logoman
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METAFOTI bought a Metafot turbine and catalogue recently, and whilst I knew that it was a rebadged WADA engine,
I saw that they also rebadged some Maxwell Hemmens engines.
I asked Giovanni (STEAMPROPULSION) about this,
since he had been a Hemmens dealer. It turns out that the engine I'd bought had once been Giovanni's. 
He told me that the owner of Metafot, Lutz Heilscher,
also had a firm specialized in metal photo-etching,
where he manufactured the railing and other detail parts for the Adler with this process.
Lutz Heilscher was a great collector from Wüppertal, near Cologne,
and Giovanni visited him there, taking with him some Maxwell Hemmens engines.
Needles to say he liked them, so Hemmens and Heilscher made a deal to label Hemmens' procucts as METAFOT,
just as Oktant did with Stuart.
METAFOT was also selling WADA engines, turning the steam chest covers upside down so the W read as M.
The twin engine of the Adler and the three cylinder oscillating engine were done by Hemmens especially for METAFOT. The rest was standard Hemmens production.
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johnreid
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OOOOO, cant comment, I am drooling too much
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pauly
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I love the fishbelly rails under the locomotives 
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IndianaRog
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What a handsome lot of engines...simply beautiful
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Burnmafingers
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Wow, a whole room with lots of lovely stuff. a real steam shrine 
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logoman
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I love the David Hicks style of the showroom, amazing.
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duncandumpertruck
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Thank you! Some great information that i didn't know about! I have the Traction engine but as a Maxwell Hemmens, i'd seen a metafot one for sale in Germany years ago and it had me scratching my head!
That's a tiny looking boiler on the cover of the second metafot catalouge! 
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davidcurtis021
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we saw some of these engines when bugsy and a few others including myself visited lutz heilscher in september phil and i had hold of the brittania and boy was that heavy.
well worth a visit and a real gentleman.
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Atticman
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What a coincidence with Steampropulion once owning the engine
Thanks for the info-
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H2o vapour
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Hi,
Some where I have an old Maxwell Hemmens advertising booklet showing most of these engines - late 70's early 80's as I recall.
They were certianly top end and very expensive, even at that time - do you think it's worth anything?
H2o
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logoman
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I would think so H2o. I like the catalogs, they bring an extra dimension to the engines.
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jakesm
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the adler, amongst others, WOW 
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Les
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Plenty to drool over there.
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dampfmaschinenjoe 1967
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I am a regular visitor and customer at Lutz Hielschers steam workshop : Last time I had been there it was at the annual steam gathering when David, Mirko, Klaus; Phil and Andreas had been there too. Lutz Hielscher did not even sell steam related things, when there are problems with steam engines you canīt fix yourself, he is willing help you out at reasonable prices. His new showroom/workshop is in an old blacksmith workshop and packed full with steam engines and classical tintoys. A nice and friendly place to be!
cheers Joe
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