Model Engines on Steam
by John
It is Geelong Show time again. It is actually titled the Royal Geelong Show, but having had more than a gutful of royal non-entities visitors being adored by unthinking cringers, flocking around Harry and Meaghan Kardashian, Windsor, and being a committed republican, I refuse to bother with the “Royal” handle. (they are probably very nice people, I just cannot stomach the hoo-ha).
More importantly, it gives us steam junkies a chance to run our small engines on real hot steam.
For a treat, I am sharing four short clips taken today.
The first is a small beam engine, made by Swen Pettig.
The next two engines you have probably seen before. My beam engine, and the triple expansion engine.
The small engine to the right is a Stirling engine which is running on the heat from the exhausted steam from the beam engine.
The triple is leaking a bit more than it should, although it is running amazingly smoothly on 25-30 psi. The valve glands need repacking.
And finally, a model IC engine, the really odd Atkinson. A 100+ year old design. 2 stroke. Made by Rudi vanderElst
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Like your comments on royalty, John.
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Varied opinions on that one!
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Like your comments on royalty John. On what days will you be at the show?
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Just Thurs and Fri. My colleagues will be running my engines Sat and Sun.
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