pop pop boat

Lewis · pop pop boat

these boats after seeing my own and are amazing worth 6 quid totaly
if you want prove here you go
get yours from james now

buzz

I might just do that depends how i do after today on eBay

Lewis

james is selling the tug versions the one i have is he boat version and i forgot to mension he dropped the price to £5

James

so your happy lewis?

yep. boats like lewis' are 5 quid including postage and so are the tugs. painted in your choice of colour to order. the tugs have not arrived yet so i wont be able to send them for a week or two but ones like lewis' are avalable now!

SPOKESMAN

First time I have seen one of those! Mental!

Lewis

yep im happy james it went for ages on a spot of olive oil
now i thinking of getting a real live steam boat

James

they are what kids played with in the 20's and 30's. interested in one mike?

John Chapman

SPOKESMAN

James

anyone want one?

Mamodman123

James

i cant drop my prices anymore.

Mamodman123

James

might have to

buzz

I may be intersted after losing all my eBay items i wanted. What do they run on?

James

they run on olive oil

Wallace

Nice stuff Lewis, I love the sound

James

anymore for anymore??b

James

anymore for anymore??

James

come on people!! buy please

Wallace

I gotta say, I now have a pop pop boat, and it's worth everyone into steam owning one.
There nothing to get over excited, but certainly interesting to watch running, and for anyone with young kids, well they love them.
Not sure if mine delibrately had oil on the "boiler bit" but it pumped out some smoke. Maybe it was poorly made candles from India

Eventually one of the smoke alarms in the house going off and my daughter yelling attracted attention of the neighbours

But yeah, well worth it

MooseMan

Second that...I have several of these boats, picked up a few at STIA '06....I think every self-respecting collector should have at least one. Great fun! What amazed me is how long they run on a couple of drips of oil.

There are a few poppops that fetch serious money as well...if you ever come across one of these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230029410866
in a car boot, buy it!

Made by the same parent company that also made SEL, Merit and Multum

SPOKESMAN

The Miss England one (great name) is well known . . .

Wallace

That's great that one.

Seen some very expensive model R/C looking pop pop boats on the net too. I'll try find the link

James

anyone want one?

tmuir

Got one, bought it about 6 years ago, haven't fired it up in ages.
I do like the putt putt sound they make when they go and they are cheap good fun, best of all you can still burn yourself on them just like Mamods.

If anyone is interested I have plans to make them from a 1970s Readers Digest book, Just suggest that when it tells you to cut up a sheet of asbestos to use as a heat shield you use something else.

Steamgirl

I've just bought a couple of these at the big Continental market we had in town at the weekend. I was about to start a thread about them and then I saw this! Haven't fired mine up yet, I'm waiting till I see my dad, and the other one is a Christmas present for my friend. Mine have little tiny candles in the packet, but it's good to know I could use oil when they run out.

James

yeh, if you run out of candles, use a drop of olive oil a wick holder (like in the bottom of candles) and i have some wick i could sell you

yosa

sparky

ive got about 3 or 4 but im interested

niluht

I bought a couple of them here in Canada from a wookworking/ gardening store 2 years ago - the kids love them

Jeff