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un1corn
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2 Engine steam plant

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Complete steam plant includes 2 vertical steam engines.
Single cylinder engine named "Hercules", two cylinder engine named "Neptunes".
From JDW NZ collection.
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HarryvL
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Impressive !! May I ask how long it took to build this model?
un1corn
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Took around 4 weeks from start to finish, being only partially mobile spend a lot of time on PC.
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This is just awesome.

Pardon my ignorance; what is the JDW NZ collection?
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Looking good!
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This is beautiful! What assembly strategy did you use?
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un1corn
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JDW = Julius de WAAL, based in New Zealand
Collection can be found at www.vapeuretmodelesavapeur.com.
If you are not familiar with French language use Google translator.
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FAO 'sgrogan'
Assembly method I generally use is to create sub-assemblies, in this case the two engines and the boiler first, then really work from the ground up.
I tend to leave angular and compound angled components to the last as these parts seem to take longer to check for interference and overlap problems.
JChaney17
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Do you have the plans for the steam plant?
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Hi JChaney 17
You can find all of Julius model plans on this French website:- www.vapeuretmodelesavapeur.com.
Have you checked you private messages for 'Tank top' ?
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