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Posted by Mike H on February 22, 2008, 9:44 am
Please log in for more thread options >Greetings from Perth (the one in Western Oz)
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>I am new to this group, but not altogether new to model engineering,
>and I seek advice/recommendations.
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>My wife, bless her, wants to buy me a kit of castings/plans to build
>"one of those lovely little beam engines" for my upcoming 19th birthday
>(OK, 29th Feb, really 19 x 4)
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>I rather fancy the idea of a Stirling, to save having to fire up a
>boiler every time I want to run it. Also attracted to the idea of a
>solenoid engine.
Have you seen "Bailey's Vertical Hot Air Engine" in the Polly catalogue
<http://www.pollymodelengineering.co.uk/>
--
Mike Hopkins
CSME <http://www.cheltsme.org.uk>
5" gauge (2 1/2" scale) Alice class Hunslet
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> I am new to this group, but not altogether new to model engineering, and I
> seek advice/recommendations.
>
> My wife, bless her, wants to buy me a kit of castings/plans to build "one
> of those lovely little beam engines" for my upcoming 19th birthday (OK,
> 29th Feb, really 19 x 4)
>
> I rather fancy the idea of a Stirling, to save having to fire up a boiler
> every time I want to run it. Also attracted to the idea of a solenoid
> engine.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> JW˛
> ===