"Marchioness of Lorne" 1935, steam driven

[R.G.Y.]

 That is how a model paddler should be powered, very well done. I see you have 1 servo opperating the steam valve, what is the other doing? R.G.Y.

[Hankwilliams]

Thank you.

There is one servo for the hackworth gear of the engine and the other for the steam valve.

Greetings

Tom

[R.G.Y.]

Of course what a fool I should have known. Have been working with oscillators for to long. Although I have built a slide valve but not in a boat yet.R.G.Y.

[Hankwilliams]

Hi,

your engine looks very good, this would be the ideal drive for a bigger paddler.

Yesterday I made a second voyage with the MOL. Now the wheather was fine nearly no wind - it was a pure joy!

Tom

[kiwimodeller]

Congratulations Tom on a great build. I know the pleasure seeing your paddler running with a stean plant can give and it is well worth the extra effort. I have no doubt that electric power is easier to get up and running and looks fine on the water but once I had sailed my first steam powered model there was no going back. In your first post you say the engine is a "slightly modified Graham TVR1A", can you tell us about the nods you did to put it on its side please. Cheers, Ian.

[Hankwilliams]

Hi Ian,

the Graham engine as you can buy is a vertical engine. The alterations referred that I made with simple ways a diagonal engine.
The foundation of the engine is now a acute angled sheet of alu. The engine was turned and is yet fixed with 4 screws at the shorter side of the alu sheet, so that in a simple way the conversion into a diagonal engine was succeedet - you see it at the pictures.

Greetings

Tom

[Hankwilliams]

Hi friends and neigbors,

some pictures at meeting for authors of german model journal on May 12th. at Gernsbach, Black Forest. My MOL and my "China", scale of models is 1 : 48.
It was a nice sunny day.

Thomas

[derekwarner_decoy]

Thomas.....your China looks spectacular or the water [as she does on land]...

I have never been impressed with the MoL as even in scale as a model, her lower deck port-lights even in calm water appear 1/3 submerged

So even with epoxy cements, it must be difficult to know that each of the port-light glass windows are 100% watertight

Derek

[DamienG]

 

[Hankwilliams]

Thanks Derek and Damian.
Through the steam propulsion of MOL the deplacement (6 kg) is extendet. But the port lights are complete watertight.

The next days I will visit my old mother - there isn`t a computer, so I can`t answer further questions until mid of next week.

Thomas

[Talisman]

Hi Thomas,

Being completely and utterly bias i think she looks great!(MOL)

Regards,
Kim