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Les

Les's Maritime table.

I thought this weekend would be a good time to get the fleet out of mothballs.

First the electric ones.

Tug St. Canute



Dutch Harbour Tug Smit Duitsland



Fisheries Protection Vessel



Trawler Boy Blue




Motor Torpedo Boat.

Les

Also on this table is a Bowman Sailboat.

Les

Time for the rest of the fleet, steam power this time.

African Queen.



Bowman Swallow.



Fantail Launch. (in need of a refit)



Royal Naval Picket Boat.

Les

A few marine engines I have ready to go into some hulls.

SEL 1560 Launch Engine.



Wilesco Marine Engine.



Cheddar Puffin.



Cheddar Pipit.

logoman

So what's inside your naval picket boat Les?
Les

I was wondering when someone was going to ask.

It is my pride and joy of the Cheddar range, it is a Cheddar Proteus.  









logoman

That's superb Les, where is the gas tank, and where does the boiler feed enter the boiler?
Les

I use the disposable gas bottles



which fit quite nicely in the front hatch.



The boiler feed enters the boiler just here through an inline non return valve



and it is controlled by this tap on a permanent pump.

logoman

Thanks for that, she must be able to steam for hours. What is the flexible gas tube called?
Les

logoman wrote:
Thanks for that, she must be able to steam for hours. What is the flexible gas tube called?


She does, I just bring her in to refill the water tank, oil and check the water gauge and off she goes again.

I am not sure of the technical name for the tubing except it is what they use on Calor Gas Heaters.
Les

A few close ups of the Bowman Swallow and the African Queen.







Les

This is the last boat I have to go on this table, it is something I picked up off of e-bay a few years ago for a restoration project when things were relatively cheap.
It is either a Bowman or Bowmanesque steam launch but the boiler and engine are Bowman. See what you make of it.















IndianaRog

Les, a first class fleet in wonderful order...thanks for sharing.
MooseMan

From the shape of the hulll I'd say it's a Hobbies boat - the engine is unmistakably one of GBJ's designs.
Les

MooseMan wrote:
From the shape of the hulll I'd say it's a Hobbies boat - the engine is unmistakably one of GBJ's designs.


Thanks for that, and would anyone have a picture of a Hobbies burner as the burner with it has been made from a MM1 boiler.
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