online from various Meccano dealers and through popular markets such as eBay. Thanks for your comment and interest.

Hi. What a model. What construction kit is required to build this.

Yes, the noise givin off sounds like its going to explode. Adds a sense of excitement as it increases speed. I would like to buy a TS-315G but the site is out of stock!

nice ! what is the retailer please ? thank you, olivier

it was near to stratford upon avon, it was in mickleton or long marston

yes, i do have a bit of a passion for the bowman engines. well built and simple to restore. thanks for the kind comment.

hi olivier....used a small metho vaporising burner at the time as i had no wicks for the original burner. i have since got new wicks, so i use the original burner each time i run the engine now. cheers, mal

no, was in Malaga in Perth. cheers.

Was this in Adelaide ???

I am going to make this too...

Thanks for the footage! Our house was in just the right spot to get all that smoke and we had the Pollution Hazmat Response guy parked out the front monitoring the air. He told us the sulphur levels were getting high and to go out for the day; when we returned the cops said there would be a possible evacuation. Great! Fortunately it seems to have died down a bit for now though, so fingers crossed!! It's the second Sims Metal fire this week...what's going on with those guys??