Archive for Freesteam For collectors and enthusiasts of all steam engines          Freesteam Forum Index -> If it floats your boat! Phantom Meteor Refurb of Mamod Meteor over the last few weeks The boat wasnt in that bad a condition Paint was horrible brushed on treacle mixed with straw and grit. A bit rusty in places ect. Oh !!! and the boiler wasnt in too good a condition Phantom Meteor Paint removed, boiler repaired and refitted to test. Sorry I dont have a video camera, so no vid It ran very well using the solid fuel burner from the Arrow Phantom Meteor Body filler for the dents I couldnt beat out with a hamer. Spokesmann Very interesting indeed! A lot of work went into making the Meteor/Conqueror. Probably why Malins never made any money on them! Phantom Meteor Started painting. Several coats of primer. Phantom Meteor Finaly stating to get a bit of colour The end is in site. This has been probably the longest clean up to date for me. Arrow did take longer to make though. Phantom Meteor The last of the painting done. Ready for final assembly. MFSteam Hi Phantom and , its nice to see you decided to post here The Meteor is a fine boat and they sail really well, they sound like mopeds . You look like you have done a very nice referb on it. When you sit it on some water dont be surprised if it lists over to one side, you need to blance them with some lead weights. Phantom Meteor The final result. I am happy with it Spokesmann That will look superb when re-assembled. John Chapman A superb job Phantom, congratulations.   Mamod Collector Yes that looks superb, was it off ebay Phantom Meteor I had to know ? It didnt fall over without lead Phantom Meteor It did leak though until I nipped up the engine screws MFSteam did it list over to one side? they look great on the water, this is my one on its maiden voyage a couple of months ago after a full restoration Phantom Meteor suprisingly no It just floated bolt upright and returned when I tried to force it over. To be honest I was expecting a list to one side or the other, but it didnt. When I did the same to the Arrow it listed that badly it would have sunk without the addition of a lot of lead. Phantom Meteor Do they go as good as they look. I havent had a chance to try mine yet. MFSteam Its by far and away my best runner on the water. It creates quite a bow wave at full speed. The tin hull makes the engine sound like a moped, you can tell if there is a Meteor on the pond just by the sound it makes. One word of warning though, watch the water level in the boiler. a good friend of mine who runs Meteors regularly told me to overfill the boiler and slightly under fill the burner. It is a close thing as to which runs out first, the meths or the water . Best to air on the side of caution Phantom Meteor Your Meteor looks brilliant in that photo   going to have to try mine as soon as the paint has had a chance to harden off a bit more. MFSteam Hopefully I will be at the pond again this Sunday for another play with it. There were two sailing last time, it may well be three this time Phantom Meteor I dont think I have anyware near me like that   I have been using the local res' to sail the Arrow. Its very quiet, not even anglers to disturb   Three Meteor,s would probably sound really good as they go across the water. mogogear MFSteam wrote: Hopefully I will be at the pond again this Sunday for another play with it. There were two sailing last time, it may well be three this time Good to hear that you  are still giving that Meteor  some exercise!!  She is a pristine one !! Spokesmann Anyone have a vid with some sound? MFSteam Spokesmann wrote: Anyone have a vid with some sound? I had every intention of taking a vid on the last outing. All was well with the first run until disaster struck, it ran out of water. I was being careful by under filling the burner but it still happened. I've now got a repair job on my hands, it has melted the solder on the steam pipe and the end cap has more or less fallen off One for the winter months Spokesmann Sorry to hear that. Would it be better to silver solder it? MFSteam Spokesmann wrote: Sorry to hear that. Would it be better to silver solder it? I could do but its not really that easy to silver solder over soft solder, you have to remove all the soft solder. There is always a slight danger that you do more damage when getting the old brass red hot. Spokesmann Fair point. It must generate a lot of heat inside a metal hulled closed space. Is it a Meter 'design fault'? MFSteam Spokesmann wrote: Fair point. It must generate a lot of heat inside a metal hulled closed space. Is it a Meter 'design fault'? I think in as much as either the burner resovoir is to big or the boiler is to small for the burner, it is a design fault. Minor1PJG What a fantastic resto Ian.  I'm sure you'll have her back in the water soon MFSteam Its repaired, just in time for Kempton, had a trial run in the sink and no leaks so jobs a good un. Spokesmann MFSteam wrote: Its repaired, just in time for Kempton, had a trial run in the sink and no leaks so jobs a good un. Look forward to inspecting that one at Kempton Ian . . . . Been doing more checking and packing this evening for the event. avenger Glad to hear  you have managed to make a repair. Minor1PJG Ooh, that's great news.......just a few days to go now        Freesteam Forum Index -> If it floats your boat! Page 1 of 1