I can't speak for the others but that is the most excellent "Off Topic" post I have seen in a long while.
Excellent man!!! How much time is wrapped up in that? Are there plans? Is that one for sale? If not, might I be nosey enough to ask what you have tied up in that project?
The set of plans(4 full pages worth) were bought from www.Cherrytreetoys.com
It is made from mostly oak, with a little walnut, plus pine. As for time, lets just say it took a while(couple months, on and off). Nice thing about wood, if you mess up just put in the wood burner LOL.
As you can see neither can I work well with wood. Every thing except the dowels in the wheels was cut from solid 3/4 or 1/2 inch boards. Engine is about 18 in. long and 10 high. Each rivet is a dowel cut off and rounded than a hole drilled for it. Good thing I am retired with lots of time. Now if I could only make one from all metal....If it is made from wood guess I could make one from metal. I'll have to work on that....
if any one laughs at that they have never built anything, holy crap thats allot of work in that. my dad has been a cabinet maker for 40 years and has built alot of stuff but never a steam engine.
i will try to post some pics of the dragon and dinasor (sp) that he built a few years ago. i think they are about 6 feet tall and 12 feet long.
i never know what dad will be working on when i go to visit!!!
They are fully operational, stuffed with electronic bits to bring them to life when sailing.
Unfortunately they have been ignored as of late due to me not being able to carry them to the lakeside and launch them.
The fishing boat is in fact a model of a German shrimping boat, the part built one on the bench is again a German vessel, but a inland waterways fireboat, both are electric powered. I do have a steam boat that is stripped for restoration, and at the bottom is a very bad pic of it on the water.