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Beautiful job! I just got a 3hp full size IH and want to model it also. What did you make the main cylinder and hopper out of please? Jim in Pa

Brian, You are always looking for something different to build so here ya go. I think you could do it! There's a lot of info on Smokstak.com and I even found schematics of a couple different ones. It does involve propane to heat the tube red hot but I think with very small orifices to feed...

Hi Pete, This is a hot TUBE engine which is a little different than a hot bulb engine I believe. If someone wanted to build a scale model of one like I have I don't think it would be too difficult. It is a very simple design and needs no spark, mag or battery to run, just heat. I am no...

I was only answering Petes request for more pics of the project. Move it to a new thread if you want. I don't know how. No criticism taken. Besides, I don't think there are many on here who ever heard of a Myrick so why would anyone type that in? I thought it may spur someone on to build a model...

Pete, First pic is cylinder head with carb, pushrod guide and governor weights all redone. I used ceramic disc brake caliper paint on the cylinder head. Second pic is the cylinder with governor hold up finger still attached, paint stripped. Last pic is crankcase with original primer...

Pete, Some pics of the Myrick hot tube I'm restoring now. Has a 5-1/4" dia. piston!:eek:

Pete, Go to www.smokstak.com There is a lot of information on hot tube engines and how they work and a lot more. Jim

Brian, I was also born in 1946, December in fact so we are baby boomer buddies I guess! Pete, I'll take a few pics tonight and post them when I can. I just pulled the cylinder head off today. Almost too heavy for a 69 yo to be lifting but I find ways to do it. I know I have a pic of when I...

Brian, Thanks for the kind comment, they are amazingly simple also in 1:1. Not so simple to copy all the parts in miniature when your a novice like me. I did build the Kerzel but never got it to run because the flywheels were not heavy enough to carry the inertia. At present I am tearing down...

Guess no one wants to watch:confused:Restoring this Economy really helped me understand why my models wouldn't run.

Great solution Brian, I often need short tubing bends and always have trouble with copper collapsing on short bends. I really enjoy your posts! Jim

I think you'll like this. It's my first attempt at restoring old engines. This Economy was made in 1918. Cart is home made. Jim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPOxQ-7Vbq0

Looks like a cross between a Kerzel and a Webster. Any way beautiful jobth_wav. Did you make the fly wheels?

BMAC2 Yes it's fun and I'm even into the big ones. I have restored 1 already and am working on another, a Hot Tube this time. I have learned a lot about modeling by tearing these full size engines apart! I'm thinking about buying the one in the picture. Jim

Thanks Paul but what do I do with it?:confused:

Brian, Thank you for your kind words but it's not as nice as I wanted it to be. I have messed with it so much that like me it has joint problems here and there but instead of stiffness it has the opposite!:eek: Also all I had for the base was a piece of scrap that someone practiced on the...

yahoo, it works! What a great feeling to accomplish this! Thanks to everyone who helped.

https://youtu.be/qZy9iycZqEQ Thanks Brian, hope this works!

I can't seem to get the video on youtube. Need some help please. Thanks

:D:D:D Made a new piston and grooved it for an o-ring, put it back together and it ran first start up. After a while of running it even started with just a flip of the flywheel. I am so excited as I have been working on this for so long I almost gave up. The answer was not enough compression...