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Picket Boat #1 by RVB (Rick) - Model Shipways - Scale 1/24

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How do you make a lazy granddaughter shovel coal (what I really mean is help pick up the dishes after dinner).

 All suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Notice shovels haven’t been moved!

Best Rick 

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On 11/23/2025 at 3:20 PM, TerryPat said:

It's available? Great! I'd like to see you build it. 

It's a very simple working steam engine. You solder some of the major parts together.  The intake and exaust ports open and close as the cylinder rocks side to side. Very clever. You fill the boiler with water and put a few drops of oil in the water and light the sterno chunks that you put in a cup under the boiler. As i recall,  the engine was a separate kit way back.

Hi Terry
Out of nowhere this appeared on my EBay site and I won it for $60 ( a really great price for a vintage kit. All the ones online are in the $200 range) Not my next build but it’s waiting in line. 
As Always Best Rick IMG_3688.thumb.png.23f6b1ff958099666222b108f6b55994.png

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A thank you to ALL!!  I hope all of you are enjoying the adventure with me. 

Best Rick

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That's fantastic Rick! I'll be pulling up a chair for that build. Congrats!!  I hope you can find the steam engine kit to go with it. No problem with the money you just saved

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