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James Powell wrote:
> In lugnet.boats, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > James is right, but I still like the way they look. L, you're right,
> > those star wars elements even kind of look like a grate looking into the
> > firebox. I could see using these boilers inside a small machine shed in
> > an older factory.
>
> Oh, I would say they look _great_ as far as a small boiler goes...in fact,
> they look a lot like a boiler I may get the chance to help retube at
> school...but it supplies steam to a 15 BHP engine...so not all that much
> power...and our steam car boiler/engine is at least 15 BHP, and much smaller
> (16" dia, about 2' tall, with 298 firetubes)
Yeah, I figured they were way too small for a ship by themselves--my thought was
to install a dozen or so (for a whopping 180 BHP)...but the problem with the
three-deck model is that the ship isn't full-hull, it's waterline. I wish I
could have the hull to have a deck full of coal and boilers with a coal-bunker
of 1x1 and 1x2 black plates!
These boilers may end up in a cruiser (or an 1870s ironclad!) instead of a
capital ship, considering the size issues pointed out earlier. For Ekaterina, I
may just have the deck contour shown over where the machinery would be inside
the ship...but it's still a bit grumble-inducing.
best
Lindsay
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| Do any part of the boilers in a capital ship of the mauve decade protrude above waterline? Maybe you should just suggest the top of the boilers on the lowest deck? And why is this cross posted to Pirates?? :-) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Oh, I would say they look _great_ as far as a small boiler goes...in fact, they look a lot like a boiler I may get the chance to help retube at school...but it supplies steam to a 15 BHP engine...so not all that much power...and our steam car (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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