A STEAM enthusiast from York has set a new speed record with his homemade model boat. Paul Windross took his flash steam-powered tethered hydroplane to Kingsbury Water Park, near Birmingham ...

Model Boat Mayhem, in which entrants sail in an 82m x 41m pond, is taking place at Wicksteed Park in Kettering, Northamptonshire, on Saturday and Sunday. Hundreds of steam and electrical powered ...

Lot 130. OS (Japan) 5"-gauge live steam "Stephenson's Rocket" Locomotive & Tender with matching scratch-built wooden Ride-On Trailer. Butane-fired, can also be fired by coal. Includes instructions ...

Mr Parkinson said the risk of steam or petrol boats blowing up made them too risky. The model boating clubs use craft which are either electric powered, or sailing boats. He added: “If one of ...

The Snyder was a marvel of its day, with power-assisted steering mechanisms and a steam-powered generator to make electricity on board at a time when many of the houses and farms it passed along ...

Stanley Steamers use a fire-tube boiler to power the double-acting two-cylinder engine; they outsell gas vehicles from 1899 to 1905. The Doble Model C steam car debuts at the National Automobile Show.

caters for wide ranging radio controlled model boaters from those who like racing their yachts or fast electric boats to those interested in running steam powered boats. Other types of boats ...

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A STEAM enthusiast from York has set a new speed record with his homemade model boat. Paul Windross took his flash steam-powered tethered hydroplane to Kingsbury Water Park, near Birmingham ...