Hudson River Walking Beam Steamboat "NORTH AMERICA". #2 Steam engine / Brass Cylinder & Piston Rings

Gauge one - 1/32 scale - Scratch built live steam side wheel model ship.
Part #2 :
Machining the Steam Engine Cylinder, and the way I make piston rings for brass cylinders.
Assembling the Cylinder, valve chests and wipers and testing it with compressed air.
The engine will be functional and remote controlled, it will have to be adapted accordingly, as was already the case with my first walking beam model, powering the steamboat "Thomas Powell".
"North America", Unlike "Thomas Powell" had an early type of engine with a single set of wipers. Other major differences was the "split bucket" paddle wheels, and, most noticeable, the double ended hull, often seen on the Hudson River at that time.
After finishing the engine, I will carry on with the paddle wheels, and only then will I start making the hull....quite some work ahead!
The Walking Beam name came from Indians living along the rivers; they coined a name for the paddle wheelers which In English meant "mill that walks on the water"!
They were not the Mississippi style steamships, but were the usual steamer design on the Hudson river, a design for VERY fast paddle wheelers!..
The Hudson river side-wheeler "North America" was built by Devine & Burtis at Brooklyn in 1839 ! Length of the wooden hull: 230 feet.
The walking beam engine was built by James Cunningham at New York, having a 48 inch cylinder with 11 ft stroke!
The weight of this giant walking beam engine required the shallow wooden hull to be stiffened by immense hog frames and stays, which also took care of the weight from the boilers on the guards.
She was a considerably finer boat than all those previously built!
She also was the first steamer with independent steam engines and boilers to operate the blowers for the furnaces.
She burned anthracite coal.
Please note : This will be a "one-off" , parts or plans for this paddle wheeler and it's engine are not for sale!
Thanks for watching!
Music : Henry Tucker (1826-1882)
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Episode 2 d'un nouveau projet de longue haleine, la construction "de toute pièce" d'un modèle de vapeur à roues de la "Hudson River", le "North America" construit en 1839.
Construction détaillée façon maquette, à l'échelle 1/32e, d'un bateau naviguant radio commandé.
La première étape sera de fabriquer la machine à balancier fonctionnelle en "vapeur vive" !
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Raddampfer USA 1839 Dampfschiff Modell