Well..... Here's
another, small engine saga. Transatlantic, this time......
It all started, in the UK, in 1923....... A very lucky lad, (probably!), received a steam powered model speedboat.
It was a Hobbies, Miss America. Like this one, which lives in Scotland.......

Time went by, and some 87 years later, it arrived in Portland, Oregon USA. Looking a little careworn......

Lots of different coloured paint......

Missing several vital parts. Like the engine.......

Some time later. The existing engine parts arrived at my UK workshop. They didn't amount to much.....

I measured the parts from the Scottish example, and found it a very strange mix of no particular sizes. Not completely imperial or metric!
Made a few notes, and checked to see what tooling was nearest.....

Then started to make parts......




Temporary assembly......

We have a runner!

Time to finish all parts, and find a spring.......

All done! Ready for posting.......

More to follow......
David D