Alexandra, finished

It didn't sink!

Test #1 was conclusive. Despite her 8 lbs, the "Alexandra" did not sink in the tub.
There wasa slight problem of balance, but repositioning the receiver battery solved it.
Check it out: beautiful!!!

Two years after...

I can't believe two years have passed since I started on this project...
Good news is that the ship is finally ready.
Next steps are to:
1- do a flotation test in the tub (hey, if the whole thing is going to sink, better be in my bathroom than in the pond)
2- do a test of the steam engine on dry land
3- if 1 and 2 are Ok, go for it!
I'm a bit anxious because the whole thing is damn heavy!
I'll weight it and report pictures soon

fitting the engine in the hull

I then positioned the steam engine assembly in the hull to get an idea of the positioning with respect to the shaft

The motor assembled

The construction of both boiler and engine was pretty straight forward.

Boiler assembled

Steam engine Ship building

Ok, I've taken the step. I bought a steam engine from Cheddar Models in UK. Actually Cheddar Models is going out of business, and I bought one of the last "pintail" engine from a UK distributor.
http://www.westbourne-model.co.uk/pintail_plover.htm#pintaildetails
Along with that, I bought a model of the "Alexandra" from Krich model, a german compmany.
http://www.sell-it-easy.de/shop_e/query.php?cp_sid=1708402a0a9b&cp_tpl=5504_252&cp_pid=123004105&cp_cat=252
I will try to post here the progress in building the Boiler, steam engine and model.

The steam engine and boiler, unassembled