Bill Matilda once served aboard many
of the west coast's most fabled vessels such as Gillking,
Gillfoam, and Marpole. He collects steam engines amongst
other things. I had the opportunity to view some of his
toys.....enjoy:
Compare the size of some of the background items to get a feeling of the scale of these beauties.
This is the show-piece of the collection: marine twin cyl verical slide valve
scratch-built...source and date unknown
A huge (roughly 1-1/4" X 2" +) horizontal singlecyl. slide valve
manufacture unknown
Stuart (possibly Cheddar)horizontal single cyl. slide valve
Stuart (possibly Cheddar) vertical single cyl. slide valve
Looks like a Stuart or Cheddar pot boiler
A miniature wet-back scotch boiler hand made by Bill
