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awsome work and comments. just a little of how i was when i started i used to have one afternoon off a week to spend with a customer of our work who was into model trains. i went to an auction of some old model makers estate and there in all its glory was a sealion kit by westbury and a...

hi had this same engine on my bench for some months fellow that made it couldnt get compression enough to fire made new piston and bored the cly round and straight great fun when its all one complete block assy but good news ran for six hours a day at an engine show now i cant play with it its...

thanks a great little unit

the wife birthday pressie and she loves it sachs rotary engine centre polished and painted now she wants the fan turned into a barometer

hi just thought i would share the agony of the wait on the mail i just bought castings for the 17cc de dion single replica from minicastings in your land or i think its the great toy steamcompany i will post pics when it comes the pics on ebay are copy written so i cant share yet cheers

thanks for the down load great info i wish i had that when i did the sealion cam a few years ago

hi there took a video with the cell phone good sound but ratty picture will try with better camera added the video as an attachment at the lower of the page pic lousy but sounds ok

just thought i would show the progress on the little twin slow but steady just finished the water pump the dry sump oil system was time consuming but it all works now runs nice now but i think next time i will go for a paralel crank setup for a smoother running engine

many thanks for that video it takes a lot of work to get them to run like that you should be very proud of that little gem

beutiful work you should be proud of that

hi hans from this side of the world. a surprise for sure we live in the same city and it just goes to show you just dont know how small the world realy is (give me an email) [email protected]

will send them later i am on the old computer it doesnt have the info on it have to get the wify off the new one

great news it runs have to make some oil rings smokes a little when cold but otherwise fine little runner now for the finishing

hi thanks for that i just saw your post i have loved engines since around 8 or 9 years old now 50 and still love them and my job as a small eng tech i will send this photo not so much a model but as a teacher its a project you may like for your students its one of many i have built the first one...

the cams were two old three horse briggs bored up the centre loctited and grub screwed on a central shaft cc is bore 50mm stroke 29mm x 2 =113cc so it wont be a rocketship gears are briggs crank and cam flywheel and magneto will be modified stihl or ryobi reason for edit i have measured the cc...

hi this is my latest project it is originally an denso airconditioner pump lots more to do but it has good compression and at the right times it will have flywheel ignition (solid state) once i know it runs the overhead gear and supports will be lightened and finned pistons have been machined...

hi had one given to me that would not run the old gent that made it put two to many teeth on the camgear so the timming was right every once in a while he got so frustrated he threw it out it now runs sweet i tried to give it back after i got it running but the old fellow sadly has had a...

hi i have the book on building this engine i have just finished the westbury sealion but with rotary valve head took five years of off and on projects so it might take me some years to finish or start the mastif cheers nice work

thanks for that its a great help

awesome great work and runs nice too :)